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The Struggles of Public Transportation

So this is a subject I am quite well versed on: Public Transportation. I go to school in a city... so I use a lot of the NJ Public Transit thingamabobs and I have some opinions about everything. So first off is the bus... Now I just use my school's bus system... which is actual quite new. Its convenient, its free. They run often enough, even though sometimes I'm waiting outside for a little bit and its cold, but you know whatever. The one bad thing about it is that its very awkward for clumsy people to stand in. Today I was having such struggles hanging onto the pole while standing because there were no seats left. I almost fell a bunch of times. I did fall one time a few months ago and thats embarrassing. I also always fear how I'm grabbing the pole. If I grab with one hand, I'll almost definitely fall. If I grab with two hands, I may look like a stripper. How do strippers handle this situation? Its just such a struggle sometimes. And then theres the seat with the po...

Close Encounters of the Real People Kind- McDonalds kid

Alrighty I'm gonna be completely honest and tell you guys: I had no clue what to write about today and then I remembered this situation that happened to me on Friday so here it is! I was at the place where most of these stories take place: Newark Penn Station and I had just gotten some McDonalds and was running to my track so that I wouldn't miss it. Anyhoo there was this kid that was little and he was really cute and his mom looked kind of pissed. I think it was his mom at least, she looked a bit young but I didn't get a really good look at her so I don't know. Anyway this kid was pointing at my McDonalds bag like "look mommy I want McDonalds too" or something like that. The mom then really quickly slapped the kid on top of the head and he started crying. I was totally not expecting that to happen and it was kind of funny and I did feel a little bad lol. It wasn't like a hugely painful slap at all... But it also wasn't a light tap. It made a noise...