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Stupicide
Please don't commit stupicide. It's the kind of thing only a lame drama-queen would do.
This morning got off to a bad start. I was running late and biked furiously to the train station. The three cop cars in front of me should have been a clue. Someone either killed themselves deliberately or stupidly, running out in front of one of the trains. Apparently injured someone else with their flying debris. How nice for them. I assume the day/time was chosen for maximum drama potential. It wasn't just rush hour commute but also the first day of baseball season and there was a game scheduled for early in the day. The baseball arena is a short walk from the train station.
Though I wonder if the guy couldn't have been more successful in his drama. I mean sure, he made a bunch of fans late for the game and a bunch of people late for work, but what if he'd jumped AFTER the game. Then you'd have a train full of drunken fans and tired business people. The long delays combined with that could have made someone else go postal and caused a much bigger scene.
As for me, I bicycled up to the San Antonio station (a couple of miles) and boarded a train that had come down from the city and was going to go back up (They closed the Mountain View station and were bridging the station with buses) I sat on the train for about 20 minutes before they decided they wanted us to get off that train and onto another (larger) train. Great! Except they gave us almost no notice of this and I had to walk all the way down the length of both trains since I was a cyclist. Not to mention, the door got stuck on my car and I ended up being the last bicyclist on board meaning I had to hassle with other people who weren't going to the end of the line and hadn't bothered to label their bikes and struggle to find a seat.
Finally, about an hour and a half after I set out of the station, I started moving. But there was fun ahead! Trivia question for the day: What's stupider than stupicide? How about COPYCAT stupcide at the Redwood City station. #$%^&!!! More delays, more whingey sports fans, probably 4-5 trains worth of people stuffed onto one train. I was at least lucky enough to find a seat and I got some artwork done but eesh. How annoying.
I've got no qualms about people killing themselves. Heck, I've considered it now and then, but come on. If you really think you're that worthless at least don't be a drama queen about it. Do something quiet, private, and tidy. Carbon monoxide or swim in shark infested waters or something. Don't bollox up everyone else's day just because you're having a bad one. That's just plain rude.
Edit: PS, to save myself some breath, go read this if you feel like whinging at me.
This morning got off to a bad start. I was running late and biked furiously to the train station. The three cop cars in front of me should have been a clue. Someone either killed themselves deliberately or stupidly, running out in front of one of the trains. Apparently injured someone else with their flying debris. How nice for them. I assume the day/time was chosen for maximum drama potential. It wasn't just rush hour commute but also the first day of baseball season and there was a game scheduled for early in the day. The baseball arena is a short walk from the train station.
Though I wonder if the guy couldn't have been more successful in his drama. I mean sure, he made a bunch of fans late for the game and a bunch of people late for work, but what if he'd jumped AFTER the game. Then you'd have a train full of drunken fans and tired business people. The long delays combined with that could have made someone else go postal and caused a much bigger scene.
As for me, I bicycled up to the San Antonio station (a couple of miles) and boarded a train that had come down from the city and was going to go back up (They closed the Mountain View station and were bridging the station with buses) I sat on the train for about 20 minutes before they decided they wanted us to get off that train and onto another (larger) train. Great! Except they gave us almost no notice of this and I had to walk all the way down the length of both trains since I was a cyclist. Not to mention, the door got stuck on my car and I ended up being the last bicyclist on board meaning I had to hassle with other people who weren't going to the end of the line and hadn't bothered to label their bikes and struggle to find a seat.
Finally, about an hour and a half after I set out of the station, I started moving. But there was fun ahead! Trivia question for the day: What's stupider than stupicide? How about COPYCAT stupcide at the Redwood City station. #$%^&!!! More delays, more whingey sports fans, probably 4-5 trains worth of people stuffed onto one train. I was at least lucky enough to find a seat and I got some artwork done but eesh. How annoying.
I've got no qualms about people killing themselves. Heck, I've considered it now and then, but come on. If you really think you're that worthless at least don't be a drama queen about it. Do something quiet, private, and tidy. Carbon monoxide or swim in shark infested waters or something. Don't bollox up everyone else's day just because you're having a bad one. That's just plain rude.
Edit: PS, to save myself some breath, go read this if you feel like whinging at me.