Day Train: Readers
Night Train: Chatters
Day Train: iPods to block out the other throngs of commuters
Night Train: iPods for singing along to
Day Train: Coffee in a commuter mug or a Dunkin cup
Night Train: Old Granddad or a tall can of Miller Lite in a paper bag
Day Train: “Tickets please”
Night Train: “Where you going, sweetheart?”
Day Train: Universal agreement to all just look straight ahead, engaging with no one
Night Train: Apparently everyone else considers this to be some sort of weird people SOCIAL HOUR oh my god.
In conclusion: Do not forget your iPod on a late night train. Also: wear a hood, a hat, and practice your fake sleeping. You’re going to need it.
I think the only time I’ve ever taken the train at night, I’ve probably been drunk and the people you HATE on a night train.
Ugh. That sounds like no fun. I remember similar experiences on the DC metro, too. Highly unpleasant.
Wow. Leave work on time, huh?
Old Granddad for the win!
Hey, at least you didn’t have any train-wankers. I had one of those on a late-night CTA train a while ago. GACK!