Scene and heard

I had to work late for the third Wednesday in a row, but this time I got out at 9pm, so didn’t bother with a Limo. Moments after I entered Rector Street Station, there was an announcement that due to an earlier problem, no R trains were running into Brooklyn. I thought I was lucky when a very full Q train arrived a minute later. It was running on the R track part of the way, at which point I could catch the R. We pulled part way into Dekalb Avenue and stopped. As we then slowly rolled towards the end of the platform, the R that had been sitting across the platform started to pull away. I see this annoying practice frequently in the rush hour, but at that time of the evening, R trains (to regulars, the R stands for rarely) run every 15 minutes. To make it worse, the majority of the people on the Q train had obviously wanted to catch it. Bastards! As a former bus driver, I’m aware of the stress that can be caused by nasty and condescending commuters, but these people bring some of it on themselves with their thoughtlessness.