Quoting Joe Mackey to Daryl Stout on 03-24-19 06:18 <=-
Exactly. You rarely talk to people on a plane or bus, but open up to
total strangers on a train.
About the only thing people say to each other on a bus is asking
from time to time to trade seats to look out the window.
On a train people seem to be on the move all the time and if in a
dome car comment about the scenery, or what looks good on the menu in
the diner, etc and conversations start.
I think it has to do with having more room and crammed into one spot
hours at a time.
And I am generally the first (or at least second) at my polling station when it opens.Some years, I get there, walk in, vote, and walk right out. Other
times, there's a heck of a wait.
I've used the same one for years and know most of the poll workers,
by sight if not name.
I joke around them as well, such as when asked for my voter ID I'll rummage through my wallet asking "what name am I using here?" and
leaving "Gotta run, so many polling places, so little time".
In uniform on the way to work I'd look around and the only voter
there and ask if they need any crowd control.
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