Instant karma
It doesn't exist. Or does it?
As I stood on the platform waiting for the Red Line after work this evening I was listening to a podcast from the BBC World Service that included a discussion about karma. As packed train after packed train rolled into the station, with me still on the platform as there was no roam for me to board, I started wondering if karma had anything to do with my situation.
A few minutes later some papers fell out of the bag of the man standing next to me on the platform. I immediately bent over to help him pick up his papers. After that, I wondered if my act of kindness would mean that I would be able to get onto the next train.
It was not to be. That train was full, too. However, I could see another train coming directly behind that one. That second train (the sixth to come into the station since I got on the platform) wasn't full, and I was even able to get a seat!
If this is what I have to look forward to regularly it's going to be a long summer.
As I stood on the platform waiting for the Red Line after work this evening I was listening to a podcast from the BBC World Service that included a discussion about karma. As packed train after packed train rolled into the station, with me still on the platform as there was no roam for me to board, I started wondering if karma had anything to do with my situation.
A few minutes later some papers fell out of the bag of the man standing next to me on the platform. I immediately bent over to help him pick up his papers. After that, I wondered if my act of kindness would mean that I would be able to get onto the next train.
It was not to be. That train was full, too. However, I could see another train coming directly behind that one. That second train (the sixth to come into the station since I got on the platform) wasn't full, and I was even able to get a seat!
If this is what I have to look forward to regularly it's going to be a long summer.
posted by redhairedgirl at 21:33
3 Comments:
I don't know much about that type of karma, but maybe you need to work more on your elbowing skills to get on the trains faster :)
True! Often if one or two trains are full the next one is emptier, and most of the time I would rather wait an extra few minutes and be comfortable than pack myself on like a sardine. On that day, however, they were just all full. By the third one I should have just pushed everyone out of my way and boarded!
perhaps you will have to actively seek out opportunities to commit random acts of kindness just to improve your commuter Karma!
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