X10

Came out of the Canal Street station and saw the X10 roll past me down Broadway. It’s a Saturday and I’m rolling a huge bag for a weekend trip. As per usual I’m running later than I should be. The traffic is predictably bad, the next bus likely won’t be coming for another 30 minutes or more, and I’m in a sporting mood. So I chase the bus. About five blocks later, I’ve overtaken the bus, which is stopped at lights and navigating a merge due to construction. I make it to the Worth Street stop just as the bus is catching up to me. I made it! Or so I had thought— the bus rolled right past me, apparently ignoring the stops affected by the construction. I keep walking, defeated, watching the bus lumber down Broadaay just fast enough that I probably wouldn’t have been able to beat it to City Hall. So now I wait— sweaty.