CTA Tattler

Overheard: He's contagious

Overheard by a friend, coming down the stairs at Western Avenue on the Brown Line:

Two young women are talking, and one of them says to the other, "You can't fight his ignorance - it's spreading!"

Young member of distinct minority

Just hours after I wrote Woeful Wednesday, I came face-to-face on the Red Line with a member of the small group of people in Chicago who voted for George Bush.

And this guy was no more than 25 years old. And his reading habits really gave him away.

He was engrossed with "Scalia Dissents."

Plus, he was wearing a Lance Armstrong yellow wristband.

Just like John Kerry has worn.

Woeful Wednesday

I couldn't help but notice more frowns on the faces of CTA riders yesterday. Not that riders are always hippy-skippy happy to be going to work.

But yesterday's gloom was more pronounced. And I can only attribute it to the results of the presidential elections. I mean, after all, almost 802,000 Chicagoans voted for John Kerry, as opposed to 180,000 for George Bush.

That means almost 82% of Chicago voters were not happy about the election results.

And that might tend to produce more frowns.