Morning Subway Rides

Morning subway rides are usually very zen for me. I listen to music, drink my coffee, and read my book. Now that’s if I get a seat…and luckily I usually do. But on a rare occasion there just may not be enough seats for everyone. So some are stuck standing. It’s truly an amazing phenomenon- watching women on the subway waiting for a seat to open up. And yes, I am one of those women. We step in the car, realize there are no seats, and take a good guess who might be getting up next and hover over them. It’s the predator stalking it’s prey. And of course all of the standing ladies are eyeing each other, the competition, and ready to pounce into the first open seat. And that is exactly what happens. A seat opens and the nearest woman jumps her ass in that open seat. Now many times two women will go for the same seat and someone has to look like the bigger woman and say “oh you can sit here”, obviously pissed off wearing a fake smile. But it truly is amazing- the women standing, the tension building in the car. And forget about men without a seat, they have no chance in hell.