To the creep guy who rode the inter-city bus today: under no circumstances is it ever ok to reach over while I am SLEEPING and start stroking my hair and rubbing my ear! The reason I ran off the bus is because I was scared half to death and was this close to calling the police! P.S. just because you wear headphones doesn’t mean no one else can hear your music, I am “lucky” enough to listen to every note of your terrible songs.
—Freaked out girl
This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2009.
Holy fuck a duck, I would have howled bloody blue murder followed by his agonized scream in the key of A. Public transit is nowhere to blow ZZZZZZs, not with all the generic mutants floating around this festering backwater.
Agreed…as far as I’m concerned, you touch me, you get a punch in the face or at the least, called out. Too many of these sick fucks get away with this shit; they are expecting passive victims.
While I’d probably punch someone in the face if they touched me on a bus….wtf were you doing SLEEPING on the bus? I know people can get drowsy after work/before work but….srsly.
Did this creep have BO and balding? I think I rode with him yesterday afternoon.
what the hell?
Sounds like there’s plenty of creepy to go around….
and I’m surprised he didn’t pick your pocket.
that IS assault….you could have/should have called the cops
You should have punched him square in the balls. Repeatedly. Then called the cops. Sick fucks like this deserve daily “invasions from behind” from an big burly inmate named Bubba.
It’s sickos like that guy who keep people off the buses. Call the man out on it, let public shame prevent others from your fate. That’s just creepy.
There needs to be more education about how to deal with this sort of situation! I didn’t want to cause a huge fuss and running away just seemed easier, but if I had time to think about it, that guy would have gotten his nuts ripped off. Note: this bus wasn’t metro transit, it was a long-distance trip.
OP: don’t feel bad about running away. I’ve been in similar situations myself and it can really throw you for a loop; partly because it’s just so out-of-the-blue and invasive.
I had to laugh when I was riding the bus to the South Shoah eh! recently, and they had all these ads up in the terminal about how great and safe bus riding was. All I could think about after seeing the ad was “BEHEADINGSES!!!” Well during that trip, the whole time, some Bridgewater gangsta wannabe was in the back talking loudly about how many people he and his buddies beat up and how stoned he was at the moment and how hot all the pussy was outside the bus. That was great. And a small, female friend of mine was kidnapped at knifepoint from a bus in NB, he stole her money (and thankfully let her go without hurting her). Those buses are sketchy. They cost twice as much as they used to and they don’t give out the free pop and chips any more.
But yeah, public transit naps are a bad idea, unless you’re so tired you have no choice. But I don’t need to tell you that 😛
Holy socks, I would have impulse backhanded the fucker right in the tonsils. If that’s the kind of vermin that inhabits the cesspool of the rear end, I recommend keeping your eyes peeled next time.
omg i would have freaked out!!