fandomhigh | Dealing With Stupid People [Monday, June 18, 2nd period]

"Did anyone else got a lot of incredibly stupid messages on Friday?" Josh asked as he stood outside a fake Metro station in the Danger Shop. "If so, I certainly hope you remembered all of your training from this class and left an incredibly random message in return. It certainly made me feel better."

He grinned. "Anyway. Today we will deal with even more stupid people. The combination of just waking up, not wanting to be going to work, not paying attention and being an idiot tourist combine to give Washington, DC some of the most ridiculous morning commutes in the country. You have two choices: You can get on the Metro," he waved his hand over his shoulder towards the station, "where you will have to get yourself a Metro pass, get on the yellow line in the correct direction, transfer through Metro Center, one of the scariest places at 8:15 in the morning known to man, and make your way from there to the Red Line and Farragut North. Which is by the White House and therefore awesome. If you screw up and end up at Farragut West, I will mock you. On this commute, you will encounter tour gaggles of idiot middle schoolers, women with baby carriages who won't move towards the center of the car, and people without enough coffee to be paying attention. You are not allowed to scream or throw things unless they really, really deserve it."

"Or! You can get in one of these handy cars--" he pointed to the provided cars, "get onto I-395, go across the 14th Street Bridge and try to find parking near the White House without getting run over by an illegal cab driver, cut off by someone who thinks merging is a sign of weakness, or exiting at the wrong spot and end up in a giant Pentagon parking lot. At which point I will also mock you."

He clapped his hands together. "Work in teams of two--that gets you into the High Occupancy Vehicle lane on the highway and makes for more entertainment on the Metro. First team to the fake White House gets a real White House tour from me this weekend."

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"Yeah, I don't think I could manage it. But I have used that manuever on a date once or twice," she snickered.

"You've had dates that were that bad?" Inara asked.

"There were one or two football players back home that thought they deserved more then a goodnight kiss after a date," Isabel explained. "A heel on the instep worked wonders." As did her dad turning on the porch light.

"I've never had that problem," Inara pulled her skirt out of the way of a small child with very sticky-looking hands that was grabbing for the beadwork, "But I will keep it in mind."

"You shouldn't have a problem here. I can't think of single guy in Fandom that has that entitled football player attitude," she said, stepping sideways to avoid being whacked with a businessman's laptop case. "Of if any of them have it, they hide it well, knowing most of the women there can kick there butts."

Glancing at the map again to see how many more stops until they had to change trains, Inara admitted, "I'm not really in that category."

"You could learn," Isabel said. "Aeryn taught me some basic fighting techniques when I first got here. It was fun to learn and it's occasionally been useful."

"I wouldn't mind that," she decided.

Their's was the next stop so Isabel started to work her way towards the door of the train. "Well let me know if you want to go to the gym one day," she offered. "I can at least show you how to throw a punch. Then you'll be able to go and beat the hell out of the heavy bag in the gym if you ever need to work off some steam. It's a great stress reliever."

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