Why Even the Rich Love Public Transportation Here

A black guy with a boom box comes on the train.

Boom box guy: This next song is for everyone who don't feel good about himself when he get up in the morning. You gotta know that everyone is beautiful in they own right, and when you get up you gotta feel smoove.

He starts playing a song on the boom box and sings along. He and his three friends bop their heads to the beat and try to get other passengers to sing too. Then the conductor begins to makes an announcement. Boom box guy lowers the music.

Boom box guy: Everyone best be listening to what the man has to tell us.

--6 train


Girl: Excuse me. Excuse me.
Man: No.

--Whitehall SI Ferry terminal