One Saturday afternoon my wife and I decided to take a carefree train ride downtown to see the chalk art festival at the Gateway Mall. We had a wonderful time leisurely walking in Down Town Salt Lake, the chalk art was beautiful with art depicting mostly Disney characters. Personally I wanted to see the 3D chalk art I see online from time to time, but what they had was good enough. We spent the latter part of the evening sitting on a bench watching little kids get soaked at the splash pad. It started getting chilly so we decided to head home. We walked over to the train station conveniently located just out front and waited for the next train. When the train finally arrived we boarded and sat in the back of the car. We noticed a young couple with their baby sitting in the disabled section near the doors and man with a bowler hat on with a group of friends. Everything was going great until we came to the next stop.
The door swung open and this rough looking gentleman pushing a bike boarded the train. As the train began to pick up speed the man attempted to put his front tire over the hand rail but instead lost his balance and stumbled backward. His bike fell over and nearly hit the couple who was sitting nearby. Angered the man picked up his bike and started to throw his bike around the train, swearing, and making a huge scene. Everyone was staring at him and the man with the bowler hat decided to intervene.
Bowler hat got right up close face to face with the man and stated very sternly, "you can't act like this on the train, you have to respect the train and others who are riding." The man replied, "who's going to make me?" Bowler hat, "I will if I have to." As the two sized each other up, I knew this wasn't going to end well. The bike man made the first move by going straight for the neck pushing bowler hat into the nice couple with their baby. "What the !@#$ are you doing?" screamed the mother. Then the husband got involved and pushed bowler and bike man back toward the door. The three of them struggled for a few minutes with the two trying to detain bike man. The train slowly came to a stop and the two pretty much had bike man at their mercy. The train stopped and bowler pushed the door open. The two lifted the bike man off the ground and literally threw him off the train. We looked out the window and it looked like he landed straight on his head. Next was his bike that landed on top of him. The doors closed and as the train began to move bike man began hitting the side of the train with his bike and hands in anger.
Bolwer hat and the husband gave each other gestures of gratitude and left it at that. My wife and I sat there in shock knowing we had both been witnesses of real life bar scene from an old west saloon.
What did we learn from this experience:
-Never expect cool 3D chalk art at the Gateway Chalk art festival.
-Little kids aren't capable of remembering where the water shoots up.
-Always put your trust in a man wearing a bowler hat.
Have you ever had a scary trax train experience?
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