How people can sleep on a train is beyond me. It’s unsteady. It’s loud. The seats are uncomfortable. People can get past all that – but they really, really shouldn’t. Someone I know once told me the loud noises of the train were “hypnotic.” Have you ever seen someone who has been hypnotized? It’s not pretty. Neither is sleeping on public transportation.

My two favorite examples:

  • The portly man, head tilted back, mouth wide-open, loud consistent breaths, and a little trail of drool making its way past the cold sore on the right side of his mouth. This isn’t the image this guy should be putting on display for others. If only his wife could see him now.
  • Men aren’t the only ones. I saw a woman the other day snoring, with her head slowly falling down, and snapping back up once her chin hits her chest, repeating this motion every 15 seconds. It’s amazing to me that she doesn’t wake herself up when her head snaps back and hits the seat. It certainly looks jarring enough. (if I were to fall off my bed and hit my head on the nightstand, I would probably wake up).

Rating 3.00 out of 5