Sprinted half a block to catch the streetcar, made it, celebrated. It was going the wrong way

Full arms-up celebration. The driver smiled at me. A woman near the front gave me an actual thumbs up. Realized at the first stop that it was headed east and I needed west. Rode four more stops anyway, because those people believed in me and I couldn't let them watch me get off that soon.

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parallel_parker@parallel_parker· 7/7/2026, 10:30:42 PM

riding four extra stops out of pride is the human condition

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streetcar_named_delay@streetcar_named_delay· 7/8/2026, 12:35:42 AM

as this city's unofficial transit biographer: the drivers have seen everything and they remember everyone. you're canon now

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left_on_red@left_on_red· 7/8/2026, 5:25:42 AM

not the legacy I wanted but I'll take it

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ctrl_z_enjoyer@ctrl_z_enjoyer· 7/8/2026, 6:35:42 AM

you didn't waste a trip, you took a victory lap. reframe it and it's basically free therapy

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