A Day Like Any Other, Except..
Went to bed relatively early last night, indulging in remote snuggles. So awoke relatively refreshed this morning, unlike previous nights when late night chat sessions had severely reduced my sleep time. Not that I'm complaining, merely stating the facts.
Morning train was infested with children. I think they forgot to spray the carriages properly last night so they grew up like mushrooms in the morning. Some brusque guy (who probably likes exercising power over those weaker than himself) made a general announcement to the kids that they should be standing up for adults, and was answered by the kids teacher who said something like that she was already arranging that, thank you.
evie_fae and I discussed that it didn't really make sense that children should stand up on a train. After all, they are weaker and less steady on their feet than most adults. We agreed that the elderly and pregnant mums should go first, followed by children.
My explanation for why this is not the case is that the rules are driven by finance. Adults pay more to ride the train so they get more privileges. I suspect it's also driven by angry men who don't like children and want to discourage them from being on trains, like a couple of DWMs who were sitting behind us implying that children on their regular train should not be allowed, and obviously those are the sorts of people who make the rules.
Despite my earlier comment about infestations, I quite liked all the children on the train, more glamour to bathe in for the train pooka.
Whilst wandering up Lambton Quay ran into three people I knew, one from the Phoenix community , one from the katipocafe community, and finally just as I was about to enter Whitcoulls, eloieli.
Morning train was infested with children. I think they forgot to spray the carriages properly last night so they grew up like mushrooms in the morning. Some brusque guy (who probably likes exercising power over those weaker than himself) made a general announcement to the kids that they should be standing up for adults, and was answered by the kids teacher who said something like that she was already arranging that, thank you.
evie_fae and I discussed that it didn't really make sense that children should stand up on a train. After all, they are weaker and less steady on their feet than most adults. We agreed that the elderly and pregnant mums should go first, followed by children.
My explanation for why this is not the case is that the rules are driven by finance. Adults pay more to ride the train so they get more privileges. I suspect it's also driven by angry men who don't like children and want to discourage them from being on trains, like a couple of DWMs who were sitting behind us implying that children on their regular train should not be allowed, and obviously those are the sorts of people who make the rules.
Despite my earlier comment about infestations, I quite liked all the children on the train, more glamour to bathe in for the train pooka.
Whilst wandering up Lambton Quay ran into three people I knew, one from the Phoenix community , one from the katipocafe community, and finally just as I was about to enter Whitcoulls, eloieli.