Line Anarchy

So it's finally happened.

Blatant line anarchy.

And right in front of ME!

I got into my usual line this evening, right behind this weird man who was hopping around and acting jittery (I can't stand being around jittery people). He was hopping around so much that I couldn't really figure out which line he was in, so I sort of stood behind him and hoped for the best. When the next train came, he turned around and looked at me, hopped himself forward and cut in front of this lady who was in the same line but off to the side a bit. Not a lurker, just a drifter.

Hmm, I thought. I wonder if she's even going to react to his line-cutting. Nope. Nothing. Just stood in the same spot. I've cut in front of people who don't move up with the line and just stay right in the middle. If they don't want to follow the flow, then that's fine, but don't go holding me up. So I don't blame the hoppy man, but that put me directly behind the lady. So yet again, I was in line that held the possibility of having line anarchy.

And then it happened.

I was standing there when all of a sudden this girl came out of nowhere and stood right behind the lady, which was right next to me since this lady was lingering off to the side. I turned my head and looked at her. And stared at her. And kept on staring. I was well prepared to ask her, "What are you doing? The line ends back there...," but she never looked at me.

Not knowing which train she planned on getting on (the next one wasn't mine), I was yet again prepared for a fight. Who the heck does she think she is?

The next train came, and the line anarchist somehow cut in front of everyone who was in my line, including Mr. Hoppy. She just plowed right in like the train came specifically to pick her up. And no one said a word.

And the kicker was that she got to sit down on a packed train. She was young. There was no need for her lazy, line anarchist butt to sit down.

Life must be tough for her. Especially since all of us other people seem to get in her way.