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| The Bergen light rail train, aka Bybanen |
Short aside: on the train the other day, I saw a pretty girl, perhaps 20, get on. That’s not the interesting part. Next, the overweight (rare in this part of the world) Middle Eastern mouth-breathing teenage boy sitting next to me stood up, as I assumed, to wait by the door in preparation to exit at the next stop. After the stop, he was still standing by the door. People don’t stand when seats are available. I finally realized that he had gotten up to stand right next to the aforementioned girl, only about a foot away, to stare at her chest when she was looking away from him.
I was appalled. And offended. I don’t think quickly on my feet when it comes to things like this. I considered walking up to him and demanding, “What do you think you’re doing?!?” But, a stranger to both Norway and city train travel, I did nothing. Of course, after the girl got off at the second to last stop, I figured out what I should have done. I should have gotten up, walked over, stood directly between the two, given the kid a glare, turned to the girl, and rolled my eyes with a “Can you believe this guy?” shrug.
This doesn’t happen on the California freeways. But the next time it happens on a European train, I’ll be ready.
