Thank you for sharing this amusing glimpse of life in NYC. I canceled my New York Time subscription almost 30 years ago and would not have seen it had you not posted it (and given it an intriguing title).
I’m very happy to hear you like it! My suggested title was “Steak on a Train”, but the Metro editor likes to write the headlines, so I am always happy with what they go with, and happy to be in print. (And the column editor did a bang-up job of editing it, and adding 22 words to my 248 to boot!
I’m waiting to hear back on another submission, and am working on two or three more really good stories I think will have a vert high likelihood of getting in.
So cross your fingers and say a prayer, I may get one or two more in this calendar year!