The Rat Race.....



Does it ever drive you crazy to sit and listen to people having polite conversation? Today on the train I think that if I could have found a sharp enough object to jam in my ears, I would have. My question is, do people actually think that some of the stuff they are talking about is interesting?

For example.....Picture two guys, sitting across fom each other on the train.

Guy 1: Man the Brown line is slow today.

Guy2: Yup. Sure is slow.

G1: But you never know right?

G2: Yup, you never know.

G1: I like the brown line though. Its pretty clean.

G2: Yea, yeah its pretty clean. And scenic.

G1: Scenic?

G2: Yea, scenic. You know cause its above ground.

G1: Oh yea totally. And clean.

G2: Definately cleaner than the Red Line.

G1: The Red Line? Yup that train is dirty. But its faster than the Brown Line.

G2: Sometimes. One time, it was really slow. I was on it for like 20 minutes when it was stopped. That sucked. I would have rather been on the Brown Line where its above ground.

G1: Yup. You'd have something to look at

DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?????? AAAGGGHHHHHHHH.

Now imagine that for like 30 minutes.

I seriously had to contain myself from standing up and shouting SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!!!

At that point I would rather be sharing the train car with the crazy men that urinate on themselves. At least when they babble its entertaining and about:

"Monkeys that shoot fire out of their butts while doing their taxes and OH! Back in the day I was a gay cowboy who used to dress up like Pickles and jump into the middle of peach sandwiches with some KY on the side."

Yes folks, I would rather hear that.

Fin.