the crazy bus

I was on the bus back home today. There was a lot of people waiting for it at the station, so when we got in it was pretty packed. There was this man, right behind the driver's seat, he sat there with his bag on the next seat. This old women who was holding some bags of her own was standing in front of the seat, but the man did not move his bag. I saw that, and found it strange. At first I thought, "wow, what an asshole". I had urges to do something about it, but I didn't. I just stood there being frustrated.

As we drove on, the women still stood there. I looked over time to time to see if he'd move his stupid bag. I started to think, maybe this guy's a real narcissist. Like I mean a REAL one, someone so self fish to them their selfish acts are absolutely normal. Like the people my psych prof warned us about. I started to rethink this situation, maybe I shouldn't be mad at this guy, he doesn't know better. At one point, I actually found it a little funny how the old women had to stand up. Hehehe

Across from the man there sat these two women. They looked like they were in their late 40's early 50's. Seemed like regular folk. I heard them earlier in the station on the phone with some child saying how they'll be home soon. The lady in the red jacket had one of those smart-ass attitudes. You know, with smart-ass responses like answering a question with a question. One of those types of attitudes. Anyway, the child called her again and the women picked up the phone. After she was done talking, the man across from her, the one who held the other seat with his bag, started telling her not to use her cellphone, that it's dangerous and can cause an accident. He kept repeating himself, and also said things like how she shouldn't wear make-up at work and she's going to cause an accident. The lady responded with things like, "excuse me? do you pay my cellphone bills?", "you're not my boss!", "shut up", "driver's aren't suppose to use a cellphone, I CAN" and etc. The man kept repeating himself. The women continued to argue back. Everyone else just sat there. An elderly women by the driver said something to the women and smiled. I don't think the women heard her, because all she kept saying was "do you pay my cellphone bills? shut up! okay buddy!". I got the women's attention and told her maybe he's suffering from a condition and he doesn't know better. I don't think I got through to her, because the next thing I know she asked me if he pays her cellphone bills. At this point I'm wondering if she's also got some condition. The bus stopped, more passengers came in. The man was still repeating himself and she was also now repeating herself. Some of the passengers notice the excitement. One man laughs, and says "I didn't know cellphones weren't allowed on the bus". Another boy, about my age or younger, took of his ear buds to hear the commotion. He laughed with the women and started supporting her. He said things like "Okay buddy, you don't know what you're talking about". Then him and the women talked loudly about how dumb the man was, and how ridiculous he was being. I sorta butted in and told them there are medical conditions he could be suffering from and you shouldn't provoke him. At this point the women quieting down, the boy said maybe he should shut up before something happens. I told him that was a great idea. Than he said he didn't like my attitude, and put his ear buds back on. The man was still repeating himself. In fact, when he got off at Kingston, he was still repeating himself outside the bus. I think the women finally understood.