lost in transit
"For relaxing times, make it NOT 98 B-Line"
There’s always so much to say about transit that I don’t know where to start. Rather than rant and be angry about certain types of behaviour, I’d like to approach things with a Socratic manner…ask some questions, see where it leads, and hopefully have something slightly meaningful to say…but heck, who am I kidding? This is so going to be a rant.
Caution: Designated Seating
No matter how many times it happens, I still get pissed everything I see someone take a designated seat (the seats @ the front of the bus, meant for seniors, mothers/soon-to-be mothers, mobility-challenged folks) leaving someone who actually needs it standing (e.g frail looking grandma). I really think it’s a reflection of just how bad your character is when you do that…I wouldn’t want to be friends with a person who comfortably plops down on a designated seat while a gray-haired grandma is left holding on to dear life.
Caution: Guys who budge old ladies, grandpas, and young girls into getting a seat are EXTREMELY UNATTRACTIVE.
WHO DOES THAT? Imagine this: the bus is filled up to the brim with tired bodies cramped into a seriously awkward and really kinda gross social situation, and clearly there are people who are struggling with holding on to the bars. when a seat is made available, I can only assume that it's kosher to ask the old ladies/grandpas/young girls first whether they would like to sit down. but NOOOOOO....more than 5 times have I see perfectly sturdy men climb over other ppl to get a seat...whatever happened to the term COURTESY? Maybe we are living in an age where chivalry is dead.
Anyways...I've yelled enough...I'll throw you the baton to tell me your favourite transit horror stories.
There’s always so much to say about transit that I don’t know where to start. Rather than rant and be angry about certain types of behaviour, I’d like to approach things with a Socratic manner…ask some questions, see where it leads, and hopefully have something slightly meaningful to say…but heck, who am I kidding? This is so going to be a rant.
Caution: Designated Seating
No matter how many times it happens, I still get pissed everything I see someone take a designated seat (the seats @ the front of the bus, meant for seniors, mothers/soon-to-be mothers, mobility-challenged folks) leaving someone who actually needs it standing (e.g frail looking grandma). I really think it’s a reflection of just how bad your character is when you do that…I wouldn’t want to be friends with a person who comfortably plops down on a designated seat while a gray-haired grandma is left holding on to dear life.
Caution: Guys who budge old ladies, grandpas, and young girls into getting a seat are EXTREMELY UNATTRACTIVE.
WHO DOES THAT? Imagine this: the bus is filled up to the brim with tired bodies cramped into a seriously awkward and really kinda gross social situation, and clearly there are people who are struggling with holding on to the bars. when a seat is made available, I can only assume that it's kosher to ask the old ladies/grandpas/young girls first whether they would like to sit down. but NOOOOOO....more than 5 times have I see perfectly sturdy men climb over other ppl to get a seat...whatever happened to the term COURTESY? Maybe we are living in an age where chivalry is dead.
Anyways...I've yelled enough...I'll throw you the baton to tell me your favourite transit horror stories.
posted by vespertine @ 4:01 PM
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2 Comments:
why young girls?
my priority would be the elderly, the expecting mother, children
anyone else is fair game
i just have problems with people who talk loudly to friends or on cell phone
it's ridiculous
Backpackers...
...who leave their backpacks on their backs thereby unknowingly hitting shorter people like me in the face when the bus brake and go
...who take up the seat next to them with their backpacks (they're like those luxury/sports car drivers who park on the lines so no other car can park beside them)
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