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🗓️ 21 February 2025
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0:00.0 | Oh, I am having quite a morning, Casey. |
0:04.4 | So I was on the escalator. |
0:06.3 | I was on the train today. |
0:07.2 | I got off. |
0:07.8 | I went up the escalator at Embarcadero. |
0:09.6 | You know, it's a very long escalator. |
0:10.8 | It is. |
0:11.5 | And, you know, very crowded rush hour. |
0:13.8 | And someone bumped into me and knocked my phone out of my hand onto the platform below. And so I thought, okay, well, I'm midway |
0:25.9 | up the escalator. Wait, so how far did it drop? Probably 15 feet. Okay. Like a significant drop. |
0:30.8 | Big drop. And I thought to myself, if I get to the end of this escalator and come back down, |
0:36.3 | it's going to be too late. |
0:41.0 | Someone will have snatched it or accidentally kicked it onto the tracks like my phone has gone. You do not have much faith in the citizens of San Francisco. |
0:43.8 | Have you visited San Francisco? |
0:45.4 | Yes, I think a phone could generally survive 30 seconds on the ground, but I guess we'll find out what happens. |
0:49.7 | Anyway, well, I had severe separation anxiety in the split second before I decided to do what I did, |
0:54.2 | which was to try to run down the crowded up escalator. |
0:58.4 | So I became that guy who was like pushing through the commuters being like, |
1:04.5 | I'm sorry, I'm sorry. |
1:05.7 | And it took forever because the escalator was moving in the opposite direction. So I started my morning |
1:12.6 | by alienating and possibly injuring some people on my way down to retrieve my phone. And I would |
1:18.5 | just like to formally apologize to everyone at the Embarcadero subway stop between 815 and 830 |
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