That One Crazy on the Train

If you’ve taken the 4 or 5 or 6 train out of Grand Central regularly over the last 10 years, you’ve run into her at some point. The short, mid-30s white woman who comes aboard and starts with the sob story about needing money for her and her children because:

Her husband the soldier died in Iraq.
Her husband the soldier died in Afghanistan.
Her husband the first-responder died in Sandy.
Their house burnt down and her husband died in the fire.

Last night, her story had changed to her ex-husband was...