Is This Guy Freaking Serious?
Monday, March 08, 2010
I ride the bus to work because it is cheaper than driving and parking in the city. For the most part I don’t mind riding the bus but I am serious when I say the bus is like the airlines; cramped with ZERO leg room for us tall people.
One day last week on my bus ride home from work we made one last stop before we get on the highway and one guy gets on. I am not kidding when I say there were about 10-15 other open seats but this guy decides to sit with me. Are you freaking serious? First off I am a dude and dudes should not sit next to dudes on the bus (not cool) and second he saw I was cramped. Why would he not see that and move to another seat? I was so cramped I had to use my left hand to get my Blackberry out of my right pocket. The dude was so close I could have put my hand in his pocket. So not only did he cram me up but he had the balls to take out a book and start reading. Again, are you freaking serious? I can hardly move but you are reading a book. This man almost caught an elbow for that.
So after my 20 minute ride of pain and misery due to my leg cramping up the bus came to my stop. So I politely said “Excuse Me” to the dude who had to sit next to me. Nothing, this joker didn’t budge. So I had to snap my finger and say “Yo, this is my stop and I need you to move now”. I really don’t like being rude but after this bus ride I was ticked off and I was ready to throw down and it would have been game on if this guy would have said something smart to me.
I learned a valuable lesson from this experience. Sit on the outside seat with my backpack occupying the inside seat and refuse to move unless I am the only empty seat on the bus and even then you better be pregnant.
March 8, 2010 12:06 AM
Wow, that really is crazy. Some people are so rude sometimes. Although I can imagine how badly the bus ride must have been - it made a great post!
:)
March 8, 2010 12:12 AM
Another solid option is to not bathe 3-4 days before you know you'll be on a bus. You'll have all the room you need.
I suffer the same leg room issues being 6'7" but I've never had someone crowd me. I think I would have communicated the message by resting my head on his shoulder.
Nice to see ya again!!
March 8, 2010 12:51 AM
I know exactly what you mean!
Yes sit on the outside.
March 8, 2010 12:59 AM
Oh I meant to add - you can put a sweater or something over your head & pretend you're sleeping.
That way no one is likely to ask you to move over unless there aren't any seats left.
That worked quite well for me!
March 8, 2010 5:50 AM
I can just picture you all smushed up with your long legs and steam starting to come out of your ears!
March 8, 2010 9:20 AM
I am really trying hard not to laugh, but picturing this whole situation is just too much! I can just picture you giving this doofus a smack down!! Oh, don't forget old ladies along with those pregnant women (who better be in labor).
~Mimi @ Woven by Words
March 8, 2010 9:46 AM
LMAO!! Thanks for the morning entertainment.
My hubby loved it too. He said that's why he never rides the bus and he's only 5'7. Sometimes doesn't matter what ya save it doesn't matter what your saving it's just not worth the trouble and aggravation. Hope you've had better rides since.
March 8, 2010 10:19 AM
OMG! Bless you. This is so hilarious. I think you must have made this guy mad in another lifetime and this was his payback.
March 8, 2010 2:08 PM
I'm sitting here in my bed with a bad stomach bug and you just made my day a little bit happier! Thanks for this post.
March 8, 2010 6:47 PM
OMG, I am so sorry Rob, but I just had to laugh, mostly because of the image you posted!
That is just wrong, but figures, don't you know, most of the population is just down-right crazy!
March 9, 2010 3:38 PM
Poor you! I hate cramped seats and I am not even big like you. I was at a show with my husband, where everyone had to share an armrest. Wouldn't you know, the dude that sits next to me puts his leather coat over the arm rest? WTF? So now I have his leather coat on my seat, leg, etc. I just spilled my coke on it and he moved it. Kidding. I glared at him and he moved it.
March 9, 2010 7:12 PM
I hate that! When I lived in CA I rode BART or the bus a lot and there was always that ONE person who had no clue about personal space.
And they usually smelled, too.
March 11, 2010 12:24 AM
I don't understand people... You handled it well, I think!