day 2: a continuation in more ways than one

Today was the second day of training. We worked on the system that we'll be using to do most of our work. Its different, old, and a little complicated. I'm sure I'll get used to it the more I use it however.

Thus, the day was draining, and extremely hot. Would have been in the high 30s at least. So right now I'm feeling quite drained from the early morning wakeup, long hours sitting and 'learning', and the hot weather sapping my energy. But enough of my whining.

Time to talk about the important things in life: People. People and public transport, again!

People at work were saying they meet lots of different people on public transport. I don't actually know it they really mean 'meet', or just mean 'see'. This is because the people I see on public transport never talk to each other. In fact, they seem to go out of their way to avoid communication. This is not to say I'm not one of them, clearly I am. But we go out of our way to avoid sitting next to someone unless neccesary, use electronic interference (music) to annoy others and make them sit on the other side of the vehichle, and basically avoid contact.

Here's something to try:
1. Get on a half full/empty public vehichle (preferably with a valid ticket).
2. Sit down in a seat with at least one seat next to you.
3. Smile at the people who get on and are looking for a seat.
4. See how many people go to another spot and sit next to someone who's staring out the window

NB: This will only be feasible if all double seats in the vehichle have at least one person in them.

Chances are, they won't sit next to you. Or perhaps I'm just ugly. Either way, it gives me a bad impression on the city we live in. There are a couple of possibilities: that we are so suspicious of the people who are friendly to us that we would rather trust some indifferent random person, or that people are intentionally unwilling to engage with social interaction with other random people. Maybe even both.

Ahh.. maybe I should just forget about it and go to the beach tomorrow and burn all my skin off. Sounds like a plan.