Remember this post last year when I lost my veritable metro virginity and hated it?
Well now, after over a year of riding the metro almost every single day, I still don't really love it, but I have learned a lot. So please allow me to impart some of my wisdom to make your metro experience a little less painful:
1) Stand on the right side of the escalator if you're not going to walk up/down it, for crying out loud!
2) When you're coming into the metro tunnel and you feel the strong whoosh of wind, that means that both trains are coming at once, and they're almost to the platform! So walk faster if you want to catch one!
3) If you see a fairly populated car and one person sitting alone in the corner, there's probably a good reason for that. So to avoid having to deal with a weirdo, just pick a different car.
4) You don't have to wait for the fare gate to close after the person in front of you! It holds up the line!
5) The blue and red seats are less contaminated than the yellow and orange seats. Remember that.
6) Always wash your hands after holding onto the metal bars. Because those bars are not public health.
7) The drivers leave the doors open for longer when the trains and platforms are really crowded. So calm down! You're gonna get on!
Yeah yeah, so maybe I still have a love/hate relationship with the metro. But I've been feeling mostly love lately, what with all this building nostalgia and all. The other day I was riding home, squeaking wheels on the rickety track, and as we shot out of the tunnel into the daylight, I looked around at all the people and had to quell the urge to hug them all, grip their shoulders, and say, "Listen to me! I'm leaving this place!! Don't you understand?? I have to go and you get to stay and I hope you know how lucky you are!"
But that would have been weird. So I looked out the window instead.
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