The Oppidan Omnibus

1.  Count the tiny mice scampering around the track bed
2. Try to remember when the information displays in the station last worked
3. Try to figure out whether you could walk to the next station in 20 minutes
4. Move out of the way so that guy can use the outlet behind you to charge his phone
5. Think about just going back outside to catch the bus to where you’re going, but then remember that that bus route was eliminated last year
6. Decline to buy socks/DVDs/a half-fare card/incense/a 9-volt battery
7. Wonder what the life span of a transit station-dwelling pigeon is
8. Be glad you’re not sitting next to the guy holding forth on what’s really in the Bible/the Constitution/the tax code/the water
9. Wonder how anyone gets up to the ceiling to change the light bulbs over the tracks
10. Check your phone to see how long you’ve been waiting now (See Item 2)

Tags: headways, MARTA, rail, single-tracking, waiting