July 22, 2015

I was sitting in the metro with my laptop out and watching a video about how to prepare bell peppers. Some of my clothes fell out of my backpack so when it came time to get off at a transfer station, I was too late to get through the closing doors. When I turned back, I saw a stranger inviting me to sit back into my old seat even through the car was mostly empty.

It was silent when we arrived at the same stop and the lack of warning caught me off guard. I immediately rushed off the train with the laptop still in my hands. I closed the lid as the video about bell peppers continued playing.