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Subway conversation

This morning, while waiting on the uptown B/D platform at Broadway-Lafayette, a woman approached me and pointed to the empty B/D tracks. "Good morning! Can you tell me, does this train go to 14th?" "No," I said. "It skips 14th. The F and the V stop at 14th." She rolled her eyes, tightened her mouth, and said, "What?" "The B and D are express trains. They skip 14th and 23rd." "I want the 6!" As the D began to enter the station, I replied, "You can get a downtown 6 upstairs, but you can't get an uptown 6 here." The D slowed to a stop. The woman watched the cars move past, scanning the windows for a conductor. "Oh, never mind!" she said, as I entered the train.

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