bus ride

Bus Riding etiquette? Who knew. Sitting on the bench waiting for the bus I realized I was the only one without someone sitting next to me. Every other bench had atleast 2 people sitting at it. I looked myself up and down, if thats possible, did a little pit sniff , everything was A-OK. So why didn't anyone want to sit with me. Then I realized that I was sitting in the middle of the bench. The correct way to sit at an empty bench is to sit at either sides. Someone sittin in the middle intimidates other people to sit next to you, they fear they might be in your space, or they just don't want to sit that close to you. So in fear of being letf out for the rest of my 15 min bus wait, I slide to one end of the bench. You wouldn't believe it, seconds after a women came and sat with me, I must of smiled with too much excitement because she gave me a dirty look. lol. Oh well.

Good thing I brought a book, because I ended up having to wait for the bus for an hour on the way home. I bought a lunch and sat in the grass ready to read my book. But I couldn't keep my concentration. Im such a people watcher. Its so interesting to ease drop on people and watch them. But that didnt last too long everyone seemed to leave at the same time. So I found other ways to entertain myself. I captured a hornet in my sandwich container and watched it try to free its self. I didn't want to kill it, but I was too scared to free it, because it would probably get angry and sting me.So I threw out the container with the entrapped hornet still inside.

Back to my bus etiquette. Here are some rules I picked up. I based these rules on the dirty looks from people I received. Example in the back of the bus there are seats that face each other, I sat down and put my feet on the one infront of me, and an old lady beside me gave me a dirty look. SO I assumed it would be better if I took my feet down. I didn't. My feet were sore and there was no one sitting there. So whatever, she could give me all the dirty looks she wanted. But to my surprise the old lady streched her legs out and rested them on the seat. It was funny, they barely reached. Another time I got a dirty look was when exiting the bus I got out before 2 old ladies and as I waited for the door to open I hear them huff and tisks me. I think they wanted me to let them get out first. Ha snoze you lose ladies. So I guess I don't follow any of the rules and it seem like its only old people that give me looks. I think they believe they own the buses because there old.