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Fight annoying with annoying
I was pleased to see someone on the bus this morning fight annoying with annoying. It was at least an entire block before the next stop and I watched as an impatient woman in a window seat began shuffling around, eventually standing up and asking the girl next to her to let her out. So instead of getting up out of her seat, the girl just moved her legs slightly out of the way, forcing the woman to squeeze between her and the seat. Normally I dislike anyone that doesn’t get out of their seat to let the inside person out, but in this case it was the perfect response to Miss Ancy Pants.
The round red imprint
Today (4/20) on the bus, a guy got on and refused to pay the fare. He must be a local bum/derelict/loafer/drunk known for doing this repeatedly, because the bus driver recognized him right away and said, “You don’t pay — you don’t get on. If you’re not paying, you cannot ride.” The bum/loafer/etc completely ignored him, and marched to the very back of the bus, and plunked down in the very back seat. Continue reading ‘The round red imprint’
I didn’t pee my pants
For the last few weeks I’ve been really into a book, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” Yesterday, on my ride home I was getting close to the end so I was especially absorbed. The half hour ride from downtown to the Midway was over in a minute and as we were pulling up to my stop I reluctantly grabbed my bookmark and closed the book. I still had a few pages left. Continue reading ‘I didn’t pee my pants’
Baby, anyone?
I was waiting for bus 68 one night at 6th and Robert, and this drunk man shuffled by the bus stop and said “Do any of you ladies want to have a baby with me?” There was silence, and then a woman waiting for the bus said “Did he just say he wanted to have a baby with us?” Nobody took him up on his offer.
