I get on the bus every morning at 6:30 and for some stupid reason all the older people look at me and stare for a good few minutes. I don’t know if it’s because I’m the youngest one on the bus or if it’s because I’m dressed in my baker whites. Maybe it’s both. But I really don’t appreciate it. I then get off the bus to catch my other bus, and get MORE dirty looks and grouchy stares. Whats the deal!? Are you all just super spaced out from waking up so early? Thanks for starting my morning off not so good. —early bird
This article appears in Dec 2-8, 2010.
Who the hell’s pleasant at 6:30am?
Yet another person paying too much attention to other people.
I know I’m not pleasant at 630am, but I don’t think I’d be openly hostile either. Time to start bringing a book on the bus, OP, and ignore them all.
Ralmn has it exactly right OP. I find losing myself in those carefree days of World War II far preferable to the visual, auditory and olfactory fiesta that is Mesozoic Transit (Thanks Seb >; )
No one staring at you. You’re just paranoid and narcissistic. People are tired and their blank faces turn to you when you get on the bus.
You think it’s because you wear white or fancy yourself as an unusual creature because you are childlike. You bore them. They probably couldn’t pick you out of a line up. They are not looking at you but past you.
Do you get on the bus and give your super duper happy smile to every single person? No I didn’t think so.
Ask them what they’re staring at and then the floor/window will get more interesting.
Maybe they expect you to give them donuts?
My friends and I noticed this too a while ago and deemed this look “the bus stare”. No one is looking at or paying attention to anyone, it’s just this look people get, and that YOU probably get while sitting on the loser cruiser for extended periods of time, especially while tired. And who isn’t tired ever?
Stare back at them.
6:30 a.m., fuck, most people kill other people by then. count yourself lucky that you can bitch today, but maybe tommorrow…….
Maybe it’s the shock of seeing a young person being up early.
This is sort of bus related: I’d just like to say to the driver of the 72 out of DC who attempted (unsuccessfully) to explain economics and civics to a pair of fare-jumping, allegedly 16 year old crack babies at the Highfield terminal @ 4:30:
A) You should have called the police. I would not have minded waiting for them to show up.
B) Whatever they pay you guys , it probably isn’t enough.
C) If the union demands kevlar vests during the next round of contract negotiations, this is one taxpayer who WILL NOT bitch about it. Promise
very well put ivan…hey where’s shemp? http://www3.findagrave.com/photos250/photo…
Maybe you look stunning in your baker whites and they want a piece of you, and in a very zombie way.
Here’s some awesome Stooge trivia I did not know.
Moe was the First American actor to portray Hitler (kinda) &
“You Nazty Spies” opened about 9 months before ”The Great Dictator”
Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk
cool i didn’t know that…”disorder in the court” is one of my faves. not to be confused with these stooges http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4CU2mFx5HYA/S9sI…
my chef’s pants had strawberries on them newt, and i had some with eggplants (do not like the aubergine)
lol That’s almost as funny as Nurse’s scrubs in Hello Kitty.
IGGY! – He played a Vorta once on DS-9. – Feck – I really do need to get a life. >: (
Not a guy you want to call “part eggplant”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vincenzo…
wow who doesn’t want to be on star trek
http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/3/3282/y…
You learn something new ever day, I didn’t know the 3 Stooges did a shitler spoof.
IGGY! – He played a Vorta, didn’t know that either 🙁
OMG – that’s Iggy? Wouldn’t have recognized him in a million years.
I’m curious OB, as to what you look like in you kitchen whites.
Your grandiose attitude is laughable. I’ll try to stare extra-hard next time.
haha woody with a woody *squack*