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OH MY GOSH!
I was so appalled and disgusted that I couldn't even form a full sentence in my head.
It was Thursday of this past week that the DC Metro "experience" reared it's ugly head again. All week the temperature outside was in the 90's and humid; very hot and sticky outside. I think every day that week that I rode the train home, the car I was in didn't have the A/C working. Being shut in there with lots of other hot sweaty people with no air circulation is somewhat claustrophobic and a LOT uncomfortable.... Almost to the point of pushing me over in to a mini panic attack. I NEED AIR.
Well on Thursday, we had the added bonus of dealing with a train malfunction. It was rush hour, and instead of waiting 2 or 3 minutes for the next train, the reader-board said 12 minutes. GREAT. Even with trains coming every couple of minutes, the cars are always crowded. Now we have 4 trains worth of people waiting on the platform to pile in to the anticipated train cars.
The train came and about a third of us squished on to the already over-flowing train. When I say squish, I mean that every side of your body is touching somebody else. There is barely enough room for you to maneuver your arm up so you can hold on to the bar above you. I was close to the door when I first got on, and was holding on to the floor-to-ceiling bar. I FELT this man behind me pressing in to my backside. At the same moment, I saw this short girl trying desperately to reach the bar above her head. Since I had my wedge sandals on that day, I was *just* tall enough to reach the over-head bar, so I asked this girl if she wanted to switch places with me. This wasn't a totally unselfish offer. I was hoping to shift and move my body around to get away from previously mentioned man rubbing up against me.
The girl and I scooted and turned and traded places. And wouldn't you know it -- the man's body moved RIGHT IN SYNC WITH MINE. Ugh. Just thinking about it now makes me sick. What a creep! What a cretin! So while I'm constantly trying to move my body away from him (in the millimeters of space I had), he is pressing in to me. My disbelief finally takes a back seat to my utter revulsion of this man and I am about to turn my head and say quite loudly, "Can you please try REALLY hard not to thrust your pelvis in to my backside?!" when we arrive at the next stop. I quickly step off of the train to let the others out and when I step back on, I am relieved to not have this man next to me again.
After a few seconds, I spot this man about 3 people away from me doing the SAME THING to another girl! I can see her squirming and I can see him pressing up against her! OH MY GOSH! This guy needs to be arrested. What does his day entail? Hanging out at metro stops waiting to smash himself on to an overly crowded train to try to get away with this perversion?! I am completely appalled, nauseated, disgusted, horrified & outraged at this behavior. And it naturally makes me have an aversion to men in general. Between this guy and my bus stalkers, I'm out of patience. Some people are such sickos.
Sometimes I wish public transportation was NOT an option for me...
And with fares increasing AGAIN, I ask myself - is it worth it?
3 comments:
What the crap?
That is pretty much the most disgusting thing I've ever heard. I can't believe you didn't call him out on it. I would have told him to get his perverted d*** off of me and all the other girls. I would have made a freakin' scene! NASTY!!!
I am in total agreement. Aren't there metro officers around to report him? This is so awful. This vacation will be great for you. I will miss seeing you.
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