At Glenferrie Station on Sunday Night I witnessed (and was involved in) some very nice human interactions-that would make for an interesting, feel good Drama or even Documentary film.

It all started when I had to wait 18 minutes for a train and wanted to fill in some time.

I went to Subway, and the girl at the counter was giving me my change, I asked her ‘What time do you guys close tonight?’. No doubt at this stage (It was about 8) she was sick of serving customers, she said rather monotonously ’11:30′. I kind of half smiled and said optimistically ‘Not too much longer’. The tone of her voice changed as she gave me my food and said ‘Have a good night’, perhaps this is the first time in history that someone in a fast food store actually meant it! Consequently I left happy that I turned a moment that should have been ordinary into something memorable.

I was then walking up the ramp at Glenferrie Station and a cleaner was wheeling his bin ahead of me, he was yelling over his shoulder to a fellow cleaner who had finished his job for the night. They both humbly said ‘Av a goodnight!’ to each other, and once again I could tell they both really meant what they were saying. There was a sense of camaraderie in there conversation that I wish I could have captured.

Now thinking about these moments more, they would perhaps be more suited to a drama film, created and presented in a style of a documentary. Similar too but less stylised than Jacque Tati’s Playtime perhaps?

Lastly I had to take a train to the city and then a train back out to Eltham, unfortunately I had to wait 20 minutes for my second train, so I decided to go for a walk around the city for a little bit. There was a very nice touristy atmosphere around Melbourne on Sunday Night, it wasn’t too busy but it wasn’t eerily quiet either. I got the feeling most people were (unusually) observing there surrounds and were caught up in the moment, living life in the present instead of thinking about the past or future. With the jazz guitar playing and the mellow lights it had an atmosphere that complemented the interactions I had witnessed on my journey.