His face was ashen
I was sitting just behind the rear exit door on a southbound 84 when I noticed a man, mid 30’s, sitting on the left side of the bus a few rows up who was not looking very well. He was belching and swallowing and obviously doing everything possible to keep from puking up all over the floor. His face was ashen. I felt for the guy.
He reaches up and signals for the next stop. The bus stops and he bolts out the rear door and immediately pukes up all over the sidewalk. Several times.
There happened to be a couple of folks waiting to board the bus at this stop. So, the man wipes his mouth, notices the line, and re-boards the bus!! He uses his transfer and sits down where he had been sitting previously, obviously feeling a great deal better than he did seconds before.
I am just so very grateful he had the presence of mind to throw up OUTSIDE the bus!
Oct 30th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
I’m glad for him (and all the other riders) that he made it off to throw up. I threw up *on* the bus once, I had a migraine and didn’t make it to the stop before I lost it. That was gross, to say the least.
Oct 30th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
As a driver, many thanks to that man for making it OFF the bus to purge! While passengers can get off and wait for the next bus if need be, we drivers are stuck with the odor until another bus is brought out for us.
Again, Thank You, where ever you are, hope you feel better!
Nov 4th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
I bolted off the bus to puke once — the 21 on Lake Street. That was a wretched day. I remember the fear of on-bus puking.
Nov 12th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
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