A Spring Commute – Part 2

A Story Celebrating the Humour in a Chaotic Commute

So, there I was, stuck in the door of the train. How fun. People were becoming increasingly agitated due to the delay in getting going and were looking to blame someone. In an effort to avoid being the target of any angry glares, or the subject of whispered exchanges, I desperately tried to hide the fact that I was the cause of the calamity.

“Obviously, the driver doesn’t know what he’s doing,” I heard one lady say to the fellow next to her.

He replied, “Or, he’s a beginner,” which sent them into snickers of laughter.

Evidently, my naturally chill aura and casual, nonchalant posture (you can never go wrong with an arm cross and a distant gaze, that says, “I’m thinking about things…that haven’t even been invented yet”), had thrown the annoyed passengers off my trail for the time being.

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