Well, today I learned something that appears to be a life lesson. I'm going to share that lesson with you. Here is the lesson – no matter what part of the world you live in, DO NOT, if you can avoid it, go to Wal-Mart on Saturday. Today, we ventured out to ASDA, which is part of the "Wal-Mart family." Now, I know good and well for my own sanity, the value of skipping Wal-Mart on Saturday and going to Publix or anywhere else. Well, the same is true of ASDA. We had to ride the tube to get there; it took us about 20 minutes. No problem, right? We went into the store, barely made it out in one piece, and headed back to the tube stop to come back home. Imagine our surprise when we hear, over the loudspeaker at the tube stop "We apologize for the inconvenience and the delay, but there is a body under the train at Queensway, so the stations from Holborne to White City are closed." In case you don't believe me, here is the exact quote from the Transport for London website at http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/realtime/tube/tube-central-now.html. It says: "CENTRAL LINE: Suspended between White City and Marble Arch due to a person under a train at Queensway. Severe delays are occurring on the rest of the line." They just kept repeating the same message over and over again. It took us about 45 minutes to get back.
Here's what I don't know – did the person fall under the train? Did the person throw his or her self under the train? Were they pushed under the train? I don't know. But I do know that somewhere, someone's family is going to be grieving, and a train driver is probably not feeling so great right now. In perspective, maybe ASDA on Saturday really isn't so bad after all.
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