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Work is So Strange by LSK
June 9th, 2010 7:59 AM
Three Occurrences On The Clark Brown Line
These didn't happen at work per se, but on the commute back from downtown.
1. I was riding up the escalators from the Blue Line to the Brown Line. A person in front of me, a twentysomething who looked like he'd been raised in the inner city his whole life, noted that the elevator was out. I commented that it must be problematic for handicapped people. He replied, in utter disbelief, "They make the elevator for handicapped people to go on?" [This is verbatim.] His traveling companion said, "Duh!".
2. I was waiting for the train to arrive. A confused-looking woman asked if this was the Blue Line. I said, "The Blue Line is three flights down," which it was. She was confused by this, but eventually it clicked and she turned around to go downstairs. She attempted to go downstairs via the up escalator, and it took her a full ten seconds to figure out that this would not be a very good way of getting downstairs.
3. Also while waiting for the train, I saw a pigeon with one leg. A group of kids watched it in silent fascination.
These didn't happen at work per se, but on the commute back from downtown.
1. I was riding up the escalators from the Blue Line to the Brown Line. A person in front of me, a twentysomething who looked like he'd been raised in the inner city his whole life, noted that the elevator was out. I commented that it must be problematic for handicapped people. He replied, in utter disbelief, "They make the elevator for handicapped people to go on?" [This is verbatim.] His traveling companion said, "Duh!".
2. I was waiting for the train to arrive. A confused-looking woman asked if this was the Blue Line. I said, "The Blue Line is three flights down," which it was. She was confused by this, but eventually it clicked and she turned around to go downstairs. She attempted to go downstairs via the up escalator, and it took her a full ten seconds to figure out that this would not be a very good way of getting downstairs.
3. Also while waiting for the train, I saw a pigeon with one leg. A group of kids watched it in silent fascination.
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posted by LSK on June 9th, 2010 12:55 PM
I actually got pigeon photos, but my camera's memory card borked out on me. Bork, bork, bork.
posted by Professor Møbius on June 16th, 2010 3:04 AM
BLASTED DIGITAL CONTRAPTIONS! (Upgrading to a sympathy 4)
Next time: One legged pigeon pics.