Went to pick up the belated CSA today
May. 13th, 2015 09:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyTook the train back. As we approached our stop, I moved my backpack from between my feet to on my back. As I was sitting, this shoved me forwards somewhat, which gave me the perfect vantage point to witness the cockroach crawling around on somebody's butt.
My fingers itched to swipe the thing off him, but there's no way that wouldn't have been misinterpreted. I consider telling him, but "Excuse me, sir, there's literally a bug on your butt" wasn't likely to actually go over any better. So instead I just sat there, fixated, utterly unable to look away.
As shining moments in the MTA go, this is a bit of a low point.
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My fingers itched to swipe the thing off him, but there's no way that wouldn't have been misinterpreted. I consider telling him, but "Excuse me, sir, there's literally a bug on your butt" wasn't likely to actually go over any better. So instead I just sat there, fixated, utterly unable to look away.
As shining moments in the MTA go, this is a bit of a low point.
US, Cuba to meet in coming weeks on reopening embassies
US taxpayers subsidising world's biggest fossil fuel companies
Fresh Clashes Erupt in North Mali Ahead of Peace Accord
Scientists want to send a fish-like ‘soft robot’ to swim the oceans of Europa
An investigation by Russian opposition activists has concluded that 220 Russian soldiers died in two major battles in eastern Ukraine.
Libya warns against sending ships to its waters
Migrant crisis: EU plan to strike Libya networks could include ground forces
Incredibly Peeved Men’s Rights Activists Call for Boycott of Mad Max, Are Unintentionally Hilarious
Chinese police order Yining residents to hand in passports in latest crackdown
Hezbollah, Syrian army make big gains in border battle
Climate Denialists In Congress Acting As NASA's Kryptonite
Myanmar Rohingya migrants 'begging for help' from boat
Christian fundamentalism is a capitalist construct: The secret history of American religion
Amid fears of ethnic violence, coup attempt reported in Burundi
The GOP's Food Stamp Hypocrisy
On the border and in the crossfire: Cameroon's war with Boko Haram
Nigeria army repels Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri
House Passes USA Freedom Act to Curb NSA Spying
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