The other day I went to Stamford Mall to do my annual shopping at Abercrombie, Forever 21 and H&M, however this time I had no choice other than to take the train. I've probably only taken the train like 6 or 7 times in my life and never once have I paid. This day (the other day) I payed $3.25 for a train ticket. $3.25!!!! Seriously, from South Norwalk to Stamford?! Maybe I could understand $3.25 from South Norwalk to Bridgeport or maybe somewhere that takes longer but definitely not to Stamford. I'm on a crowded train, not even sitting for about 7 minutes and I'm paying $3.25??! There is so many things I can buy for $3.25; like a tank top from Forever 21 or maybe 2 if I add on my Forever 21 discount card, if you add $4.00 to that I could get a burrito from Chipotle, I could get an Iced Tea and small fries from Mcdonalds, I could buy 2 bags of Sour Patch and if you aad $1.75 I could afford a Drake poster at FYE! So why in the world am I paying $.325 for a train ticket?
Do you wanna know how much the bus cost to get to Stamford? $1.50! And it actually drops me off IN FRONT of the mall (but I'm not a bus person, this is only what I've been told) When I take the train, I still have to walk down about 5 minutes to the mall. (Not to mention I just stood up for 7 minutes on a crowded train with old guys with business suits and then I have to walk 5 more minutes to a mall that I'm going to have to walk around some more) After being so outraged, I called my mom to complain to her, as if she could actually do anything. "What do you want me to do, I worked today Ms.Princess." I knew she was going to reply with something smart like that. "You owe me $3.25 mom!" I said back. "Why don't I just buy you some Chipotle and we'll call it even?!" And when she said that, I had a deja vu moment.
I know a train is transportation and all but please, it makes me sad how much I have to pay for a train. Imagine me doing this everyday, it just couldn't happen! Thinking about it, I could get a medium Dunkin Donuts Iced Coffee with cream and sugar and a caramel swirl for $2.67 everyday of the rest my life and still that would be less than what I pay to take a train. But then again, Iced Coffee's can't transport me anywhere, neither can Chipotle burritos or food from Mcdonalds, a tank top from Forever 21, my lovely Drake poster or Sour Patch. Therefore I'm stuck with $3.25 wasted on a piece of paper that isn't even appealing to the eye.
Now if pigs could fly, I wonder how much it'd be for them to transport me to South Norwalk to Stamford.
Good job Nakijah, I could really hear your voice here. And trust me, I'm always complaining about how ridiculously expensive everything is. Your passion is obvious, but I think you spent too much time talking about what you COULD HAVE gotten with your $3.25, and too little time talking about the fact that some things are too overpriced. Maybe you could say why having overpriced tickets is a bad thing for commuters or something along those lines, but I really do feel your pain girl.
ReplyDeleteSo you're blog sucked & I hated it. JUST KIDDING you did an amazing job at targeting a different type of pathos: humor! I was laughing through most of it and I could really imagine you ranting about something like this. Many people tend to use pathos to make their audience sad, angry, or any other basic emotion along those lines, but you took it a different direction and I totally praise you for that. Not only did you make your audience laugh, but you did a great job in raising awareness about overpriced items. When you mention the over pricing of transportation, you kinda direct the reader to think of other ridiculously priced items! I agree with Sophia when she pointed out that you spent too much time on the things you could have gotten instead of the more important issue. But other than that, great job N-Nasty ;)
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