What's Pissing Off Rolando?

Today's post is from a guest blogger, which I'm so happy about. I tell my friends all of the time to write something for it. Rolando's rant just happens to be funny to me and something that we can all probably relate too. Keep in mind I only think it's funny because it didn't happen to me!

What's pissing Rolando off: Subway Car Musicians.
It was one of those rare times when my iPod shuffled to a song I actually wanted to hear. Excited by the prospect of not hitting the "next" button again, I settled in to listen. That's when the loudest two man mariachi band in the world set up shop next to me and broke out into song. I don't know what song it was but it was not something I wanted to hear.
Dear Subway Car Musicians: look around you. A quarter of your "audience" is wearing headphones trying to listen to their own music. Another quarter is reading. Right off the bat you're actively annoying half of us. The rest are either sleeping, having conversations, lost in thought, playing Angry Birds or otherwise not interested in being disturbed.
But do you care? Of course not. Because for the next two minutes, at least, we are trapped, forced to listen against our will. You turn us into unwitting players in your sad delusion of musical stardom. And then you ask us to pay.

I'm sorry to break the news to you but... if anyone wanted to pay for your music, you wouldn't be rocking the 8:30am Manhattan-bound R train.
PS: if you're the hipster kid who broke out into Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" (possibly the worst song in the history of songs) while we were stuck between stations, pray I never see you again. You're already lucky I didn't go Animal House on you the first time.

 When not facing the harrowing ordeals of the NYC subway system, Rolando likes to make up stories. His favorite things include Back to the Future, Batman and the Yankees. You can check him out at http://www.roshow.net/