Oh Boston, I Sort Of Did Miss You And Your Ways
Posted by Jenny on 03/25/08 in Boston, Daily
Today I rode the T with my friend Andy (PS. god damn my hair was long). I got off, as I always do, in Downtown Crossing which was, as it always is, a mess of people running in exactly the opposite direction that I am trying to go.
But today there was an added bonus: a whole bunch of ridiculously loud alarms signaling I have no idea what were going off from the Red Line all the way up to and down the Orange Line platform. It took me my entire walk up to the Orange Line to realize that not a single person, including myself, batted an eyelash at the heinously loud alarms. Instead we all just continued on our merry Bostonian way.
Once I realized that literally no one was reacting, it actually became quite comical and I entertained the thought of taking a video to post here. But then my train came. And I got on it.
Good story, huh?
Bostonians, we are a special, unconcerned people.
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Jeff | Mar 25, 2008 | Reply
Tell it again. But make it longer and more pointless.
Oh, just trying to make you feel the Boston love.
Welcome back!
tape | Mar 25, 2008 | Reply
I encountered the alarms this morning as well. I looked around and tried to see if there was some sort of legitimate emergency going on, I couldn’t see one, so I just headed down to the Red Line platform. No one came to kick us out and no announcements were made.
A few years ago when I was stuck working at the mall for a while, the fire alarm went off at least once a week. Absolutely no one cared in the least, ever.
This must be a New England/Boston thing.
Evan | Mar 25, 2008 | Reply
We Bostonians are de-sensitized to alarms sirens, all that jazz. You’re right, it’s pretty comical. For example, my daughter who is 1 doesn’t even flinch when a emergency vehicle of any sort screams by w/ sirens blaring.