Expat Awkwardness

Hauling a office chair on tramI decided to buy a desk chair for our furnished apartment but didn’t like the affordable ones that came in a box from Ikea.  So we went to a Furniture Bazaar near the Eden shopping center.  They had both low-priced antiques and used furniture including a dozen chairs of the style that I wanted.  But they don’t deliver small items.  Since it was raining I decided to come back another day.

So I picked a sunny day and after the morning busy time on the trams to go back.  Sure enough the tram I caught near the Bazaar was mostly empty, but did fill up by the time I got to the Nameste Miru transfer point.  There I had to wait awhile for the next tram, which of course, made it quite full.  But I barged on with the chair anyway and tried to give everyone an apologetic look.  People looked at me but I did not see any sour looks until the next stop when I ran the chair into the legs of one passenger in order to allow another passenger off.

Karin had arranged to meet me at our stop for a photo opportunity, but the other people getting on and off spoiled the shot.  So I just became a crazy old man with his rolling chair.

Technorati Tags: expatriate,tram,public transit

So, what do you think?