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Come Talk to Me When You Master Cooking and Central Heating

Old British gentleman: The next train is when?
MTA employee in booth: 11:45.
Old British gentleman: This entire nation is incompetent!

–Grand Central Terminal

  • Posted on April 6, 2009
  • Brits, Clerks, Grand Central, Old People, Public Transportation, Questions
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