friday top ten.

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top ten awkward metro moments

which may or may not have happened to me. 

1. staring at the metro map posted above someone's seat. 

having that person think you're staring at them.

2. grabbing on to the hand rail and touching a stranger's hand by mistake.

apologize sheepishly or do the awkward throat clear and ignore it?

3. let me just put it this way

-10 F outside,

95 F inside.

4. trying to take off/adjust/put on

scarf, hat, earmuffs, gloves/mittens,

while wearing a 10 lb winter coat,

and carrying another bag.

5. going through the entrance door and

battling the 20 mph blast of warm air.

wind tunnel much?

6. sitting next to someone hacking up a lung.

or chewing obnoxiously.

7. having a conversation with someone

who gets off a stop ahead of you.

i always feel like everyone is staring at me after that person leaves.

8. metro musicians.

the man who holds his music stand together with duct tape,

the man in a plastic boat complete with blow-up palm tree,

or the man on stilts playing the flute in a jester hat.

9. reading a neighbor's newspaper over their shoulder 

without getting caught.

10. running to catch a metro,

making it with a triumphant jump,

and then standing still for another 45 seconds before it starts moving.

anyone else have awkward metro moments?

or any public transport for that matter!

xo

alli