On Thursday, I needed to buy a new Metro card. The card gives me unlimited use of the trains and buses for $76.00. I usually figure out that my card has expired every month on a morning commute as I rush to catch the train. The swipe of my card is met with a "Uh uh, no way" sound, and miss my train...
This month, I broke the routine when I managed to actually buy a new card and still catch the train! I tucked the expired card into my bag and put the new and improved card into my Jimi. (No garbage can around to pitch the old card)
Flash forward to my evening commute home. The same scenario happened: imminently arriving train, fumbling for my metro card, I grab the loose card out of bag and swipe. I feel the jerk of the turnstile because it won't budge for me and my expired card! So I get the new card out of my wallet, swipe it, and run like hell down the stairs with my card in hand. The doors are closing, but I just made it onto the train! Whew.
Of course, my card didn't make it with me! I dropped it just outside of the train door. I think I made a noise like a whimpering puppy at that point.
Luckily for me, the train doors needed an adjustment, so they opened one more time and I jumped out, grabbed the card, jumped back in, and smiled. I could've gotten squished by the doors, but I was a victorious klutz! No one smiled with me. Damn New Yorkers.
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The best call I took at work on Friday:
Caller: "Hi, you know the movie 'Spiderman', right?"
Lizz: "Yeah, it comes out this week."
Caller: "So, (pause) do you have it on IMAX?"
Lizz: "Um, what? (Laugh) This is a veterinary practice."
Caller: "Sorry about that"
Lizz: "I WISH we had Spiderman on IMAX. (Still Laughing) Maybe we should set up a projector..."