Fire Hazard? I think so!

I keep forgetting to blog about the madness that is Penn Station but when I walked in today it reminded me!  I didn't think that I would be able to accurately portray this craziness so of course, thanks to my blackberry, I am going to give you all a visual.  

But first! I must set up the situation.  I normally leave work around 5:48 because it takes about 5 or so minutes to get to Penn depending on how many lights I have to stop at.  As I am bombarded with "EXTRA EXTRA! READ blahblahblahblah" (yes newspaper sellers are always right infront of the entrance--highly annoying) I try to get through the mob of people as New Yorker as possible. Meaning, I go as quickly as I can and if I bump into anyone I keep my head down and yell 'sorry' really quickly but I never stop and say "oh goodness me...I am just soooo sorry for bumping you...please forgive me."  Heck no.  People here dont have the time or patience to hear an apology because it's nearly impossible to not run into someone.  

So today....the trains were running a few minutes behind schedule and when I walked in I think every commuter was standing in the main concourse.  I'm not sure how many people are allowed to be in one area at once in this place but I'm sure this is cutting it pretty close!  Oh and it's underground so it is not the coolest place to be.  Cool meaning temp wise...not what a 14 year old is trying to be.  

So here is what I was surrounded by....

(Please click the picture to enlarge so you can get a better idea)

Yes....do you SEE that?!  That is only half of the people....and this is only the section for tracks 1-9! Tracks 10-17 or something like that are down further.  These are all my beautiful fellow commuters!!  And what you can't see is how this turns into even more chaos when the track number is posted.  Approximately 10 minutes prior to departure the TV screens will post what track the train is at and at that time people literally RUN in all different directions to get to their desired track.  The reason for this is because the tracks change everyday so you have to watch the screen to know where to go or you arent getting home-simple as that.  

Enough with the train though!  Work was great today!  I really really missed it since I was out two days last week.  I ran an errand to a florist on 5th and 18th so took a stroll down 5th around lunch time...passed a park, the Flatiron building and lots of stores.  It was very relaxing but this was a much further walk than I anticipated lol.  Other than that I basically made a lot of phone calls and worked on Swank's blog.

Oh!  I did get to enjoy a show from Josh and Christina on how they believed Southern life was.  Let me just say that it was the stereotypical new yorker way of thinking and it was hysterical!!  

Yay for not being sick and knowing I get to go back tomorrow!! 

Colleen comes Wednesday!!!!!!!! SOO EXCITED!

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Amanda