I travel on public transport regularly, and it amazes me how little it takes to make a journey more enjoyable. A smile from the conductor, friendly small talk with other passengers, an interesting view from the windows. But so often, nobody smiles or talks, the passengers are all too preoccupied with avoiding eye contact with each other, scared that they might offend or invade somebodys privacy. Everyone seems to be trapped in a Bubble of personal thought between the ear buds of their iPod, only accessible via SMS.
How much more interesting would it be if we all talked to each other? How much could we learn?
So as we pull into Walton station, I ponder these thoughts, while my fellow commuters think of how things used to be in times past, and look in disgust at that antisocial lad whose been typing on his smartphone since Maghull!
I guess it's all about perspective!
Frosty
3 comments:
Nice post Frosty.Keep 'em coming!
Where are all the blogs?? I came here expecting some exciting new stuff to read but it all seems to be invisible...maybe they haven't been written yet...maybe they have been kidnapped by trains!! Next time you are procrastinating write a blog and allow the world to procrastinate with you...
Sorry, I've been exceptionally busy, and I only want to post when I feel I have a statement that is well thought out and structured.
As you can see though, I now have some new posts up!
Hope you check back to read them!
And subscribe to my RSS so you don't need to keep coming and checking! ;-)
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