Have you ever taken a ferry across a large body of water, or perhaps a very large river? Some people do this every day while commuting to work, for example people who cross the Hudson River to work in New York City and then return to the New Jersey side. In the state of Washington, people also take the ferry quite frequently. In Maine, people take the ferry across to Nova Scotia. In other water-rich parts of the world, building bridges costing hundreds of millions of dollars is simply impossible. Okay, let’s talk about this for a moment, specifically the human element.

You see, not long ago I read a very good story. The name of the story is “Riding the Staten Island Ferry” by AD Coleman. This was an excellently written piece describing different types of people who took the ferry. Most were tourists and travelers. Some people use the time on the ferry to reflect as they look at the New York City skyline over the water. Tourists look at the sites to see what is going on and try to figure out where they are and where they are going. Many commuters barely give it a second glance.

These people are on their cell phone, checking their messages or reading a news article or two. Some think it’s a minor inconvenience, and then there are the tourists who are busy taking pictures against the backdrop, looking at the Statue of Liberty, or watching the rough waters of the ferry wake. The author of the tale also mentions the smoking area with stained glass windows of nicotine, a musty smoke smell. This is a great story about people watching, watching people going about their business, their vacations, and whatever.

It talks about how people treat each other, how they ignore each other and how they give each other simple nods acknowledging their presence, and maybe that they have seen them before, had a brief conversation in the past, and then walk away. your own business. The story makes you think and makes you feel like you are there experiencing the atmosphere, the salty air and watching all these different types of people interact. It is a very good piece of literature, and I highly recommend that you read it. They know what kind of person you are, you can get a lot out of it. Please consider all of this.