Sorry for the Inconvenience/Going Your Way

My Adventures and Experiences on the New York City Subways…Buses Too…… (And Then Some!)

Well, I hope you enjoyed the storiesall are TRUEthat I wanted to share with you in this book! I promise to keep tabs on things that occur from this point on so that I can put them into the sequel. Like I stated in the Preface, anyone can write a book of this kindabout the crazy, exotic experiences they have experienced or witnesses on subways, buses, cruises, tour buses, elevators, and the like. Its just a matter of putting your experiences to paper, or computer files. Throughout this book, I made references to the fact that many people who also witnessed these occurrences sort of said or did nothing, that they just did not want to get involved. This was evident in their making believe that they did not see or hear anythingthat they were just oblivious to the situationthat they just didnt want to get involved! That is why I have coined the expression pulling a Sergeant Schultz. Im confident that Sergeant Schultz, played by the late John Banner in the 1960s series Hogans Heroes, is the one who made believe he did not see or hear or know anything that was going on that wasnt acceptable. His famous words were I see No-THING, No-THING! and I know No-THING, No-THING! This was evident in the Kitty Genovese murder case, as occurred in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York City on March 13, 1964. As described by Wikipedia, Kitty Genovese was a young woman murdered by a killer who came back a second time, to finish the job, and nobodynone of those who heard or witnessed itintervened or called the police. This has often been called the By Stander Effect or the Genovese Syndromebasically all those who heard the commotion or witnessed the crime pulled a Sergeant Schultz! They saw N0-THING, No-THING, they heard No-THING, No-THING, they knew No-THING, No-THING, they DID No-THING, No-THING! One thing that I am hoping for is that the expression that I coined in this book, pulling a Sergeant Schultz will become a new expression.I think you know what I mean by new expressionwords and expressions that pop up over time and become part of the English language, even unofficiallywords and expressions like dis, right-on rock-n-roll disco hip-hop my bad, couch potato, going green, ambulance chaser, and many others. One thing about these new words and expressions that they all seem to have in common is that nobody seems to know WHERE these words came from, nor WHO actually coined them! My hope is that pulling a Sergeant Schultz will become another one of those new expressions. If that happens, we will ALL know who coined it, the one and only R.J. Nobleman, and WHERE the phrase was coinedSORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE/GOING YOUR WAY!