Lesson #12-Don't lean on other passengers

Its bad enough that the seats on the subway are designed for people that wear a size 2 and have a shoulder width of like a foot. What makes it worse is if you end up sitting next to someone that has obviously just left a party and is - let's just say- tired. 

So I understand that at 8pm on a Wednesday evening, especially that it gets dark at 4pm these day, could trigger the brain to demand nap time, but you have to realize that you are in the presence of other people. And it's not that I'm some anti-nap monster. I personally love napping. It's the best - just not when you end up being the cushion that someone (who could be drunk by the way) leans on, whilst dozing off on the subway. Oh dear God. I'm thinking he is going to throw up all over me any second now. I begin to sweat, my breathing quickens and I start getting light headed. 

And it's not like I can move. I'm already squeezed between this drunk and another lady, who's jacket is creeping its way onto my arm. So my animal instincts kick in. I imagine that I am a giraffe - that my neck is very long. I start inching my way up and away and all of a sudden, I'm a turtle, retracting back into my shell and just before my face completely disappears, jacket-lady gets off, leaving me with an escape route. Now, I am a snail, crawling my way towards the open space...

My plan would have worked, but sleepy on my left was now leaning 75% of his weight on me, so the more I moved to the right, the more of him was ending up on me. So now I was in a bit of a situation. Either I keep moving, causing him to pretty much end up in my lap or just sit as still as I can until his stop is announced and he leaves. Luckily, while I was deciding whether or not I wanted a stranger in my lap, he woke up and got off at his stop. Would have been nice of him to apologize. 

So there you have lesson #12. Simply put, try to sit somewhere where you are not going to upset the person you end up leaning on if you are tired (or drunk!)