You People

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

Sure, you’re legs aren’t in the way, but this is a tight fit, and I still have to press into your flesh with my a$$ or vagina as I pass. And these are two areas of my body I only want certain people touching, and NONE of these select few have EVER been YOU people.

Here, here! I agree. Hands off my 'gina!

[CoasterMatt]

Some people's kids... you give 'em a coloring book, they eat the crayons.

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Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Some people's kids... you give 'em a coloring book, they eat the crayons.

What is wrong with eating crayons? How else would we know what raw umber tastes like?

Be that as it may, it will be a sad day on LoT when Eliza stops riding public transportation.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by mousepod

Nice post. Here's a suggestion, though. Why don't you just take the aisle seat on the bus? Then when a stranger wants the window seat you can just stand up and let him or her pass. You could stand up again when he or she wants to get off. They will never be exposed to your crotch and you get to make the choice whether you're interested in a close encounter with their privates or not. It's a win-win, plus you get all that good standing and sitting exercise that you miss when you skip church (for Sunday brunch).

I'll probably start taking aisle seats more often. Though I sometimes assume people who take the aisle seat are seat hogs, like they're doing it so you'll be less inclined to ask to sit next to them. Usually, if someone is in an aisle seat, you have to actually say, "Do you mind if I sit there?" I don't want people to feel inconvenienced. And when I see someone seated in an aisle seat, and I want to sit next to them, my first thought is usually, "Why couldn't they just take the window seat?! That way I could just plop down beside them and not have to bother them."

Also, I'm on the bus almost 1.5 hours every day, and sometimes the window seat offers you the option of sprawling out until someone needs to sit next to you, or there's the corner created between the wall and the seat that sometimes offers more comfort than the right angled seat. So, it's not just out of an intended politeness that I take the window seat. It is often the more comfortable option for longer rides.

Mostly I just don't see why it has to be an issue. The more polite thing to do is to stand up to let someone in or to let someone out. It also bothers me when the bus is super crowded and you try to make an exit out the backdoor but it's wall to wall people. And instead of these people simply stepping outside of the bus to let you off, they often expect you to sardine crawl through them and push your way out, like a nightmare birth.

Are they afraid the bus will zoom off and leave them behind? What fraidy cats!

[mousepod]

I hear ya. It reminds me of the years when I lived in NYC. I always took the subway (much faster than traveling overground). During rush hour it was almost impossible to get off a train because so many greedy commuters on the platform would shove their sorry butts into the already packed car the moment the doors opened.

Ah, memories.

[CoasterMatt]

cattle prods make subway commute so much fun

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I hear ya. It reminds me of the years when I lived in NYC. I always took the subway (much faster than traveling overground). During rush hour it was almost impossible to get off a train because so many greedy commuters on the platform would shove their sorry butts into the already packed car the moment the doors opened.

Ah, memories.

Ah yes. After 4 years of living in NYC, we probably share some of the same memories. Though, after a bad ankle brake, I had to ride the busses there, as well. They smelled better in New York.

[FEJ]

Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

I'm a total domestic screw off. I desire to be otherwise, but I was raised by nannies and housekeepers so I'm a lazy effin' bastard.

I never had a nanny or housekeeper and I am still a lazy effin' bastard.

[blueerica]

I feel like I just had this very conversation this afternoon, and lo' and behold, I wasn't even on the boards until now.

I was, like, connected or something.

Here's what I've been trying to work out for years. There is the right way to do things, and the wrong; the better, the best, and the worst; most of my friends do what's better, best, right, common sense, for the most part right? Who the feck are the YOU PEOPLE that are are screwing it all up? If everyone I know seems to be on the right page, then either 1.) I have great tastes in friends and acquaintances, or 2.) my friends and acquaintances have been deceiving me.

Or 3.) I'm overly exhausted right now, and make no sense.

Thanks for listening.

YOU PEOPLE.

[Kevy Baby]

Who? ME?