Night Manager or Narcolepsy Patient?
There’s a guy that used to ride almost everyday for about two months. During that time I never once saw him awake. Some people who sleep on the bus manage to do so without calling much attention to themselves. They also seem to get kind of comfy, snuggled up against the window. This guy did neither.
He was slightly larger than your average bear and always slept with his head slumped forward on his chest. I’m guessing this was what caused the chainsaw snoring. Seriously this guy snored so loud that on numerous occasions he made people on the bus laugh. You’d think if you’re snoring that loud that you’d wake yourself up, but not him. He just kept right on.
As I listened to him snore over the two month period I couldn’t help but wonder what his deal was. Why was his hair always wet looking (the wetness that only comes from having just hopped out of the shower or not having showered for 6 days) and why was he so sleepy?
The two best scenarios I imagined were that he was either a night manager at a 24-hour fast food joint in Saint Paul or a participant in a narcolepsy study at a dowtown Minneapolis hospital. In the first case, he was just finishing his shift where the grease steam from the boiling fries had coated his hair. He was really tired from working all night and on his way home. In the second case, he had just showered and was on his way to the hospital only he couldn’t even stay awake for the ride. For his sake I hope the latter was true because I’ve worked fast food before and it’s not a good time.
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