photo by Jordan Barab
Should you have a memorable metro ride, train or bus, please shoot me an email at [email protected] thanks!
“Dear PoPville,
In today’s Metro ride news…
A guy got on at a stop at the very last minute…slid into the car sideways and everything. I actually looked at him and smiled in admiration at his skill/luck, though he didn’t notice.
So then he
sits down sideways facing the aisle a few rows away from me and starts announcing that he’d be interested in doing “any appropriate work” people might have for him. He wasn’t at all saying it in an aggressive or menacing way, though I personally hate feeling captive to that. But I had my earbuds in and just pretended not to hear.
Anyway, he goes on about doing work for money, and also how he can entertain us for a few bucks if we don’t have any work for him: he can sing or recite poetry, for example. (He even quoted Maya Angelou as part of his spiel.) He also said he wasn’t demanding, begging, or stealing, and that if we even just had a dollar or two to help him get breakfast, that would be great. Or if someone had an apple or pear or orange to share, he eats those.
All in all, it was the least caustic panhandling I’ve witnessed…almost sweet, actually.
So as we’re pulling up to Metro Center he says it’s his stop, and reiterates a few things he’s already said about working and looking for a way to get some breakfast and just needing a few bucks. It actually made me nervous for him because he was still hanging around speaking even though he said it was his stop.
Then, at the very last second, he gets up and walks to the door. And as he does, he adds “I also eat vagina.” And he slips out sideways, just the same as he came in.
Metro always delivers!”
Should you have a memorable metro ride, train or bus, please shoot me an email at [email protected] thanks!