It is important when riding public transit to know what you are up against, namely, who is sitting next to you so you can be prepared. Public Transit Rider Anthropology 101 will be a series that chronicles these fellow riders.
Let's meet the Early Riser. No friends, this is not the guy or gal on the first train into the city, but the one that is compelled to get to the door first.
I like to believe it is common practice that just before one gets up for their stop there is that final email check (read: game of Angry Birds) or car/house key check but for the Early Riser those seconds are what dreams are made of.
Take for instance this morning, as I was on the train approaching a station heading into the city. I make the appropriate “Is this next stop yours?” head gesture to my seat buddy. “Nope, I’m the next stop.” Good, a few more precious seconds to check my email.
Negative.
No sooner did the train start moving to next station did I get the tap to get up. Are. you. serious?
Yes, friends meet my seat buddy, The Early Riser.
-Submitted by Guest Blogger Wit V
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