Yesterday afternoon after leaving downtown Chicago I rode back with JP and a friend back to the south side and would like to mention one oddball occurence.
There was this guy who sat in front of us and decided to start talking to a woman. We both noticed him at 63rd Street and he was just rambling and slurring his speech. The only thing I could make out of what he said was to say that he thought she was beautiful and he attempted to sit next to her because he wanted to. Eventually he did sit next to her, but she was just about arriving at her next stop.
He noticed me and JP and started talking to us. What he said was largely complimentary and noted that there was one race, the HUMAN race and said that we (humanity) messed things up. Even at one point started cursing.
This individual was most likely intoxicated (or drunk) and I could tell by the smell. Exclusive of being drunk I would have just assumed this individual had some issues of some type. Unfortunately he wasn't through talking to people on board the train. He decided to talk to another man and switched seats but that man wasn't in the mood for him. He told him that he really didn't want to hear it and to leave him be and at first this individual respected that.
Then after we left 87th Street and headed towards 95th, this man decided to talk to this other man. Eventually this man was tired of it and moved to another part of the train. And this man was a little riled up talking about his children and his own personal history. We finally arrived at 95th and he was still trying to talk to this man who wanted nothing to do with him. And even got into it with another guy who by all accounts wanted to get a square (cigarette).
One of the passengers as we got off the train said that man was about to get slapped. I couldn't agree more and I ran off the train as soon as the doors opened.
I can only wonder. If events like this and another event I witnessed on the train last week are reasons why people may choose another mode of transportation instead of taking the CTA. I wish there was a way to police the system where people are not disturbed by anyone's banter!
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