Apparently, all kinds of people ride the BART. The crazy ones, the musicians, the loverbirds, the lawyers, the designers…today I saw a man in a full black business suit with a segway.
He was hugging the segway with one arm and in the other, he was frantically writing a message on his smart phone. Somehow, you couldn’t help but stare. At every stop, he would push the segway out so that people could walk out. He seemed reluctant to let people walk around it. Then he would walk back in. During the whole ride, he kept his head down writing the message as if he didn’t want to notice the stares.
The stares of why would he ride the BART if he had a segway. And if he could afford one, why didn’t he take a taxi instead? And why…why…a segway? Although my first thought was how heavy is the segway, did he use the elevator or the stairs to get it down?
He got off at the same station as me and headed toward the back while I scrambled up the closest staircase to me. Lost in the moving flow of people with my $45 Fast Pass, I stood on the escalator slowing moving into the cool night in the San Francisco Mission.
You know, the thing is that people are getting too lazy. It’s not enough that we sit on our butts and drive everywhere (or ride the BART), but when we’re not riding our vehicles, we need smaller vehicles to walk for us!?
The Segway is a very cool invention… but in general, people gotta use their two feet more!
Hahahahah. So many BART entries lately.
Myself, I can’t say enough about weird things that happen on public transportation. To date, I’ve had someone relieve himself while standing behind me in the stairway on ac transit (and then have the nerve to get back on the bus), ask to sit on my lap on muni, and…of course who can forget the pregnant woman that assaulted me on BART. There is no end to the weirdness.
The Segway is a cool toy that ultimately serves no purpose. It doesn’t get you anywhere fast enough that you could take it over a cab if you’re in a hurry, and it makes you lazy as well. I wouldn’t turn one down if offered one for free, but it would be just for goofing around. I’m pretty sure it would be awesome to have nerf jousting with Segways.