My mobile ticket to Gothenburg said that I would get there at 16:42. it was a 5 minute tram from Central Station to handelshögskolan so I would get there on time for my 17:00 interview. The train stopped several times on the way and all I understood from the announcements was that there was a red signal and that we had to stop.
The train finally gets there at 17:05. already 5 minutes past and somehow I get to the meeting room at 17:20.
Gil and Sophie are also in GTG today, I call them up after the interview and we meet at the train station.
Being super hungry I cant stand the hunger and I head to subway for a “vegie patty”. Gil tells me to ask for a ruler when the lady asks what size. I don’t get it at first, but then I do. I’m cool, but I dare not make jokes like that with random people! I get a half foot vegie patty with Vitlök (galric) dressing which I really loved.
I discover that the delays were to to a suicide attempt on the train tracks. I know this country has one of the highest suicide rates in the world, but throwing yourself in front of a train need some nerve!
The train stops again several times but with the company from my friends and no hurry to get anywhere I barely even notice.
The suicide attempt has got me thinking, Did the guy live? I guess you cant survive a train travelling at 100 km/h hitting you. The chaos he/she has cause to the railway transport system today is probably the biggest effect hes ever had on the life of mankind. But did he/she do this to finally be noticed? Did the consequences of his/her action ever cross his/her mind?
Gil was joking around in a cold blooded ignorant matter like he sometimes does: “You wanna die? go shoot yourself, why do you mess up people’s schedules”. I feel terribly sorry, For whoever it was, and for whatever reason, I wish he/she was still breathing.
