Alright, now the funny and kind of disturbing story from yesterday. I was headed to BART. As I approached the station I could also see a couple approaching, a man helping a woman who clearly had a mobility issue. So I passed them, go through the turnstile, and then head down the escalator. So I'm standing on the platform and I look up and see the couple that I had passed. The woman was falling down and the man was trying to get her up but was not having any success and they were getting closer to the bottom. I run over and help the woman up but by that time the man is falling, I'm struggling to keep from falling down myself. I get her off the escalator and the man gets up. The man says thank you. Then the train comes and as we are standing waiting for the doors of the train to open the man hits the woman on the top of the head. He hit her on the top of the head! Now I thought it was a playful kind of hit on the head. But then as we were riding the train I could hear him yelling at her in what was some obvious slavic language, possibly Russian. (I don't know I don't really speak Russian or some other slavic language.) If this had been a "ripped from the headlines" episode of Law and Order I would have thought they were members of the Russian mafia.
So I felt like I did a good deed. Particularly after the incident a few weeks ago when I told the story about woman falling down the escalator and feeling good about the person helping her up. But then it was just weird when he started yelling at her.
Which brings to the most important part of this post: For God's sakes when you ride an escalator be very careful!
Peace out!
2 comments:
I never knew that escalators could be so dangerous. Who knew?
I like that you've labeled this one a PSA. It's so nice to hear you finding humor in life. You DEFINITELY help my perspective!
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