Only on the 'C'

So a few months ago I was riding the C train from Brooklyn when around the High Street stop a ZILLION little kids get on the train. I prepare myself for lots of screaming and whatnot as two little boys scoot into the seat next to me. I proceed to go back to playing Tetris on my phone. A few stops later I can't help but notice that these little boys are crawling over themselves to look at what I'm doing on my phone. I proceed to close the game and move on to other fun little apps I have. I opened up the Bubble Wrap app and continue to watch them freak out out of the corner of my eye.

I finally look up to a chaperon to see if they're watching this interaction (which they were) and I turn to the little boys and go "Do you wanna try popping bubbles with me?" They were more than happy to join in. We sat there popping bubbles for several stops when they asked my if my phone could do other neat things. I have this camera app that takes multiple shots at once, so I had one of the little boys wave for me so I could show them how it worked. Keep in mind this whole time the parents/chaperons are cracking up and snapping pics of us playing together. All of the little kids in the group waved goodbye to me when I got off at my stop.

It was truly one of those priceless 'only on the subway moments.'

--Submitted by S.K.

Typical NYC Day

I have lived in NYC my whole life, but I didn't go to see my first show till I was 11 years old - it was HAIRSPRAY on Broadway, and I really loved it!!  

I was so impressed, and there was one actress who I thought really stood out in the show--Jackie Hoffman.  She was just SO FUNNY and cracked me and my mom up the whole show--I really became a big fan of hers--I still go to see her solo comedy shows, etc...  

Because of her I decided to become an actor, which I'm pursuing to this day (just got my headshots!!!)  

Well, I was on the C train going downtown, and there was only one seat open.  I sat in it, and looked to my left, and who was sitting next to me but Jackie Hoffman!!  

I didn't say anything to her--wanted to respect her privacy and all--but I just thought it was so cool how public figures and actors take the subway every day and you never know who you'll meet (or sit next to, anyway) on a "typical day" in NYC.

-Submitted by T.T.

Do you wanna nurse??

I got on the C train going uptown during rush hour, and the train was pretty crowded, naturally. 

I’m standing, hanging on to the bar, and this large woman with mousy hair gets on…on her back, she had a baby in a bookbag (maybe it was one of those baby-carrier things, but it sure didn’t look safe).  The person sitting just below where I was standing stood up to let the lady with the baby in the bookbag sit.  She plunks down with her baby still in the bookbag, and sits back, smushing the kid between her and the back of the seat.  

Well of course, the baby started crying and the mother just couldn’t understand why (maybe it’s because you're crushing her, you cow!)…so the mother starts asking – 

“What’s the matter, why are you crying baby?  Why are you crying honey?  Are you crying because you wanna nurse?”  

Then louder, “Do you want to nurse?  Yeah, yeah, coo coo, I think you wanna nurse, you’re hungry and you need my milk.  Let’s nurse!”  

She then pulls out one bloated udder of a tit and lets it hang out while she struggles to get the crying baby out of the sack on her back, all the while repeatedly asking at the top of her lungs, “DO YOU WANNA NURSE?!”  Almost everyone around her cleared out, and that kid was probably drinking for days.

-Submitted by K.M.