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Post by Dixie Lou on Aug 13, 2015 3:20:31 GMT
My dad has recently become very interested in trains and one thing we've been doing is riding the Dart train from the city he lives in to the West End (Dallas) for lunch. The ride is approximately half an hour.
Yesterday this woman gets on board and immediately starts to entertain. She carried a leafy twig between her teeth and was non-verbal. She kept bringing us train schedules and strips of paper. She would gesture and point. She danced the hula. She laughed wickedly loud but never made any other sound.She pulled her dress all the way up then tied it around her waist. She fortunately had something under there, shorts maybe. By this time i was trying not to look at her. If you made eye contact with her she would keep coming over with more strips of paper and smiling. She would "show off" her many missing teeth. She had a bunch of stuff with her that she would pull out of a bag and hold up to show every one. Most everyone ignored her. It was a little annoying at first but when she kept coming over to us I started to get highly annoyed. She finally got off at a stop before we did. I had planned on giving her a few bucks when we got off but she got off first.
I am pretty sure she is homeless. I wonder what she does all day. It was an unforgettable experience.
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Post by librarylady on Aug 13, 2015 16:43:55 GMT
Wow, that is someone I have never encountered on my DART ride!
I often use the Green line. Recently someone had a letter to the editor mentioning all the unique individuals one can see at the West End stop and this person was thanking the police for stepping up their presence at the downtown locations.
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Jun 27, 2014 0:29:55 GMT
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Post by Gravity on Aug 13, 2015 17:22:27 GMT
When crap like that happens, I change cars at the next stop. I also notify one of the TRE employees. They are great at dealing with people who annoy other passengers.
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georgiapea
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Jun 27, 2014 18:02:10 GMT
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Post by georgiapea on Aug 13, 2015 17:31:06 GMT
That would be scary. Glad you survived it ok and had your dad with you.
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 13, 2015 18:43:30 GMT
The joys of mass transit!
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