Heels on the Tracks

May 1, 2007 - 7:30 AM by Stephanie

Sitting on a playground park bench with a group of friends yesterday, one grumbled loudly.

I am sick of it she complained. The government, the corruption..I’ve had enough.

Oh, you mean the Winograd Report?

Ach, no. (dismissive wave of hand) Enough of Winograd already. The train company.

Huh?

The train was an hour late this morning. When it finally pulled up we boarded and got going but slowed to a halt within a few minutes. They announced over the P.A. that there was a mechanical failure.

So we sat inside the train like a bunch of prisoners of war for half an hour waiting for it to be fixed. Then they tell us they can’t get the train going again. And we’ll have to walk back along the tracks.

There I am in my heels carrying a laptop hobbling along the gravel between the tracks with hundreds of other people. By the time I got home there was no way I was going to work. And then what do I hear on the radio? That the train workers went on strike! There was nothing mechanically wrong; they simply decided to strike and WE paid the price. I’ve had enough.

1) I could sorta see that kind of thing also happening in France or in …France
2) I was laughing too hard to be compassionate
3) She’s right. That move was decidedly uncool

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