Created from popular demand, this blog is all about the misadventures of a commuting everywoman, me. Here you will be able to immerse yourself in the gritty and unpleasant underworld of one of the largest commuter train systems in the country, the Long Island Rail Road. As a self-appointed "commutologist" with almost 10 years of informal field experience in the train sciences, I will faithfully identify and chronicle my interactions with the creatures that inhabit this world.
Friday, November 20, 2009
The Bandolero (luggagerus zorro)
The Bandolero can be male or female but tend to be mostly male and can be spotted anytime, anywhere. They are an unpredictable species that can lull you into a stupor of acceptance with their normalcy. Bandoleros typically board the train at later stops and are therefore relegated mostly to middle seats. As the aisle-seat passengers get up to let these creatures in, that's when Bandoleros display their primary behavior. They attempt to take off the 5-6 messenger bags and knapsacks whose straps are crisscrossed in complicated patterns across their chests as if they were extras in the movie The Three Amigos. This de-bagging process generally takes about 5 minutes and is almost always accompanied by profuse apologizing. It's touching really, but after this extensive seating procedure is completed, nobody really cares to hear it. Low muttering and disapproving coughs commence immediately.
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