To those moronic passengers who insist on putting their wet umbrellas on the bus seats, do you not realize that people might want to sit? Having the pleasant surprise of an open bus seat and then sitting down only to have your ass cheeks tell you that you just sat in a puddle or your bladder let go is not a fun feeling. —Depends Please
This article appears in Aug 4-10, 2011.
its rains so heavy sometimes, it could have been just about anything, not just an umbrella
Indeed it could have been anything, maybe someone else’s bladder let go.
Great Value makes a good point. I know when i’m out in a rainstorm, i get wet. And then when i take the bus that wet transfers to the seat i sit on. Why? because i’m wearing a jacket that doesn’t allow the wet to cling to my skin and instead slide off, duck’s-back style.
Yes. It’s annoying. Pretty much everything about public transportation is.
It’s rain. You’ll live.
I usually check before I sit on something.
I SAT IN COFFEE last week on the bus. I am still thoroughly not impressed. This is why you’re not supposed to have drinks on the bus! YOU CAN’T BE TRUSTED. But man, those first few seconds of wondering what liquid I sat in *shudder* … I guess I should have been thankful it was coffee and not pee! But why wouldn’t they tell the driver or use the various discarded Metro newspaper that were lying around to cover it up!?!? UGH whatever.
Likely some woman’s kid pissed itself, and instead of cleaning it up, she left it. OP, did you check under the seat for where she hid the shit covered diaper? That’s your gift for your $2.25 fare.
Mighta been from the passenger who got to take her coffee on board, Mel. Check out the love side for details. No good deed goes unpunished.
I was on a streetcar in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. An individual with apparent cognitive issues got onto the streetcar, sat on a seat, voided their bladder whilst still wearing their trousers, stood up and shuffled off the streetcar at the next stop, announcing their departure with a loud fart. This kind of thing happens so regularly that no one batted an eye.
But how big was his stroller?
Um….I have never known anyone that would piss their pants just to leave a mess on the bus…is this a common practise in hrm? Lol
Eh. While I feel bad for you, OP… it’s either that or put my wet umbrella on myself and me > you.
Though I will say I usually put my wet umbrella in its sleeve and put it on top of my bag.
And hay sometimes it’s not just umbrella wetness — I opened a bottle of diet 7-up on the bus yesterday afternoon and it exploded all over me and the seat beside me. And I’ll be damned if I’m going to choose to use the one napkin I had with me to clean the seat instead of myself.
Again me > everyone else on the bus.
I might sound like a k-unt here, but, OH WELL.
It happens OP, just make sure you pay attention to where you park your ass and things’ll be all high and dry. I’ll bet you often have TP emergencies in your life too.
I’ve seen people lean over and barf into the seat next to them, so be happy it was just water. And don’t think about the fact that every seat is saturated with the summer sweat of a thousand butts.
Big diff between just plain ignorant and moronic, but the result is the same.
Great Value, never happened to me on the bus, but once we went to a busy pub in the town we lived in when we were in England. A guy and his elderly dad got up so we sat down- into the senile, incontinent man’s pee D:
On a somewhat related note; my daughter and I were in Montreal and it was raining, we were shopping downtown and most of the stores provided a free plastic sleeve to slide your umbrella into, like a johnnie for brollies! Never happen here unless there’s a consultant hired.
Back to the OP – Reason 4,000,978 for NOT taking the bus.
Baz’s “johnnie” comment made me think of this:
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/wp-content/uploa…
haha, beer ads are funny http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_WigxWmT65Jk/TTI-…
I saw this add in Barbados… I still laugh about it…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28767344@N07/…
🙂
Those Spitfire ads are “hoofing” Wizard prang, eh what, Old Cock?
http://www.bier1.de/images/Spitfire%20Deck…
I’m pretty sure that in Japan they have machines that dispense them (because of course they do). You just stick your umbrella in a hole (inb4 that’s what she said) and the machine covers up your umbrella.
You can get ANYTHING from Japanese vending machines:
http://cdn.static.ovimg.com/episode/131967…
Even an Asian brother.
I tell ya hhwhat.
>: )
yes, it would seem you can…
http://inventorspot.com/articles/japan_use…
I keep baby power and vaseline in my workout bag to reduce the amount of chaffing I get with my obviously oversized jewels.
Lately I have been having fun giving transit goers a baby powder butt. ROTFLMAO. Its not as noticeable as a puddle of rain water, so they probably walk around all day with it on their cloths. I have also greased the underside of some handles and armrests with vaseline. It is funny watching thier disgusted expressions. The other day a homless person found some and proceed to walk around ‘feeling cocky’ so i was disgusted. Now i only do the baby powder thing
J/k. 🙂