Stand clear of the closing doors. But glad you got your shoe back!
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Great story! Worthy of Metropolitan Diary!
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My first thought seeing this story was of a child's stuffed toy or a loose mammal.
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I have twice dropped phones onto the tracks, once onto the 7 tracks at Time Square, and once onto the E tracks at Chambers St. Both times, I got them back within 10 minutes.
It helped that both times I was at the terminal station of a line, so there was an MTA employee on the platform who could assist.
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Brava! You have proven yourself the quintessential New Yorker. Smart enough to know how to retrieve something that has fallen on the tracks without endangering yourself and others, resilient enough to keep moving forward unfazed by adversity.
I had my own incident: I dropped a pair of sunglasses on the tracks at West 4th exiting the train on the way to the theater. Being in a rush, I ran to the booth (sadly no longer there!) and left my info, and continued on my way. After the show, I stopped by and retrieved my glasses.
But I was not nearly as inconvenienced as you were. Your handling of the situation with flexibility and poise is a credit to us all.
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Mules do not seem very practical city shoes, not least on subways. When will people position their own safety and comfort over some strange thing called "fashion?"
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d off at grand central knowing there was a strawberry chain store upstairs and bought a cheap pair to get me through the day - no one blinked as I walked around with one show - that's NY!
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That was certainly quite an adventure you had Andrea. When I read the headline I got a bizarre mental image of a beige mule that for some inexplicable reason had gotten onto the subway tracks. Fortunately your beige mule was considerably smaller and posed no threat of any kind, indeed being small enough to escape unharmed. But if your beige mule had been damaged I bet the shoe repairman featured in yesterday’s Diary entry would have been able to make it as good as new!
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Allen, you are not the only one who read the headline and envisioned a pale-colored, equine creature on the tracks. Surely there of more of us out there. It would be fun to see a gallery of our visual imaginings. Great story, Andrea. Such rare and happy "small miracles" remind us that anything is possible.
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"I bet the shoe repairman featured in yesterday’s Diary entry would have been able to make it as good as new!"
Allen, I love the concept! Metropolitan Diary mash-ups. (almost sounds like a very classy New York drink or dish)
I also hadn't heard pf a "beige mule" before and was getting all ready for a "Mule Train" Frankie Laine parody lyric. Instead, kudos to Andrea Holm for beautifully sharing a story of a New York we sometimes forget, where things can turn out sort-of OK after adversity.
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LOL! That's the whole reason I clicked on this diary, I wanted to know why there was a tan donkey on the tracks, and hoping it got rescued. Not sure I would have clicked if the title were "Beige Shoe on the Tracks." But I'm glad I did anyway....good story!
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Wow, I am beyond impressed your shoe was returned, let alone returned unmarked.
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