songbird's crazy world

the Long Wrong Island Railroad strikes again. There are 11 branches of the railroad, which connects Long Island with Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn.  10 of those branches  must travel through the Jamaica Station hub.  so when there's a fire in the switching tower at Jamaica Station, the entire railroad (except for the Port Washington branch) shuts down. the fire and shutdown were at 10:30 in the morning.  there was "very limited" service home Monday night. oh, joy.

so guys, how about honoring a girl's personal space? I know we're called "straphangers", but when you're holding onto the bar over my head I would really appreciate it if you don't use my shoulder as an armrest. and I do NOT like the feel of your backpack or briefcase shoved into my spine! but what happened today takes the cake. Long Island Railroad cars are not meant for comfort, but c'mon, did you really have to...? Picture it: a bench of three seats facing a second bench of three, so that six people can be accomodated (barely), three people with their knees rubbing up against the knees of three total strangers. picture sitting in one of three seats on an airplane, with the row in front of you turned around to face you. so this morning I found myself sharing this configuration with three men....I had an aisle seat facing one of the men, and the other two men sat near the window, leaving themiddle seats unoccupied. As I sat down, the guy facing me decided...