the crazy things people do on the metro

you know when you can tell that someone ahead of you is so PISSED off about the person that is ahead of them?

(quick background: on the metro escalator, etiquette requires that people who are going to stand the whole ride stand on the RIGHT. people who are going to walk up or down walk on the LEFT. it can get ugly when there are tourists here.)

so the woman ahead of me (#1 [normal metro user]) was about to lay the smack down on the woman ahead of her (#2 [crazy bitch]). #1 noticed that on the escalator ride down that the left side was open so just she decided to walk down. right as she moved over, #2 also moved over with the speed only seen in cheetas. and stopped. dead stop. on the LEFT side. she then peered over the side to see if the metro was coming (let's forget that the little blinking lights in the floor let you know if the train is coming). then #2 noticed a friend and proceeded to slow to a crawl and block most of the area immediately off the escalators on the platforms...causing a slight traffic jam as people couldn't get around. #1 started to get more and more frustrated. i think she was about ready to trip #2. #2 and her friend proceeded to get in the way of #1 for most of the walk up the platform.

it was awesome to witness.