Rides home on the LIRR (813 hits)
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Submitted by supersloth (View user info) at 2005-06-27 12:01:53 EDT
I noticed her while riding the train home from work. While the night sky outside remained unseen, the interior reflected luminously in my seat's window. In what has become my customary melancholy of another shitty day wasted, I stared out the window, seeing everyone inside.
She sat in the seat directly in front of me, dark hair in a ponytail ringing her pale, delicate features. She was the girl everyone loved, the popular girl who was nice to the losers while still dating the high school football hero, the sincere closet case who desperately craved acceptance. She was the type of person that always made me incredibly uncomfortable.
Time has a way of changing people. I changed into a bitter, cynical asshole... with the looks that make most people choose to stand rather than sit next to me on the train. Girls like this hung on to what they were in high school.
I watched her face as she stared out the window. She glanced down at her hands every few seconds, grinning vapidly at a diamond on her left hand. I shuddered in disgust. It wasn't jealousy, merely what I knew was the waste of another life.
I tapped her on the shoulder.
"Hey..."
She turned slowly.
"Yes?"
"That's a nice ring."
"Ummm... Thanks?"
She was getting uncomfortable. I wasn't talking to her to scare her, just to learn a little bit.
"So, you're going to be married soon?"
"Do I know you?"
"You might, but I doubt it. I've never bothered to get to know many people."
"Did we go to high school together?"
"I don't think so. But I went to high school with a lot of people like you."
"People like me? What do you mean?"
"Well, let me guess. Your boyfriend is a trader on the stock market, or an investment banker, or something else that makes a lot of money."
"He works with his father on the commodities exchange."
"Close enough... He also has an amazing apartment on the upper east side decorated with his football trophies, while you still live at home with your parents, because you're a social worker or elementary school teacher in a rough area."
"I do child psychology in the Bronx."
"Once again, close enough."
"What does this have to do with anything?"
"You're going to give up everything you love and respect for a life of luxury."
"No-"
"You're going to quit your job for this asshole."
"No I'm not-"
"You've been a dishonest bitch your entire life because this is all you ever wanted"
"Go fuck yourself-"
"You'll never be nice to someone like me ever again because you don't need people like me any more."
"You don't know what you're talking-"
"Go home to your parents' house and think about all of the people that you were dishonest to, including yourself. Every loser that you made feel special, you were lying to. You never cared.... It's painfully obvious now."
The conductor announced her stop. She got up and gracefully walked out of the train, never stopping to look at anyone around her. Another unspoken conversation swirled around my aching head, borne aloft by six pints of Brooklyn Lager.
User Reviews
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2006-05-17 19:42:20 EDT (#)
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you need to post more
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2005-11-02 11:31:15 EST (#)
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Awesome.
Submitted by supersloth (user info) at 2005-06-27 16:31:22 EDT (#)
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As a side note... I hate the fucking LIRR.
I stood the entire way into the city this morning.
Third fucking time this month.
They cancel trains if there is a drop of dew on the tracks.
And thank you - every one of you - I mean it.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-06-27 16:17:24 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by JulsInsane (user info) at 2005-06-27 16:07:50 EDT (#)
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Awesome....
and I wanted to -2 you just for mentioning the LIRR aka the train of death and awfulness
Submitted by Yes (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:58:15 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Confuzitron (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:57:42 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:55:03 EDT (#)
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nice
Submitted by Deidra (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:43:43 EDT (#)
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Wow
Submitted by Ejryuu (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:39:05 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:27:09 EDT (#)
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shutup george, youre a crackwhore.
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:18:50 EDT (#)
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+2 for being an unrepentant asshole. You'll fit right in here.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:17:21 EDT (#)
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Shutup Bob, you're not allowed on the train by yourself, you're only 8 years old.
Submitted by LadyPlural (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:13:01 EDT (#)
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Good first post.
Submitted by Adamdidit2u (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:11:04 EDT (#)
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A welcome surprise
Submitted by jack11058 (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:06:03 EDT (#)
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welcome aboard. most welcome indeed.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2005-06-27 13:05:34 EDT (#)
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you know whats great on LIRR? if you ride around rush hour and there are the business men with their beer hidden in the brown bags.
i love to laugh at them.
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:56:05 EDT (#)
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for some reason i can't seem
to get away from people like that...
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:37:04 EDT (#)
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I have to -2firstpost this.
I have to...
GOD DAMNIT I CAN'T DO IT...
Damn you for having a very good first post, you have taken away something I love...
Submitted by pantsarestupid (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:34:21 EDT (#)
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Nooooooooooooo!!!
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:23:41 EDT (#)
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Oh poor little Pantsy, don't you know I've been stalking you ever since you came to Uber and I found out you're from NY?
I'm the creepy guy on the train that's always staring at your chest and breathing heavy
Submitted by pantsarestupid (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:18:24 EDT (#)
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This is why I keep to the F and the E. I stay away from you LIRR fuckers.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:11:24 EDT (#)
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I get off at Bayside.
Goddammit, my nightmares are coming to fruition.
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:09:27 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Method (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:07:40 (#)
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You know, sometimes it scares me that I could be riding the LIRR every day, and the person sitting next to me could be an uberuser.
STAY OFF THE PORT WASHINGTON LINE, FUCKERS, I'LL KILL YOU ALL
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great neck? roslyn? i'm on the port washington line sometimes.
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:07:40 EDT (#)
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You know, sometimes it scares me that I could be riding the LIRR every day, and the person sitting next to me could be an uberuser.
STAY OFF THE PORT WASHINGTON LINE, FUCKERS, I'LL KILL YOU ALL
Submitted by fudgepacker (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:07:25 EDT (#)
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dude.....awesome.
welcome. great first post.
Submitted by Pentameter (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:07:14 EDT (#)
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Fan
Fucking
Tastic
Submitted by Sassmasterr (user info) at 2005-06-27 12:04:47 EDT (#)
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"The conductor announced her stop. She got up and gracefully walked out of the train, never stopping to look at anyone around her. Another unspoken conversation swirled around my aching head, borne aloft by six pints of Brooklyn Lager."
i was expecting a -2 quality on this one. thanks for proving me wrong.
awesome story.