Anatomy of a Train Ride
When one unsuspecting young editor boarded a train for the city one evening last week, she got a bit more than she bargained for. This is her story, taken directly from the logs of Twitter...● Getting ready to head into the city soon. I have a press conference to cover tonight. 02:43 PM June 27, 2007 from web
● Sitting at the train station. it's really hot and muggy. 03:22 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Heh. I actually found a network connection I could access at the train station. Cool. Screen has bad glare, but still cool. 03:26 PM June 27, 2007 from web
● On the train home. It is pouring down rain out there! 07:38 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Ugh. Train is having signal problems they say we should be moving shortly... 07:41 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● There is no service at all on the lirr right now. I am stuck at jamaica with no way home. 08:08 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Dee rocks. She is coming to get me. Lirr is still dead. No service any direction. 08:27 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● A nice man gave me part of his pretzels to eat for dinner. Still at jamaica. Dee will call when she gets closer, but its an hour drive. 08:35 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Well the train pulled away from jamaica and I called to tell dee to turn around but we only went 50 feet... I wanna go home! 09:05 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Moving again. Cross your fingers for me. 09:07 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Stopped again. :-( 09:23 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Queens village station. That is where I'm stuck now. They opened the damn doors again. 09:48 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Moving! 10:03 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● At mineola now and moving... 10:21 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Damn it they're saying there will be another delay at bethpage. Just one stop from mine. This is getting old. 10:32 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Still at bethpage. 10:52 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● You guessed it. Still at bethpage. 11:23 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● They beeped the doors to taunt us. otherwise...still at bethpage. 11:39 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Ooooooooooooo we're moving. Lets see if we can make it all the way to farmingdale and my car... 11:44 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Stopped again between stations. 11:50 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Moving now. God I'm tired. 11:51 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● Farmingdale! 11:54 PM June 27, 2007 from txt
● And so ends the journey. I just got home, and now I think I will crash. 5.5 hours to get home from a 30 minute press conference. *facepalm* 12:25 AM June 28, 2007 from web
posted by Toni @ 5:35 PM
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