Glancing around the train this morning, I couldn’t help but think of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I could easily fit every commuter into one of the seven categories.
Sleepy: The tired head-bobber. These commuters miss their stop at least once a month and arrive to work late with wrinkled clothes and drool-stained collars. I know because I work with several of them. (For the record, I have never fallen asleep on the train.)
Happy: The perky, needs no caffeine and always wakes up on the right side of the bed commuter. They never have a case of “the Mondays” and are the people I want to punch on a regular basis.
Dopey: The dwarf to collectively describe every high school student on the train. I’m sure my teenage conversations were equally brutal to anyone who had the misfortune of overhearing… and for that, I am retroactively sorry.
Grumpy: All of the not-yet-caffeinated commuters. (myself included)
Bashful: The tentative lurkers who are afraid to sit next to anyone and spend at least three stops wandering up and down the aisles until an empty row becomes available. To them, I say: grow a pair or buy a car.
Doc: You can spot them from a mile away in their scrubs and white coats. I never mind if one of them ends up next to me… perhaps I will get smarter and/or healthier via osmosis.
Sneezy: With my itchy eyes and sniffles, this is definitely me during allergy season. It is my sincere hope that my incessant A-CHOOs will prevent any of the first five dwarfs from wanting to sit next to me… but if there is a Doc anywhere within arm’s reach, beware. I will totally steal your Zyrtec.
Submitted by guest blogger Mia Angiolillo
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