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I stepped off the train, the doors in my car closed, and the train pulled out of the station. Some guy from the front half of my car jumped to the door and flipped me the bird. I turned my back to the train; someone else knocked on the window, but I didn't bother looking to see what they had to show me. I began dialing [http://transit.511.org 511] on my cell to get in touch with Caltrain customer service at 4.59 when two cops came up the stairs onto the station platform. I noticed that they were both wearing K-9 uniforms; I couldn't be happier to know that I was getting a a K-9 unit dispatched to harass me. I explained to them what had happened; they contacted the train to make sure that the matter had been resolved to Caltrain's satisfaction, told me that they would not take any sides in the matter and were simply Caltrain's enforcement agents, and left.
I called 511 at 5.02 and filed a complaint. The woman on the phone apologized and suggested that I take a [[w:samTrans|samTrans]] bus to Millbrae so that I could arrive there about 10 minutes earlier than the next train. Being pissed off at Caltrain in general and not feeling like waiting for nearly an hour, I went down to the street level and got on the bus. While waiting for it, I noticed another police car pull up with an actual dog in the back seat. Wow, they were really serious about this, eh?
I arrived at Millbrae 50 minutes later than if I had been allowed to stay on the train, missing 3 BART trains. I finally left Millbrae on the 6.11 train, though I did find it interesting that the Caltrain that was supposed to arrive at 6.08 never actually did, making taking the bus the right choice.