Happy Monday

Sitting here on the upper deck of Caltrain on a Monday morning, sleepily typing away on my computer, the train comes to a crawling stop at the Menlo Park station. Yes, it’s one of those days again, there’s been a fatality somewhere near Hayward Park and all Northbound trains are stalled. The doors have been opened up for people to roam around and stretch. People are calm, while they assess how to go about their day, deciding between rescheduling their morning meetings and taking the calls from the train.

Very few people get out of the train to leave and hitch a ride to work or return back home. Partly because, we are almost half way out from the South Bay to San Francisco, but also because, for most of these people, Caltrain is THE means of transportation on a daily basis. It’s amazing to see even in this fast paced, constantly sprinting world, people take it easy when things outside of their circle of influence go haywire.

Some emails and pings later…

Just got word that the original train involved in the fatality has been cleared to proceed. Both tracks are now open and we should be receiving our clearance to proceed shortly. Ten minutes or so later, we are still waiting. People are now pacing up and down the platform taking their conference calls.
Finally, the words sound, “Caution, the doors are about to close”. We all know what that means.

Happy Monday!

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