Thursday, October 16, 2008

Getting to Work, By the Numbers


Before moving to the city, I used to go out the front door (which was never locked), hop in my car, drive to work, then go through the employee's door, and that was it. The winter time required the extra steps of opening and closing the garage door.

Child's play! These days, I have a bit more to go through in the morning.

By the number's, here's what I pass through if I take the B-line to work, with transfer to the 7.
  • Four house doors
  • Two glass doors
  • One office door
  • One gate
  • Two subway turnstiles
  • Eight stairwells (house, entering station, down to tracks x 2, up from tracks x 2, down to lower section of station, up & out from station)
  • Two revolving doors
  • Two sliding train doors x 2 times (entering and leaving)
  • One giant escalator
  • One elevator with standard sliding doors
  • Nine subway stations
Heck, there could be more I'm just not thinking of, but that's the gist of it... and this is normal nowadays! Huzzah!

As I was thinking about this after leaving Grand Central, Air's "How Does It Make You Feel" came playing through in all of its cheesy glory. And the answer? Quite adventurous! And all the more compelled to put this together.

What do you pass through to get to worky?

1 comment:

Stef said...

Ree would love all those numbers! She would have so much fun counting all those things!

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