Living the Luxe Life

The funniest thing that happened this morning is that the guy in front of me on the bus was standing there, looking at his BlackBerry. He reached his hand up to grab on to the pole for balance but he was so distracted by his BlackBerry he never really put this hand around the pole. Instead, he just stood there with his arm up in the air, not attached to anything as he read the device in his hand.

As the bus started to move and he began to lose balance, he looked up annoyed, to see his hand wasn’t attached to anything. He finally focused and grab a hold of the pole so he wouldn’t fall.

It reminded me of the story I read in The New York Times recently about the woman who hailed a cab and was so busy reading her BlackBerry she didn’t notice one had pulled up in front of her.

By Ruthanne Terrero

There are days when my travels in to New York take me to the No. 7 subway from Queens. I jump on the train at Hunter’s Point after getting off the Long Island Railroad and within two subway stops I’m at Grand Central Station in Manhattan.

When I’m taking this alternate route, it’s usually because I need to be in the office, or somewhere in the city, extra early for a meeting of some sort. Perhaps I’m giving a presentation, or there may be folks in from out of town with whom I need to confer on a project. Continue reading →