Friday, April 18, 2014

Up the Down Escalator

Another entry in the "not mindful" category.  This time it was me, following, of all things, a yoga class that should have left me focused and undistracted.  But, no...

I waltzed into the Takoma Metro Station, through the turnstile, and headed for the right-most of the 3 escalators while looking at the status board to see when the next train was coming.  The board was showing a general message, not the train times, so I kept my attention on it expecting it to change any second.

Next thing I knew my foot was on the escalator, but I was attempting to go upstream.  I jumped off in surprise and collected myself.  They do change the directions of these escalators - sometimes having two up and one down - sometimes the other way - and it isn't always the same pattern.  All the more reason to "pay attention, dude!"


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