What do you do to pass the time while taking public transportation?

Question

I just got a new job and now take the train to work. I get bored easily and need some suggestions.

I only have a limited number of ideas:

buy an iPod

sketch people on the train

read

puzzles or buy a handheld game system

use my laptop

Answer 1

talk to bums.

Answer 2

reading

quilting

mp3 player

Answer 3

my i pod keeps me sane as does reading a magazine or a book.  i also make lists of the things i need to do at home or do work.

Answer 4

ipod

Answer 5

-call or txt people

Answer 6

I would take a nap. I am a very light sleeper so the slightest change like a stop or new voice would wake me. But that was the bus.

Answer 7

try reading your home newspaper so you will up to date with what is happening around you.

Answer 8

Just watch people...they are fascinating creatures, I tell you!