Try that with a Kindle.
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And she did like to read, would she have kept the book?
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To the readers who castigated the book retriever for not liking to read, perhaps we should remember Paul Harvey and wait for “ the rest of the story “.
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New Yorkers-Best of Class!
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I like to think that the woman who didn't want the book reads this column. Maybe she has dyslexia and listens, rather than reads, to ensure she's informed.
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Dear Kathy - I like the generosity of spirit and the kindness behind your comment. Best wishes. Allen
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That's very kind of you to say, Allen, thank you and best wishes to you, too.
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How lovely of someone on the train to toss you your book. I am also amused at how the book became free property the moment it hit the ground.
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Good for you that the woman didn't like to read and she handed you back your book! Another New Yorker may have not given it back to you. And another New Yorker would ask you to pay them before returning your book to you. Your train experience could have gone so many ways!
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I agree that it could have gone so many ways! That's why it was so perfect tat it was a mystery novel. As I was reading it, the 4th and 5th paragraphs felt like a very very quick breathless mystery novelette. The heart-pounding thud, a stranger retrieving the item on the platform, approaching and actually addressing the stranger, and the surprise twist. Like an Agatha Christie tale in NYC by way of Evelyn Wood. Brava!
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What is a market bag?
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I presume that someone threw it off of the train before the doors closed?
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Another deplorable who doesn't like to read...
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"She told me she did not like to read ..."
A necessary and sufficient prerequisite to "not like to think".
Wasteland of the not-so-free.
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She didn't like to read?!? Appalling. Still, this is balanced by the unseen benefactor who managed to toss the book. Perhaps it was even a benefactor using synchronicity of the highest order, and having seen the book dropped, tossed their own copy of that book out a window, further down the car.
Also folks, if you see someone drop something, try to get it back to them. Time and again peoples' days have been made by a stranger rushing up with their phone, scarf, small child, etc..
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"She told me she did not like to read..."
The most distressing phrase in the piece.
Tells you why we get the politicians we deserve.
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Too bad there wasn’t a panel of judges to hold up cards with scores Carol, because it sounds as though your book really stuck the landing! Glad a quick-witted fellow commuter came to the rescue.
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