Metro tales

Any subway user will try to simplify his journey by standing at the right extremity of the platform when the train arrives in order to avoid useless steps upon arrival at their destination. It's a game I am sure I am not the only one to take pleasure in. (New, or less frequented stations are always a guessing game).

Maybe it's just me, but I have gotten to the point where I have analysed the floor markings on the metro platforms and know exactly where to stand before the metro arrives in order to be placed right smack where the doors will be. This priviledged knowledge permits me to snicker freely at those who will obviously be left standing in front of the wagon wall and have to walk back towards the doors and thus stand in queue.

A clue: look down. The black stone flooring has a subtle small white halo (from the wear and tear of passengers' to and fro), whereas other areas are buffed and darker (they basically appear soft and blurry). You would think the darker areas would be those of most traffic, but no! This particular stone, when knawed at, actually gets paler.
It's the designer in me...

This said, I now feel I need another challenge in public transportation....