Ghost Town
Has anyone noticed just how empty the city is today? My subway car was practically empty at the height of rush hour, nobody was out on the sidewalk on 1st Avenue when I left my apartment this morning, and I literally walked right up to the counter at my bagel shop at a time when I’m usually in line for 10 minutes.
If this has anything to do with Rosh Hashanah, I call bullshit. Rosh Hashanah doesn’t start until sundown tonight. I think some people are really milking a two-day holiday into a three-day affair. That just ain’t right.
Although if it means an easy commute and no bagel line through the end of the week, I say to my Jewish friends, L’Shana Tova!
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September 12th, 2007 at 11:31 am
joanna says:Don’t knock it! Although I found the downtown 4 just as packed as usual at rush hour today.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:46 am
Benjamin Kabak says:Were we in the same city today? My train seemed more crowded than usual.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:52 am
admin says:Joanna and Benjamin Kabak: That’s really weird. I actually double-checked the time when I was walking down the street, because I started to think that my clocks had stopped during the night. It was that quiet.
September 12th, 2007 at 11:57 am
brooklyn gal says:The airport was rife with Jews this morning!
September 12th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
david says:I think the real reason is that the Mesurots will be attacking at 3:24pm today. RUN!
September 12th, 2007 at 1:19 pm
joanna says:Man - you actually surfed a commuting lull! I thought those were a urban myth!
September 12th, 2007 at 3:27 pm
Marshall says:Downtown 6 train this morning was MORE packed than usual… which of course led to MORE people groping me than usual. I kind of liked it…
September 12th, 2007 at 4:32 pm
keith says:the uptown 6 from canal was dead this morning. i picked up a big ass coffee table from white on white and carried it home on the train and even had a seat it was so fucking empty.
shabbat shalom, happy new year, whatever. an empty car this morning was a nice welcome home treat!
September 12th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
Arjewtino says:For your easier commute today, I say, “You’re welcome.”
I, however, have to come in to work every day this week while my shiksa girlfriend, a middle school teacher, gets the day off tomorrow.
September 12th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
quin says:i’m coming home, i’ve done my time.
September 13th, 2007 at 10:54 am
z.madison says:Empty commute here, too.
Mazel Tov!
September 13th, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Alice says:Rosh Hashanna started sundown last night idiot! I know b/c I worked the High Holidays!
September 13th, 2007 at 3:41 pm
admin says:Alice: Um, I know. I wrote that yesterday, idiot!