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April 25, 2007
My own private hell
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I had the most stupendous thing happen to me today. I got stuck in a gate at an El station. I was getting on the Blue Line at Irving Park, and I put my farecard into the machine. Instead of the typical turnstile, there was one of those crazy "rotogate" things like they have at high school football stadiums. You know, they go one direction and have lots of bars so you can't hop it. Well, mine got stuck with me halfway in it. There was no budging, and I was stuck with my hands full of bags, newspapers and bottles of water.
I had my phone, so I called 911 and told them to come bail me out. About that time, a train arrived and people started walking outside. One nice fellow used his farecard to spring me, and didn't even take my offer of $2. I spent about 5 minutes in there, and it was the strangest situation ever. I felt like a lobster in a trap, waiting for somebody to free me and drop me in a pot of boiling water.
entry no. 831
Posted by oz115 at April 25, 2007 01:35 PM