I take the train to work every day, and I very much appreciate the time to read and get into my own head.<\/p>\n
But it’s not always great.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, my little monthly card didn’t seem to work as I rushed to get to the train that I saw arriving. A very helpful little attendant ran over and got me through the door in the nick of time.<\/p>\n
Thanks, attendant!<\/p>\n
So today, once again, I saw a train coming as I walked up to the station, swiped my card, and…nothing. Only this time, no fleet-footed attendant attended.<\/p>\n
So I picked up the white HELP AND INFO phone to ask what to do. I told the lady that my card didn’t work, and superfluously mentioned that it didn’t work yesterday either. “So I guess it’s dead.”<\/p>\n
She said that I needed to swap it out for a new card at some place or other, then she stopped as though we were finished. I said, “ok, but how do I get to work today?”<\/p>\n
“You said the card didn’t work yesterday either, right?”<\/p>\n
“Yes.”<\/p>\n
“Well, how did you get to work yesterday?”<\/p>\n
I thought this was pretty funny. It was as though she thought I was just generally asking for advice, rather than telling her to work some ingress magic for me.<\/p>\n
In the end, I reached around and illegally pushed open the emergency exit to make it onto the next train that came.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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