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Uds | Apr 08 2002

A woman is sitting too close to me. We’re on the J train. There are just ten people in the car including me and her. I think she’s crazy. She came in and sat down right next to me as though that were the only available seat, when really she could have had a whole row to herself.

I have two more stops and have decided to wait her out. She’s definitely crazy. When I moved my bag onto my lap, she slid closer, filling in the space between us. Occasionally she stamps her foot, the right one, hard.

Right now she’s looking at what I’m writing. I’m leaving out letters so she doesn’t understand. For example, the previous sentence reads, “I’m le out lts so sh ds uds.”