it is my second day at my new job - and my second day taking the L train into manhattan at rush hour since i moved to brooklyn - and i've noticed a pattern. between bedford avenue and 1st avenue (that is, under the east river), the train stops. it sits, silently, in the tunnel for several minutes. then, it crawls a few feet forward and stops again. then, the L train lady voice comes on over the PA and says something like, "this train is delayed due to train traffic ahead of it". this process is repeated several times before the train eventually arrives at the first avenue stop, and several more times between first and third avenues, and maybe once or twice between third and union square.that is the ballad of how a 20-minute commute takes me an hour.
i'm starting to remember why i used to be such a manhattan snob.
(note: i found that accurate picture by googling "l train" and came upon a blogger who understands my grief - check out williamsburg is dead when you hit your 3:00 slack sesh.)
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