Turnstyle

After leaving the Goodman last Wednesday night at 9:30 I proceeded to the EL and here's what happened.. Oh no, I’m at the wrong EL station. Call it lack of concentration, old age or just stupidity. I don’t want to go on the Pink Line, I want the line that says Brown to Kimble. After cursing myself out I exit down the very long flight of stairs that I had just climbed up, at my age this is an effort, across the street I go and climb another very long flight of stairs to the Brown Line. Slap my Reduced Senior Fare card on enter. No, it says recently used. Well of course.. I just used it. Again cursing I slap and get the same reply. Looking around there’s just me and a much younger bike rider who has made the same error. You heard I said younger he’s so young he can hike his bike over the bar. I try but my right leg refuses to obey my command and just sits in a very awkward position. After easing my leg back on my side of the bar I reassess the situation. Being old, stubborn and unstoppable I decide to crawl on my belly under the turnstyle. When exiting to the platform there was a roar of applause from people on both platforms. After which I took a gracious bow with my overworked body and legs. And yes, I washed my clothes and my body before touching anything in my apartment. Called the VENTRA number the next day to find out if my card was charged, repeated the story to the very nice helpful person who explained it probably was telling me that the turnstyle was not working. “You should have moved to the next one”. DUH, lesson learned..always carry hand sanitizer with you plus a few wipes!!!