Torontonians are Fabulous... Thursday, October 8

I got into a short discussion with a friend at System about the awesomeness of Torontonians and he was convinced I'm the biggest fan of Torontonians.  He claimed Torontonians are a hard crowd whereas I argueed they're simply so friendly.  I think given the fact that my friend has never lived outside of Toronto and thus obviously has never lived in Korea, his perspective has no real backing.  He has no idea or experience of the contrast in the two populations, Canadians vs Koreans and more specifically Torontonians vs Cheonanites.  I absolutely love Torontonians and think they're overly friendly and super smiley but then again I'd like to think I'm overly friendly to them and smile a lot too so perhaps I get what I give.  Regardless, in my chat with my buddy, I told him that I was then going to leave System, head home, and count just how many Torontonians talk to me.  "Let's see just how many talk to me on the TTC", I told him. And so, on that note, I then left and the count started.  

PERSON 1 -- The TTC booth officer said hi when I passed through so I wished him a happy Thanksgiving.  He then opened the booth door to yell it back to me.

PERSON 2 -- A man who upon seeing me with all my groceries offered me their seat.

PERSON 3 -- When one of the handles on the plastic bag I had loaded up with groceries broke, I then tried to stuff some of them into my gym bag with all my gear.  A guy sitting in the nearby seat saw my boxing gloves and boots so he offered me a tip on throwing a liver shot.

PERSON 4 -- A young lady approached me and gave me a spare plastic bag she had on her for the groceries that didn't all fit in my gym bag.

PERSON 5 -- I stood up one stop before my stop and had my iPod playing in my earbuds.  Someone tapped me on the shoulder to ask me if that was my opening entrance song and then told me what song they'd play for their entrance piece.

I had traveled from Runnymede and Bloor to Sherborne, a total of 14 stops, and five Torontonians had taken the come-to-be-expected friendly Canadian smile to the next level by talking to me and being quite sweet and flat out fabulous.