6 Short Tales of Train Commuting

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Stacy Sass McAnulty is a working mom who almost looks forward to her lengthy daily train ride as a way to catch up on books and watch TV shows on her itouch. When she isn't putting together marketing partnerships for Parenting and Babytalk magazines, Stacy is cheering on her marching band son, Ryan or escorting her daughter Charlotte to anime festivals.

6 Short Tales of Train Commuting

Posted on November 08, 2010

Apologies to the guy who sat next to me while I was watching an episode of Dexter on my ipod, when something shocking made me jump and yell out loud.
No apologies to the guy who had an exceptionally loud cell phone conversation with his lawyer about some contract had me yelling commentary from 5 rows back to the amusement of other passengers who did not “give me up”.
Running up and down the stairs to get another NYC bound train from Newark Penn Station because my late train made me miss my connection again does count as an aerobic workout.
Smelling the pizza/popcorn/hotdog eaten by other passengers at 6:00 pm or later is almost as tortuous as when the train is really late and one is sitting next to a pizza or popcorn eating passenger.
Reading a sad book or watching an emotional episode of a TV show on the morning train completely screws with carefully applied 7:00 am eye make-up.
No relief in site: No new tunnel, increased fares, reduced service, trains late or broken down every single day on NJ Transit We need a bar car!