Friday, 28 September 2018

of course it is


full of fidgets arrives at the bus stop. He has a bottle in his hand, nervously rushes up and down back and forth. Then he stops and starts to search his pockets.
At the railway station wish the smoker his good morning.
The girl with the mole on her chin serves the
coffee today, so all is well. There is even a
seat free in the waiting room.
When the crowd of people pass by that have
just left the small train from Mühldorf,
get up and go out onto the first platform.
Take he granite stairs down to the passageway underneath all the other Tracks and platforms. There are now many people walking up and uown the corridor, in the greenish light of fluorescent tubes.
Two policemen  approach, both wearing civilian coats over their unlforms.. They are
on their way to work.
Arrive at the top of the stairs on  Platform 
six just as the train is coming in. When it
stops, go on towards the nearest free
carriage door. Press the button, and with
a" whirr" the door opens. Inside, realise
that this is a carriage without tables.
Turn  about and leave, walk along
the platform to the next carriage. stop
the door from closing by putting a hand
in through the narrowing crack between
the two  plates of the door, thereby actuating
the safety mechanism.
The door stops closing, and opens again
Inside, see that this is a carriage with
tables. Find a seat, asking the woman at
the seat opposite whether it is free or not.

She says "selbstverständlich" with a smile.
Of course it is.

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