Today in the Subway 3

This post series is "Not in Service"

I write this post with my head hanging in shame. When I moved to New York I espoused the delights of people watching. I promised posts of all the interesting, funny, bizarre, and touching things that I might see during my daily commutes. At the same time, I judged those commuters for sleeping, jamming to music, and mostly for playing silly games on their phones. I should have jumped off my high horse immediately, knowing that someday soon I would be one of those zombie commuters.

I am not sure how long it took, but at some point during my transition from wide-eyed and bushy-tailed Memphian to staid and underslept New Yorker, I became a play-on-your-phone commuter. It started innocently enough. With a little solitaire when the train was delayed or with a glance through my inbox. Then it took a turn for the worse when my roommate introduced me to 2048, a very addictive number puzzle game. It did not take long for my commutes to be consumed with 2048. A donkey could have gotten on the subway and I wouldn't have noticed. A celebrity could have gotten on the subway (and maybe did), but my eyes were glued to the screen.

Yep, that's a 4096 tile

So here I am, confessing my addiction to you, and letting you know that this post as two purposes. 1) To let you know where all the "Today in the Subway" posts have gone and 2) to brag about my new high score. :)