The NJ Transit is commonly used to get from New Jersey to New York City. It’s better than driving, but personally I think it takes forever. There is a lot of time to be bored and notice all your fellow travelers. I was on it with my girlfriends to go on a NYC day trip. We were sitting on the bottom level near the front. We were soon joined by a South Asian father who was obviously having a hard time containing his young son’s energy. The little boy was wiggling around in his seat and talking a lot. Being a nerd, what caught my attention was when he starting talking about Pirates. Every few moments he would bring up the pirate.

“It’s the pirate again! Is he going to drive the train?”

It took a moment for me to finally decipher and translate as I noticed the NJ transit ticket collector come by again to grab the tickets of the new passengers. The kid thought he was the pilot. But, have to admit, pirate does sound way cooler.