A reason to wish for CharlieTickets
By adamg on Tue, 01/10/2006 - 9:25am
Or stun guns for riders, Mike writes - in a description of what happened after he slid a $5 bill under the window at the UMass/JFK token booth and asked for two tokens:
"Waddya want?" he snapped at me.
I said: "Two. I wanna go and come back."
"Just tell me what you need!" the guy snarled.
"Two please," I repeated, flatly. ...
He was spoiling for a fight, and was grumping and griping beneath his breath.
I talked over him, but matter-of-factly: Two. Two. Two. ...
"Here," he snarked. And added, inexplicably: "And it's my fault. Remember that." ...
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