The Underground, The Subway, The Metro

Things That Happened There:

• I sat next to a Monk.
• Some girl told some sweaty dude that her friend almost got arrested by the transit police for eating a cracker on the train.
• My farecard was destroyed by the Metro Gods with more than 6 bucks left on it. They’ll send me my money back in 4-6 weeks.
• I went up the wrong escalator.
• I went down the wrong escalator.
• I waited at the wrong platform at Metro Center.
• I waited, by myself, in the semi-dark at St. George’s Plaza.
• I got my suitcase stuck in the turnstile at Union Station.
• A business man picked his nose.
• A child repeatedly asked his mother if she farted. (She did not.)
• I sat next to a T who asked me if the train normally stopped between stations. Yes, this is the red line.
• My iPod ran out of batteries.
• I managed to get on at Farragut West instead of Farragut North.
• I bought a Smart Trip card, which makes you feel totally cool and totally local.

Also, I am paranoid that because of the steep incline of many of the escalators, that people are looking up my skirt.