I was sitting on the train at Britomart station a few weeks ago, waiting for it to leave. After it had been waiting for approximately 5 minutes over the scheduled time a woman announced over the speaker that the train had a signal failure and would be a while until it would be able to leave the station. So all I could do was listen to my music and wait semi-patiently while they fixed the problem.
Eventually the train was able to leave and begin on it's long journey south towards Papakura, and my destination, Manurewa. There's not much to do on the train so the journey gives you time to think. So I just listened to my music and watched the other passengers around me.
When we got to Sylvia Park, the driver announced that everyone going anywhere other than Papakura, had to get off and wait for the next train. I seriously wonder if anyone actually stayed on the train. So we all got off and had to wait in the rain for about 15 minutes. While we were waiting I started talking to a guy who was standing next to me. He was interesting and nice to talk to. Having someone to talk to made the wait a lot less boring.
When the next train came we got on and continued talking. One of my first thoughts when the ticket person was coming round and discovered that everyone had already paid, was how easily someone who was only just getting on, could slip into the crowd of people and therefore not have to pay.
And so for the rest of the journey I was able to talk to the new friend I had just made and have a rather more entertaining trip than it otherwise might have been.
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