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mnemex's birthday, and I had some errands I wanted to do before meeting him. So, I went to the train station after work, and waited. Some time later, it occurred to me that a train should have arrived. And, gee, it looked like smoke up ahead, around 40th street, not to mention a train pointing in the other direction sitting there.
So, I calledmnemex to update him, and the Beth, who checked online, and confirmed that, due to a fire around 40th street, and smoke conditions, trains weren't running between Woodside / 61st and Queensboro Plaza, and the Q32 and Q60 were being re-routed. (I think it was the Q60.)
There followed an annoying period of me trying to find out just where I was supposed to be waiting for the bus. The woman I called at the MTA told me one thing. A transit guy on the spot told me another. Both were correct, as it turned out -- the bus stopped both places. I asked if the bus were going all the way into Manhattan, and the driver said, "Sooner or later. Probably a bit later, but I'll get there." So, I figured I'd rather stay on until Manhattan, not get off at Queensboro Plaza, although it sounded like the trains started up about when I got on the bus.
So, I made about my third or fourth set of calls to Beth andmnemex to assure them the situation was now okay, and I got off at 60th and 5th, got to the subway, and went to Dynasty. mnemex wound up having to work late, and then was reminded that he hadn't gotten a zine in, and it was almost deadline. So, he showed up 2 hours after I did. I hadn't bothered to order. After the first hour or so, I was in a bit of a trance, kind of wanting to wait until he arrived, and reading McKillip's latest.
Now, I would probably have ordered if someone had asked me to. But they know us at Dynasty. We come there often.mnemex is often late, and when this happens, I and / or the people with me tell the waitstaff when we want to order. And, for two hours, no one bothered me. At all. They probably would have taken an order, but I didn't give one.
Then,mnemex showed up and we ordered too many of the same kind of spicy dishes, and ate a fair amount of them, and I made sure to tip really well. Then, we went to the Hungarian Pastry Shop. We got home pretty late.
Wasn't thrilled at having to wait 2 hours at dinner, but I think I was most annoyed that no one bothered to announce to folks waiting on the platform at 46th street that the train wasn't running. I did mention this to the folks around me and to folks I saw heading into the train, but I was pretty focused on figuring out how to get into the city myself.
mnemex's birthday, and I had some errands I wanted to do before meeting him. So, I went to the train station after work, and waited. Some time later, it occurred to me that a train should have arrived. And, gee, it looked like smoke up ahead, around 40th street, not to mention a train pointing in the other direction sitting there.So, I called
mnemex to update him, and the Beth, who checked online, and confirmed that, due to a fire around 40th street, and smoke conditions, trains weren't running between Woodside / 61st and Queensboro Plaza, and the Q32 and Q60 were being re-routed. (I think it was the Q60.)There followed an annoying period of me trying to find out just where I was supposed to be waiting for the bus. The woman I called at the MTA told me one thing. A transit guy on the spot told me another. Both were correct, as it turned out -- the bus stopped both places. I asked if the bus were going all the way into Manhattan, and the driver said, "Sooner or later. Probably a bit later, but I'll get there." So, I figured I'd rather stay on until Manhattan, not get off at Queensboro Plaza, although it sounded like the trains started up about when I got on the bus.
So, I made about my third or fourth set of calls to Beth and
mnemex to assure them the situation was now okay, and I got off at 60th and 5th, got to the subway, and went to Dynasty. mnemex wound up having to work late, and then was reminded that he hadn't gotten a zine in, and it was almost deadline. So, he showed up 2 hours after I did. I hadn't bothered to order. After the first hour or so, I was in a bit of a trance, kind of wanting to wait until he arrived, and reading McKillip's latest.Now, I would probably have ordered if someone had asked me to. But they know us at Dynasty. We come there often.
mnemex is often late, and when this happens, I and / or the people with me tell the waitstaff when we want to order. And, for two hours, no one bothered me. At all. They probably would have taken an order, but I didn't give one.Then,
mnemex showed up and we ordered too many of the same kind of spicy dishes, and ate a fair amount of them, and I made sure to tip really well. Then, we went to the Hungarian Pastry Shop. We got home pretty late.Wasn't thrilled at having to wait 2 hours at dinner, but I think I was most annoyed that no one bothered to announce to folks waiting on the platform at 46th street that the train wasn't running. I did mention this to the folks around me and to folks I saw heading into the train, but I was pretty focused on figuring out how to get into the city myself.