No, it's not as gross as it sounds. Actually, it's probably the opposite. Yes, I'm still pressed up against more bodies than any body should be pushed up against, but then again, I'm in Beijing at Rush Hour, so it's only a given I'd be packed like a sardine in the subway.
After the training, today, the other Foreign Trainers and I left the Disney English Center and decided to wait till we got home to eat dinner. Well, we immediately wondered if that was a good idea or not. There were people trying to cut in the middle of a line that wound up around the corner. Honestly, I should've taken a picture of it cause it was so fascinating. We decided to join the crowd of people trying to get in through the middle of line.
No sooner than when we got to the line, people from behind started pushing and shoving to get to the subway stairs. If you didn't have a tight grip on any stuff you were carrying, you lost it. Nor could you get out of the crowd so you could escape if you were claustrophobic. You were basically stuck in the crowd and forced to follow a very strong current.
Next was going from one subway to another. I had to go through a couple subway lines before I finally got home. A couple of them had so many people packed that we'd either decide to wait for the next one or get pressed up against the poles to hold on to in the middle of the train.
Then when it finally came time to get off, you had to be aggressive. Not any less aggressive getting on the subway line either. You pushed, you shoved. You probably elbowed too. We ended up getting off the subway laughing at the craziness of it all. I'd never been so packed in my life.
Beijing picture of the day!
Yes, that is Pizza Hut, and yes, it is a fancy restaurant.
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