Exclusive | Dont give up, do your thing: NYC conductor surprises subway riders with motivational pep talk

It’s all gravy on this train!Straphangers aboard the 2 train last week were treated to a motivational speech over the intercom by the conductor.“You have everything it takes to go to the next level, just got to stay consistent,” the encouraging voice said.“You are not a drop in the entire ocean, you are the entire ocean inside a drop.Uniquely made, there’s only one you.

Love yourself.Don’t give up, do your thing.”The sweet moment was caught on video by Vanessa Nguyen, 24, as she was traveling home to Bushwick from Harlem.“It was really cute, it got everyone smiling and talking to each other, saying ‘This is so nice to hear,’” Nguyen recalled.

Even the conductor’s plea to riders to refrain from holding the doors open was nice, she said.“I love catching these little moments,” she said.“When you keep your head down, you’re not going to notice everything that goes on around you, especially in a city that moves as fast as New York.”The content creator, who just moved to the Big Apple from Boston in September, shared the inspirational pep talk to TikTok — and was shocked by the nearly 60,000 views it got.

It also got picked up by the viral Instagram page New Yorkers.Many people commented that they recognized the voice from the 6 train.“Imagine in a city like NYC the amount of people he inspires with this?” one woman commented.“This man is quite literally the light at the end of the tunnel,” said another.“I love NY,” many other social media users said.The MTA did not immediately respond to inquiries about the conductor....