Tonight I went into the city for a happy hour. I live in NJ and I have to take the PATH over. For those of you not from the NY metro area, the PATH is some wise acronym for "Crappy Subway Which Travels Under The River." The way back to NJ was the most crowded PATH ride I have ever been on. If I had not gotten a seat (I aggressively maneuvered my way on at 33rd Street), I would have not heard this gem.
More background: each PATH train has two "conductors." One actually drives the train and the other operates from within the cars. Tonight I happened to be in the car where the moving conductor was.
The Moving Conductor's job is to basically signal the driver when to leave and to alert passengers that the train is leaving. They always say something along the lines of, "Next stop, 9th Street. Watch out for the closing doors." The line of the night from the Moving Conductor, "Y'all better get your asses on the train before I come out there and conduct."
This may not be the best thing I have ever written, but I pretty much wet myself on the train. Y'all.
3 comments:
if you were making fun of the y'all comment, then I am angry.
I might have solied myself if I heard that one..
Why crappy? The stations are much cleaner than MTA's, the air-conditioning much cooler, and it's always packed with eye-candy. Only thing that sucks is that the PATH goes down during rush hour at least once a month.
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