Musings on Subway Rides

You always hear the most random things on the subway. For the most part people keep to themselves but there are always those few, usually ethnic people, let’s keep it real, who just like to advertise their problems and their conversations. Case in point, today a woman who I garnered was named Erika and who I based on the conversation was either a cleaning lady in some sort of medical facility or a cleaning lady in a hotel was talking about her boss who she refered to as Miss Mary. Erica was black and had a slight Jamaican accent and wore ONE rasta colored giant peace sign as an earing on her right ear. Not 2 earings, just 1. And she was yelling to her friend who was sitting across the tube from her. Things that I learned:

1. Miss Mary is a real bitch and has it out for Erika

2. Erika got a tip from a patient/customer of 25 dollars in an envelope addressed to her because she talked to a sick elderly woman about Texas.

3. But Erika found out from Jose “who barely speaks no English” that Miss Mary had pocketed her tip instead of giving it to her and she was planning on figuring out a way to let Miss Mary know that she knew she had taken her money.

4. Jose’s was presented in the story as a comparison for how awful Miss Mary is. Because even Jose, who didn’t’ speak no English, which was supposed to be evidence of his inferiority, still had the morals to tell Erika about the stolen money.

4. Erika’s wore her one peace sign earring as a message to Miss Mary. “do you see this peace sign miss mary! Do you see it! It means peace! So stop being a bitch!”

5. Erika wanted to buy some smoked sausage with her 25 dollars, which was the only thing that she ever liked from Texas.

6. Cleaning people hate when they have to clean up our tissues from the bed or the hotel room.

And that is your lesson for the day from subway. Clean up after yourselves and peace!