Sunday, October 18, 2009

Breastfeedingyour Man

# 8. The herd instinct in the urban jungle


The Paris metro is an underground urban jungle where the nerves are strained.


With an experience of thirty years of practice of the industrial environment where teeming with diverse wildlife, I can tell you that for a good Parisian, it is inconceivable not to use this means of transport convenient, economical and more or less environmentally friendly. Whether to go to work, school, walk, go shopping, go out, or go home, the Paris Metro favors a return to aggressive behavior in some primary and violation of individual freedom.

purely gregarious instinct resurfaced; rush hour, hundreds of people are kept in conditions close to those of chickens in battery cages. At peak times, people tend to congregate in herds cattle fed animal meal.

When you take the subway in the morning, say 9am, the proofs are rather Physical gestures are automatic morning, the brain is still in a night-in-the-cozy bed.
the evening, say at 18h, we can expect to face the same hardships as the morning, but the mind is much more than the physical.

To address this urban jungle, we must be prepared physically and mentally, opt for an outfit of a fighter (water, shoulder bag with outside pocket special "pass Navigo", sneakers, sunglasses, compass, map of the metro) and equip yourself with armor Anti-stress: ipod, book, game console, laptop, etc.. But above all stay alert and anticipate control subway workers and their dams flying.

The obstacle course begins to approach the station. In the street, people are in a hurry, scramble, going in every direction to make their way to the subway in which they rush at a rate of frantic race against the clock verging on collapse at any moment.

"Take the subway to get from point A to point B is to pass a series of events fraught with pitfalls in a hostile environment ...


The thick re u ve gantry
Happened to the portals, time is growing short. You have no room for error, the Navigo pass or ticket has to be ready unsheathed. Traffic must be fluid, especially in the morning when everyone got up on the left foot and that everyone is "working me madam." It is a disorganized anthill where everyone follows his own order of execution of automatic movements in its race against the clock to accomplish their mission: do not miss the subway.
ready to physical violence such as being jostled, being pushed around, being stuck between the machine and the queue of people behind you trying to force their way by pushing everyone in front and try and cause a domino effect for you eject out of their way to the dock.


Trial of the wharf
like hungry wolves, people congregate in a pack watching their prey: the arrival of the subway. The eyes are fixed on the sign announcing the next train to attack. When the meter is less than 2 minutes a stampede occurs towards the edge of the platform.
This event takes place in two stages: the first is to pass through these wolf packs on the lookout for the slightest movement ready to leap, and anticipate the storm approaching the subway platform. The second is to adopt a positioning strategy to prevent the sudden attack by a cloud of bats released when opening the doors of the cars.
If you fail this test, you lose your mission is still not miss the subway, and you may have physical evidence of the passage of bats space and thirsty for revenge against all the world.
Your mission is saved as soon as you walk through the door of the subway and you're driving.

The ordeal of the journey aboard

is a test with three options:

1. Option sitting (easy)
This option requires having previously successfully passed the obstacles strewn on the path to a seat. We must be vigilant to the vultures that circle the seating area, you should know them ahead and take them by surprise. It is a game of cunning, the smartest and ensure reagent a journey less stressful.
However it is an option with traps: pregnant women / people of the 3rd age / disabled at any time you can mow the victory in show jumping.

2. The optional folding seat (intermediate)
You are in the standing room area.
The herd instinct prevails. The herd resumed its share of meadow approaching the lost sheep. It is not imposible that you find yourself a few inches from the rump of a sheep. It is usually a tactic to force you opponent to get up, to join them and share your living space.

3. The optional stand (difficult level)
is a great contest of immobility, stiffness and self-control. It has its place standing after the bar to stand and he must fight to keep its conquered territory, elbows, front counter shipments of halitosis, dodging wandering hands bear the crushing foot and pollution sound (or telephone conversations between users), expect to be exposed to parasites infect you coming gregariousness pretext crowded subway, sit on your shoulder / your bag / your arms stretched carefully weighing all their weight donkey died.
Tip: always keep an eye on movements of people sitting and group of vultures whose concentration may falter and eventually finish the race with a short break before the release.

The test output

One goal: get out. You have accomplished your mission "take the subway, now what matters is the release of land to air and light.

Exit the Metro. Stand up if you sit and move toward the doors. Of course the best place is at the door, hand on the handle, well positioned in the middle. The doors open behind the cattle pushing for progress towards the common outlet and before the wolf pack that has one thing in mind, get on the subway no matter what.
Finally, join the movement of the nest and go through the different currents to reach the exit.

The ultimate hurdle:

the automatic gate / the turnstile that separates you from your goal: the air li ber.

last step very emotional sporting achievements ... We must tame the mechanical machine with pneumatic grips and shortness of breath and threatening. We must tame the metal saw rotating and unwelcoming.
is the final sprint to the finish line. We must put the whole package and follow his instinct for survival and be guided by the light.

Once out, the mission is accomplished,

the reward is Paris.

CC Cancan 2009

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