I had a lifer today (click here and read definition 3) on my way to work this morning. It was a daytime hooker. She was in the process of being arrested. Granted, I think the arrest was narcotics-related, but there's no reason anybody would dress like that on a cold, windy day like today.
Add her to the list of other specimens I've encountered on the metrolink:
- Drug dealer (in action)
- Amateur rapper
- Frightened hockey fans from St. Charles County
- Crazy old man (a very easy one, as they are abundant)
- Mormon missionaries
- Overprotective parent
- Underprotective parent
- Creepy man wearing a woman's shirt (often confused with the "European")
- European
- Truant student (a pack animal)
- Evangelist
- Nun
- Drug addict
- Drug addict who thinks he's Marvin Gaye
- Corpse*
- Beatle Bob (semi-precious; wholly obnoxious)
- Drunk
- Railroad enthusiast
I am hoping to see the following specimens:
- Civil war reenactor (in uniform)
- Priest
- Republican
- Clown
- Professional rapper
- Drug addict who thinks he's Al Green
*Note that "corpse" is only an assumption, as Metrowatching is just that -- watching. And not touching. While I was definitely tempted to poke the subject with a stick, the most important rule of Metrowatching is to leave the habitat as you found it.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
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2 comments:
Very nice. Now would you consider the european to be resident or vagrant? They're migratory for sure.
How about a drug addict who thinks he's Tina Turner! That's a good one.
I'm not a Republican, but I'm close, and I'd ride metrolink if it went where I needed it. I still have used it, though.
My wife, same thing, she used to work at Wash U School of medicine and took it to Union Station, and also to the airport with some frequency.
I loved your scared St. Charles Hockey fans. Silly urban sprawl people!
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