After an arduous day that started way too early, I take an early train home. I am sitting one row in front of my usual seat home -- and thank goodness for that.

Sitting 2 rows behind me -- one behind my regular spot -- is this utterly heinous creature.

She was:

- on the phone
- the entire ride home
- in an increasingly loud voice
- speaking only in Russian

Abysmal. The guy sitting in my usual seat -- a carpenter who has a few 2 foot long wood segments on his lap -- somehow manages to sleep through this entire aural assault.

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Mobile Yapping Muscovite:
click for a more annoying view

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I bought an iPod for this exact scenario (I have a tendency to run into conflicts with these self-absorbed dingbats) Out come the headphones, in goes Matisyahu.

Only our Russian commuter is getting louder and louder, and I can hear her over the Reggae (actually, between the beats). So I switch to the Stones, and she disappears.

Besides, I'm only a stop away. When we are 2 minutes from my stop, I get up, snap a photo (above), and wait for my station.

Only the poor bastard sleeping in front of her is finally awoken by this shrill blonde banshee.

He is not happy . . . And, he is holding large pieces of wood.

He politely -- more or less, and certainly more polite than I would have been in the same cuircumstances -- asks her to keep it down.

Banshee just ignores him -- if anything, she talks louder.

The guy has literally just woken up, and it takes a few seconds for him to realize how he is being dissed by this bitch. So he stands up, and as the train pulls into my station, he stares at her, and in a very loud voice says:

SHUT UP! --  S H U T  U P !! SHUT UP!

She looks to me (of all people) for help. I say: 

"Lady, you were loud and obnoxious all ride. You should do what he asks, and consider yourself lucky he doesn't clock you with the lumber. . ."

For the first time all ride, she is struck dumb.

The doors open at my station. The carpenter and I get off. I go home.

Posted at 11:32 AM in LIRR Commuter From Hell | Permalink

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