Pain on the train

[bobquasit]

I got on the train at Forge Park this morning. As it pulled into the next stop - Dean College - there was a sudden, violent jerk. It felt as if there had almost been a crash.

Unfortunately my knee must have been in just the wrong place at the wrong time. There are some blunt corners on each seat-back, and the jerk jammed one of them into the space under the edge of my kneecap. Instantly I was plunged into violent, blinding pain such as I've rarely experienced. It was so severe that I doubled over, and was barely able to keep from vomiting. The pain lasted for several minutes, which was a long time, believe me.

I hate the MBTA.

Comments

would you like to be connected to your fellow passengers?

[(Anonymous)]

Not sure if you've seen clevercommute.com...but lots of Boston area people use it (and even more NY area people use it).
It's free to use...grassroots.

You can google around to the articles in NY Times and Boston globe and others.

For full disclosure - I'm the gut that created it...and it has saved my butt on many many occasions

pain

[(Anonymous)]

what u experienced was wheel slip


if you hate the T so much, drive to your destination

Re: pain

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the info.

And since you're wondering, I don't drive because we only have one car, and my wife needs it. Not to mention that 3-4 hours of driving every day is more than I care to do, these days.

But that doesn't mean that I (or anyone) should put up with bad service from the T! Which is why I made Charlie On The Commuter Rail (http://charlieonthecommuterrail.blogspot.com/).