Masters of their Universers

Here is what I am wondering. Who the heck raised these "I am the queen/king of the universe everyone make way for me as I don't even know others exist" people? What happened to common courtesy, people? Don't get me wrong there are some very lovely wonderful well mannered folk out there. I think that is why when you bump into one of these Motu's (master of their universers) it startles one. Sit back and I'll tell you a little tale of a female Motu about 23 years old....When you come off the train and head downstairs there are two lines that form to go down the stairs. It is usually a very pleasant hospitable line. There is a fair amount of merging that goes on and it is good natured in most cases. There is one line that is a sort of merging lane with people coming from another direction to merge into the line going downstairs. Normally this happens in an every other one (one person from this line, then one person from the side line type of merge). So usually no worries. However, on occasion you get a Motu. The Motu is not content to wait in a line and comes up in their own line. This is not necessarily always rude because at times it is just that the person didn't realize that they should have been in line. In this case they normally look at the person they want to merge in front of with a bit of a sheepish grin, or eyebrows raised in a question or some indication to show they want to come in. In most cases, the person good naturedly lets them in. Not so with the Motus. This Motu rammed herself right in front of me this morning cutting me off and also the person I was letting go in front of me. She didn't look left, right, front back, just walked into me and in front of me. The person I was letting in was a little startled. As we walked down the stairs, the Motu is now in front of the person who I originally and finally let in front of me. The Motu stops on a stair so that she can find a good song on her ipod causing the woman in front of me to come up short, as I did and as did the 53,000 people behind me. Now I don't know about you but when one is descending down a staircase with a large group of people behind them, normally they take care in not stopping mid stairstep. Not so with the Motu. Apparently she had a music emergency in which she just needed to find that perfect song to descent staircases to. So she stopped in the middle of the stairs. Luckily everyone was awake this morning and noone went to off kilter. Motu does not even register what is going on behind her. It is common courtesy in this drill to hold the door at the bottom stairs so that the person directly behind you can grab it too. Its a nice little relay event. So here we walk down the stairs and here is what our now beloved Motu does....she not only does not hold the door, but she cuts in front of the person in the other line to sneak thru their closing door causing the person in front of me to have a door slammed in her face and the person in the line on the side of me to have a door in her face. This once more makes the line stop short. DOUBLE BONUS MOTU!! The people around me sigh in disgust then shake it off as Motu's not only cause disturbance by their lack of seeing the world around them but they also lose out on all the wonderful things the world, especially the world of commuting has to offer. I mean if you are so caught up in yourself that you can't even acknowledge being let into a line, or apologize when you cause others to have to stop abruptly or be polite by holding the door, think of all the wonderful beautiful things you are missing.

So Miss Motu, good morning and get your head out of your butt occasionally.....Not only will the smell be better but you just might notice what a wonderful vibrant mix of people there are.