THE Bus

Now that the bf is gone, I take The Bus every morning. With more people opting to ride the bus these days, my bus has become overcrowded, therefore I have become more irritable. Here are my top things that I hate about the bus and its riders:

- People who don't move to the back of bus. Segregation days are long gone people, the back of the bus is not like being sent to the corner or time out. Seriously just move to the back of the bus. It's like their feet are glued, there is obviously more room in the back and they obviously see people coming onto the bus, but NO do they just stay in that spot and refuse to give it up. To those people I simply push my way through (aka hit them with my lunch bag or ginormous tote bag), not my fault that they are stubborn, I'm simply being courteous and doing my part to make room to fit more people.

-People who sit on the aisle seat and refuse to move in. Seriously this is not a luxurious travel venture, you are basically getting from point A to point B, you don't need to be fussy about where you seat. Why make it totally out of the way for someone to have to climb over you to get to the open seat on the inside?

-When young people don't let old people have their seat.

-When people don't hang on to hand bars above and only hang on to the backs of the seats or struggle to hold on to poles that lead from the seat to hand bars above. It's like hello, why struggle? you can just reach right above you for something to hold on to.

-When random strangers try to talk to me on the bus, I don't know you, nor am I here to make new friends.

-When people try to do magic tricks for me on the bus. Really it's happened.

-When people come in with like so much bags that it takes up space in the aisle or another seat. Bus riders... you know those people, coming home from the market in Chinatown, with like 20 plastic bags, each with maybe 3-5 vegetables or fruits (that sometimes stink up the bus). I feel like passing out big reusable totes to those plastic bag users, it would be helpful to the environment AND helpful to fellow bus riders.

-grouchy bus drivers.

-when bus drivers turn the AC on high. brrrrrrrrr.

-People who wave down the bus at the bus stop, making us think they want to or need to get on but really they want to know when the next will becoming along? Then they keep asking questions about which bus to take or they're trying to decide whether or not to take that bus.