Wrong Place and Wrong Time
Friday, April 3, 2009 at 3:15PM You know me ... I'm an eater, a big eater and I really don't have any "rules" about eating, but I do have one. Subways are off limits with me eating, there's just something about the place of the subway that's dirty and sometimes the people that are in the train with you.
As I sit there minding my own business (after taking the picture of the guys crotch), I look across from me and see this lady just sitting there. The train was a little crowded and people were around her, but she decides to whip out a sandwich!
Comeon now! That sandwich is sacred and should be treated as such, but I guess when you're hungry, you're hungry and who am I to argue with that?
She ends up eating the whole sandwich ... well most of the sandwich in "stealth" mode. Taking little bites as if she's really not and trying to hide the fact that there's a sandwich in her hand. All the dirty particles from the subway and the people who are in it, and have been there, are now sticking to that sandwich.
The sandwich is consumes almost fully before I get off my stop, lucky for me since I get to take another picture of her making "baon" (doggy bag) with some of the sandwich. I guess she was saving it for a late snack, but she kept some of the turkey on her jacket.
See I'm not that mean where I'll take pictures of you eating on the subway, complain and blog about it, without telling you that there's some meat on your jacket! Comeon now people, I had to tell her! If I didn't, she would have gotten up, that piece of meat would have fallen on the floor and it would have just gone to waste!
Here I am, trying to make eye contact with her to let her know that there's something on her jacket. She is refusing to make eye contact with me, so I wave my hand towards her and point to her jacket and then do a gesture of me brushing it off the jacket (using my own jacket as an example). Miscommunication is one of the things that cause a lot of conflicts and there was a big miscommunication with her last night. Apparently she thought I was asking for some food! But to her credit, she was nice enough to just offer some even though she didn't know me. There was some left in her plastic wrap and she reached out to give me the rest ... but I said no. Everyone on the train was now looking at us having this pantomime conversation only using our hands and gestures.
After a few back and forths, I again signal to her jacket where she finally sees the meat. With some embarassment (but not that much embarassment) she picked it up and ate whatever was left on her jacket. For the next 2 minutes of my train ride, she refused to make eye contact or even say thank you as she was probably embarassed from the whole ordeal.
Geeze, I can only imagine what kind of dirtiness she ate with that sandwich! And she had the nerve to offer me some ... trying to make me break my one and only rule about food! For shame sandwich eaten on the subway lady! For shame!
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Reader Comments (2)
hahaha that reminds me of this one time I was one the train. This lady was eating like Sunchips and another woman comes in with like 4 kids. She is carrying the baby, another in a stroller, a toddler sitting next to her and an older child. They sit next to Sunchips lady, the toddler starts sticking its hand out asking for chips. The lady was nice enough to give him a couple. Once he was done, he asks for more. At this point his mom isn't aware of whats going on. Eventually, Sunchips lady gives the bag to the toddler. I thought it was a nice gesture on her part.
stop taking pics of ppl on the train! lol