losing faith in public transportation
I feel like I responded surprisingly well last summer when my car died and I had no money to fix it. I donated it without a complaint, in fact I actually felt relieved. Because I live on a college campus, and have access to buses and the metro and friends, I really didn't think it was that big of a deal. And I really was comfortable and even liked public transportation...until today...
I have never been so scared in my life. This guy got on the metro as I was heading to work today, sat down behind me, and as soon as the train started moving, started screaming at the top of his lungs that the government tortured him, and how could all of us "fucking assholes work for a corrupt government that needs to be VIOLENTLY OVERTHROWN."
The train stopped at Fort Totten, and I contemplated getting off and waiting for the next train, but let's face it there is just as much potential for frightening experiences at Fort Totten. Plus I was afraid that if I moved he was going to chase after me and kill me (okay perhaps not the most rational thought, but it was really scary)!
Then as we left Fort Totten, he started yelling again that the government was horrible for making him live with "that BITCH" and how could it torture it's own people, and he's tired of being tortured. Then some more stuff about how we all were horrible fucking assholes for working for the government and we should all be violently overthrown (this time he actually said YOU need to be violently overthrown, not just "the government"). So I got off at the next stop.
And as I got off, this other girl got off too and was like "sooo are you waiting for the next train" and I was like "Uh yea that's the plan." So we waited together.
Seriously, I've never been so scared in my life. But he was yelling SO loudly and violently. And honestly, if he wants to recruit people to his cause, screaming at strangers on the metro that we need to violently overthrow the government is probably not the way to do it. He would've had a much better chance at recruiting me if he had just sat down and striked up a conversation about how much the government sucks (I mean I would've agreed with that part). I really thought as I got off that I was going to watch the train erupt into flames as he blew it up.
Fortunately, that didn't happen. At least not while I was in sight.
I have never been so scared in my life. This guy got on the metro as I was heading to work today, sat down behind me, and as soon as the train started moving, started screaming at the top of his lungs that the government tortured him, and how could all of us "fucking assholes work for a corrupt government that needs to be VIOLENTLY OVERTHROWN."
The train stopped at Fort Totten, and I contemplated getting off and waiting for the next train, but let's face it there is just as much potential for frightening experiences at Fort Totten. Plus I was afraid that if I moved he was going to chase after me and kill me (okay perhaps not the most rational thought, but it was really scary)!
Then as we left Fort Totten, he started yelling again that the government was horrible for making him live with "that BITCH" and how could it torture it's own people, and he's tired of being tortured. Then some more stuff about how we all were horrible fucking assholes for working for the government and we should all be violently overthrown (this time he actually said YOU need to be violently overthrown, not just "the government"). So I got off at the next stop.
And as I got off, this other girl got off too and was like "sooo are you waiting for the next train" and I was like "Uh yea that's the plan." So we waited together.
Seriously, I've never been so scared in my life. But he was yelling SO loudly and violently. And honestly, if he wants to recruit people to his cause, screaming at strangers on the metro that we need to violently overthrow the government is probably not the way to do it. He would've had a much better chance at recruiting me if he had just sat down and striked up a conversation about how much the government sucks (I mean I would've agreed with that part). I really thought as I got off that I was going to watch the train erupt into flames as he blew it up.
Fortunately, that didn't happen. At least not while I was in sight.