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Showing Original Post only (View all)So fine! The racist rail passenger and the elderly black conductor who kept his cool [View all]
My wife and I were traveling from Philadelphia to New York City today.
We took our seats, and we heard some shouting behind us from some guy who didn't have a seat in our car. He called the elderly conductor a "N......." and barged into our car. He tossed down some property of an elderly lady from the overhead compartment, said he had paid for a seat, so he was taking one.
The conductor didn't react, but spoke into his shoulder radio. The train, already late, didn't move, and the doors stayed open. Two VERY large cops suddenly appeared in our car. The conductor pointed out the loudmouthed racist to the cops, who then escorted him and his pal, beer and all, out of the train for a "talk." The train then left shortly afterwords without them. All the conductor said was, "they ain't ridin' today."
In the words of Noel Redding, "so fine, so very very fine."