27 June, 2006
O! Sweet Peace!
Never in my life have I been more happy to pay my fare than I was this afternoon! As the Peralta eased into the Oakland Estuary, I carefully tore my ticket from the book and smoothed it out before I handed it to the deck hand on my way off of the boat. I had nearly forgot what it was like to be able to get a seat and not have people elbowing me or blasting their conversations in my ear or having to continually dodge children racing around the boat. (I think the deck hands finally gave up telling the parents to make their kids walk instead of run.)
Talking to my fellow passengers, I realized it wasn't just me being an impatient bitch (this time). All of the "regulars" that I talked to were so happy to pay their fare and not have to deal with the, ahem, "bargain hunters". Even the deck hands seemed relieved and extra-smiley today.
Ahhhhhhhhh!
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