iPod Shuttle

So, the other day Chantal and I were waiting at the subway platform for the 1 Train. We had just come from a movie, and it had been raining all day (see last post). Well, there was a nicely dressed man waiting with us on the platform. He was wearing a black suit, tie, the whole thing. Well, he dropped his umbrella, and the handle broke off. Chantal said, "Oh no!" I didn't think it was that big a deal, and the guy put the handle back on without any problems.

Well, then he said to us, "Can you watch for the train?" And then he jumped down onto the track.

I hadn't realized, but he had dropped a case off the platform onto the subway tracks below. It looked like one of those shaving kits you can get. We figured there must be something really important in there to jump onto a subway track for it. This specific subway line gives no indication of the arrival of the next train, so when he jumped on the track, the train really could have arrived in any second, and he would have only had a small amount of time to get back up.

Well, thankfully he made it with about a minute to spare. It was strange to see this guy down on the tracks.

When we got onto the train, he got into the same car. We watched intently to see what was worth getting hit by a train for.

Well, here is the answer: