The Woes of Metro

I normally don’t use this blog to bitch about things, but I’m currently sitting on the bus and if I don’t vent just a little bit, the lady one row back and across from me is going to get my fist in her mouth.

Let me explain, I’m generally a non-violent person and wouldn’t [under normal circumstances] consider punching this woman but this lady is driving us all crazy. By ‘us’ I mean the early morning commuters. Every morning we march out to the bus stops blurry eyed and wait for the bus. Once we get on, we find the most comfortable seat possible and snuggle in to nap for the next [in my case] 45 minutes; because, who wouldn’t want to nap for another 45 minutes in the morning? The atmosphere on the bus is understood that everyone is always quiet as a mouse and even if you ruffle to get more comfortable you may get a dirty look or two from the people in your vicinity. It’s that quiet on the bus as it should be, it’s 6 AM!

This morning the lady in the red jacket got on the bus as she does most mornings and squeals with excitement when the new ORCA reader recognizes her card and lets her pay her fair – don’t get me wrong, I was pretty excited about this card too when I first got it, two months ago- and I know Red has had hers for a month or so. Then she sits in her seat pulls out her very loud bag of Candy (who eats peanut M&M’s at 6:00 am any ways?) and calls her friend whom she hasn’t talked to in ‘forever’ and decides to talk as if she’s addressing the whole bus. Really? You couldn’t wait for your ride home to talk to this person at this volume? You hadn’t talked to her in ‘forever’ what’s 9 more hours? I have no problem when people talk on their cell phones quietly in the morning, or even loudly in the afternoon, sometimes it’s even entertaining. But at 6 in the morning at a volume you’d speak to a half deaf person?

Red’s gunna get it.

While we’re on Metro Pet peeves I would also like to give the ‘coca-cola’ award to the guy behind me who lets out a loud “aaaahhhhhhh” after every drink of his beverage. Really?

Thanks for letting me vent…
And HAPPY FRIDAY!
♥ from the bus… Abby