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Local, Express

Dear Diary:

A Coney Island-bound F train pulled into the Jay Street-Metro Tech station. The doors opened. People got off. People got on. The doors remained open as a man’s voice came over the speaker.

“This train will be going express,” he said. “Next stop: Seventh Avenue.”

Those who needed the stations being bypassed got off to wait for the next train.

A woman’s voice came over the speaker:

“This train is not going express,” she said. “Next stop will be Bergen Street.”

The people who had gotten off to wait for a local got back on. A few passengers smiled at the mix-up in communication.

The man’s voice returned.

“This train is going express,” he said. “Express, express, express. Next stop will be Seventh Avenue.”