Subway Ride

Last night, we took a long subway ride down to Brooklyn to see a Nets game at the new Barclay's Center! The game was great, but something that happened on the subway really stuck with me and made me remember how good people can be.

A few stops after we got on, two tough-looking guys got on our car. One big guy sat next to me and his friend sat across from us. I was a little wary of them and held on a little tighter to my boyfriend and my bag. A few stops later, a man got on with a speaker and microphone. "Oh no, a performance now..." I was thinking. The guy started to talk, doing imitations of the subway announcements, making crazy noises, and just being hilarious. He did a great impression of all of the subway announcement voices, and it was really funny. The best part was the two 'scary' guys near us absolutely loved it! I watched them slowly start to smile and by the end, they were cracking up and laughing so hard, it was hard not to laugh myself. They loved it so much that they kept searching for dollars to give to the guy before he got off of our car. It was just a good reminder not to make snap judgements on people and that people are generally good and generous, and just need to laugh sometimes. Throughout that one subway ride, it was great to see a car full of bored-looking people thinking about their own lives and problems stop to listen and smile or laugh at the hilarious subway performer. I hope I come across that performance again sometime!