While watching a rerun episode of “Tosh.0” recently, I saw this video of a man falling asleep at a bus stop and then falling to the ground as the glass door he was leaning against opened to allow passengers on and off the bus.
I wasn’t repulsed by the man who stepped over him, because honestly, I’m not touching someone too out of it to realize he just hit the ground, either. And I didn’t celebrate the guy who immediately ran over to aid him, because I figure that guy was the friend who got the falling guy drunk and allowed him to wear those socks. All I could think was how much I wanted to see glass doors like that on the subway platforms.
Just imagine it: a barrier ensuring you could never be hit by an oncoming train after some crazy person bumps into you and knocks you onto the tracks. No one leaning out over the tracks to see if a train is approaching and blocking your view. No trash on the tracks catching fire and causing traffic to stop. Sure, it’d mean no more endless amusement from those videos of mothers letting go of their strollers for just a second and having to jump onto the tracks to save their barely-loved babies, but I’d be willing to deal with that.
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I usually have a pretty serious case of insomnia in public places. SO annoying.
The very idea of Harper falling onto subway tracks made me throw up a little.
Excuse me. I’m going to have to go drink for the rest of the day.
I remember that episode of Tosh! (We are obsessed with that show in our household… I admit it, I have a huge crush on Tosh). I get really sleepy on public transit, unless of course someone reeks of BO and I can’t breathe, so stories like this always scare me.
I think Tosh is so funny and cute, but the feminist in me is always saying, “Stop laughing at this guy!” I hope all of his women-hating is just for show, though. I can handle a little misogyny for laughs.