One of the challenges are the crazies that we have encountered so far.
Here is an exchange of text messages between me and my wife on our last ride:
Me: The guy across from me is creeping me out. I am avoiding eye contact
Crystal: Yeah he keeps staring Just don’t get up to get off until the train stops.
We have learned to take decisive actions when it gets too creepy. We have a code word which means that we get off at the next stop and change cars or wait for the next subway. We have had to do this a few times.
Another thing we do is to always act like we know where we are going. Don’t act that we are lost or confused.
When waiting for a subway we also stay away from the edge of the platform. There have been too many instances where people have been pushed onto the tracks.
Overall, the subways are safe if you just stay aware of your surroundings. We try not to take any unnecessary chances or put ourselves in bad situations. Unfortunately, the crazies are out there. They either need medication or they have had too much medication.
I have learned a lot about the subway in the past nine months we have lived here but I am not a pro and there is still a lot to learn.
I will say it has been nice to finally live in a place with transit options. I don’t drive as much as I did in the past. I only need to gas up our car about once a month.
On our recent ride and the creepy guy staring intently at me, we waiting until the subway stopped completely at our stop and the doors opened before we jumped off.
I don’t understand people. There are a lot of crazies out there. I’m sure we will encounter more.
