There I was in the Gare St. Lazare, annoyed and mildly stressed. We had to buy train tickets from a machine so we could go to a friend’s birthday party out in the suburbs. The station was a mess; lots of renovation work going on. There were only a few ticket machines and lots of people in line ahead of us, none of whom could figure out how to work the machine. Our train was leaving in 10 minutes, and the line wasn’t moving.
Exasperated, I looked up above the machine at the wall, which was, at first glance, nothing but a dirty hole and a mass of tangled cords. But then my breath caught. There, underneath all that filth and mess, was a treasure. Obviously they had removed some wall panel that had been there for a very, very long time.
A free gift. And we even made our train.
There I was in the Gare St. Lazare, annoyed and mildly stressed. We had to buy train tickets from a machine so we could go to a friend's birthday party out in the suburbs. The station was a mess; lots of renovation work going on. There were only a few ticket machines and lots of people in line ahead of us, none of whom could figure out how to work the machine. Our train was leaving in 10 minutes, and the line wasn't moving.
Exasperated, I looked up above the machine at the wall, which was, at first glance, nothing but a dirty hole and a mass of tangled cords. But then my breath caught. There, underneath all that filth and mess, was a treasure. Obviously they had removed some wall panel that had been there for a very, very long time.
A free gift. And we even made our train.
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