Confessions of a People Watcher @ the Train Station:
Here’s a list of all the happenings and people I saw at North Station today. I figured it was amusing, so I’d share it. I think I am going to make these lists more often. You make find this amusing, or at least worth a read if bored. I also added my commentary and opinions. I am literally writing this as the people pass me by. Ha-Ha so this is Kayleigh reporting to you live from Boston! :
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Waiting for the train to pull in I see:
Literally a crazy woman, pacing the doors to each train telling someone or something that doesn't exist to follow her, as she waves her hands, yells obscenities, and wanders.
I’m back to back on a bench with some kid in medical scrubs and he’s typing away too.
A hardcore bicyclist. With helmet, reflectors, backpack, pads, the whole deal.
Many every day average business men and women.
The girl sharing the bench next to me has bright maroonish hair, however she seems normal, sketching and writing in a notepad (and I’m very anxious/nosy to read what it may say ) I get curious what other people write about.
Woman passing in the brightest of purple shaded velour pants I have ever seen.
A man dressed all in black scraping what looks like paint chips off his boots with a pocket knife.
Some 45ish aged man with jeans and a khaki jacket passed me and said “ Nice scarf dude”
A man in a full business suit, brief case and all wearing slide in sandals and he has long blonde curly curly hair and a mustache.
Many typical 20 something looking students, with back packs.
A woman choking back a health bar, staring at the McDonald’s in the station like it is Heaven on Earth.
Over 30 people wandering, sitting, leaning, with their noses in books. (I always read the covers if possible)
A poor man dressed in many layers, desperately trying to look normal (breaks my heart but my bf told me absolutely no approaching anyone alone since I’ve been mugged … However I may ask him if he wants a coffee and donut)
……… Now I am actually on the train ….. These are the people I see passing me as they get on and off, and sitting around me:
Guy heavy set, bald, about 22 or so eating a Cheese burger like it is his last meal, wearing a fluffy down jacket with furry hood, and staring me down like I am a piece of meat. (Every time I glance @ him he’s staring, it’s creepin me out)
The girl seated in the row behind me seems frazzled about something and her head is leaning on the seat and she keeps sighing.
The man who is seated in the row next to me is reading a book I have previously read and I almost want to say “Hey! I think that book was awesome what do ya think so far?” But his nose is buried way too deep.
(The train is starting to get full so everyone is sharing a row, and no one has even paused or bothered to sit next to the cheese burger creep)
When people are walking on the train I always try to look inviting and smile at the people getting on so they sit next to me (That sounds creepy… and desperate… and I even laughed at myself when I typed it…. Ha-ha but I love striking up conversations with strangers. )
The woman in the row directly next to me is in a Lime green Jacket talking EXTREMELY loud on her cell phone. Sheesh
From the reflection in the window , I can see the guy in the behind me to the right reading everything on my screen, and when I glanced back he looked at me like I was crazy, now I’m laughing to myself that he may be reading this.
Cheese burger is still staring….. Only now he is sitting cornered in the seat to get a better view…hmmm. (Honest to God I am not one of those people who think they are “The shit” but literally every single time I look up he is looking at me, I feel it. OOOOO I got the creepy Chills!)
A little old lady maybe 4’8” in a tan trench coat with huge 80’s styled glasses that cover her whole eyes, and then some.
Now I don’t blame cheeseburger for staring,My amazing boyfriend called to tell me about this girls fake boobs and I laughed and called to repeat it loudly, it looks like I was staring into my comp making face ha-ha but really I was taking a webcam pic of me on the train for the gather blog ha-ha, o well, maybe now he will think I’m crazy and stop looking .
Well, this is the end, the train is starting to empty there isn’t much to see, hope you all enjoyed


Comments: 47
Thanks for sharing and sending me here.
ps. Hollie that so neat you lived in brighton! I woulda never guessed
Thanks, Kayleigh. My wife and one of my girls were in Boston yesterday, so I read this with the slightest bit of trepidation! My daughter actually talked with a Jehovah's Witness couple on one of the flights yesterday, and (apparently) politely parried their efforts to talk religion.
(I, too, am the type that strikes up conversations.)
I was happily reading along and then I saw "A little old lady maybe 4'8" in a tan trench coat..." And when I first read it I thought you had written a little old lady maybe 48 ... and I thought wow 48 years old isn't 'little old lady' ... then I laughed my ass off when I realized it was 4 foot 8 inches :) LOL
you bring people-watching to a whole new level...
cool... just be careful...
Blessings...
Look foward to more!
The rest of the way I just listened to my i-pod thank GOD for 2-GIGS of music on the go...you do not have to hear the world but just watch them.
Cheers
Peace.
Ok so YOU have been MUGGED? What happened? That would be so crazy!
Reminded me of a family-favorite musician's perspective as a busker in the Boston subway. His story (NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, 22-Sep-02): The Subterranean World of Peter Mulvey.