Approaching the subway turnstiles this morning, I realized that I had pulled the wrong card out of my wallet. Seemingly ready to swipe my debit card through the turnstile, I snickered at my stupidity and pulled out my Metrocard, quickly swiping it through the turnstile.
INSUFFICIENT FARE
Oh. Ohhhhh. I see what I did there.
As I doubled back to buy a new card, I deposited my dead Metrocard in the recycling slot. And while normally I wouldn't pay him much mind, an older gentlemen was there, furiously swiping discarded cards in the hope of finding a leftover fare.
Poor guy. If only he had my gift of unintentional psychic Metrocard reading.
