Comments on: Will you tutor me? http://www.bustales.com/route/19/will-you-tutor-me/ What's happened to you on the bus? Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Vicki http://www.bustales.com/route/19/will-you-tutor-me/comment-page-1/#comment-243 Vicki Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:30:43 +0000 http://www.bustales.com/route/19/will-you-tutor-me/#comment-243 This reminds me of the time someone on the bus asked for my phone number and I was so startled and naive that I actually gave it to him, but I was so flustered I was halting in how I recited it, so he looked a bit disgusted and turned away, thinking I was Fake Numbering him. Good thing, too! This reminds me of the time someone on the bus asked for my phone number and I was so startled and naive that I actually gave it to him, but I was so flustered I was halting in how I recited it, so he looked a bit disgusted and turned away, thinking I was Fake Numbering him. Good thing, too!

]]> By: Amy http://www.bustales.com/route/19/will-you-tutor-me/comment-page-1/#comment-219 Amy Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:52:29 +0000 http://www.bustales.com/route/19/will-you-tutor-me/#comment-219 When I first started riding the bus 4 years ago a young man who looked like he was about 16 years old walked up to me at the bus stop by the Metrodome and asked which bus I was waiting for. I told him "The 250 Express." "Oh. Where does that go?" "North, up 35W to Blaine". "Oh. So, you work around here?" "Yup, just over there a few blocks." "Mmm. Do you think I could get your phone number?" "Ahhh, NO. First of all, I already have a boyfriend. Second, I bet I'm old enough to be your mother." (I am 40 years old) "No s**t! (slight pause) So, can I have your number?" I just grinned and shook my head. My bus showed up less than a minute later. Gutsy kid. My smile lasted for miles. When I first started riding the bus 4 years ago a young man who looked like he was about 16 years old walked up to me at the bus stop by the Metrodome and asked which bus I was waiting for. I told him “The 250 Express.”

“Oh. Where does that go?”

“North, up 35W to Blaine”.

“Oh. So, you work around here?”

“Yup, just over there a few blocks.”

“Mmm. Do you think I could get your phone number?”

“Ahhh, NO. First of all, I already have a boyfriend. Second, I bet I’m old enough to be your mother.” (I am 40 years old)

“No s**t! (slight pause) So, can I have your number?”

I just grinned and shook my head. My bus showed up less than a minute later.

Gutsy kid. My smile lasted for miles.

]]> By: Steven Soreno http://www.bustales.com/route/19/will-you-tutor-me/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Steven Soreno Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:38:55 +0000 http://www.bustales.com/route/19/will-you-tutor-me/#comment-209 He seemed to have a nice comeback to your reply of no interest. One wonders if he was indeed at a lower level of English learning. There have been a few stalker cases in Japan with ESL teachers and "interested students". The latest one ended in a murder in Chiba last week. I am not saying by any means ESL students are dangerous, I am pointing down the path of awareness. I have met only terrific people in my nine years of experience, there were a few odd sorts, they stalked the female teachers, no real ugly results though. Cheers, S. He seemed to have a nice comeback to your reply of no interest. One wonders if he was indeed at a lower level of English learning. There have been a few stalker cases in Japan with ESL teachers and “interested students”. The latest one ended in a murder in Chiba last week. I am not saying by any means ESL students are dangerous, I am pointing down the path of awareness. I have met only terrific people in my nine years of experience, there were a few odd sorts, they stalked the female teachers, no real ugly results though.

Cheers, S.

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