I experienced a new cell phone annoyance today. I've noticed this trend of using famous classical musical pieces in lieu of a phone ring. As irritating and borderline appalling as this is, the irritation factor reached a new high today when someone on my train ride home had their phone ring set to a polka tune! I mean, where is it going to end???

Something else noticed on my ride home this evening. Two people sitting across from me. One is riding to Forest Hills, which is about a 6 mile ride. The other is riding to West Hampton which is about a 100 mile ride. Forest Hills boy is charged $9 for the trip. West Hamptons boy $22. Is this the New Math? Or am I really that bad at word problems?