Take a hint from Bob Dylan, and don’t stand in the exit doorway of the bus, blocking the path for seniors, shoppers and parents trying to get off the bus at their stop. I’ve seen you doing this time and time again, even though there are plenty of seats available. I could understand it if the bus were chock-a-block full, or if you were getting off at the next stop, but to assume that this is YOUR place and nobody else needs to pass by you is just arrogant and rude. —Please Heed the Call
This article appears in May 26 – Jun 1, 2011.
What always makes me laugh are the people who stand there then get all pissy when the door opens on their feet at a stop because it detects someone’s there.
There’s a doosh that does this on one of my routes home and he won’t get out of the way when you have to get off the bus and there are plenty of seats. No one HAS to sit down on the bus, but don’t expect to block the doorway and not have people plough right into you. I don’t give two shits about being polite with this guy anymore — I just plough right past him, usually smacking him with my bag. Dumb fuck STILL hasn’t gotten a clue.
When my mother was lucid and in her 70s, she’d use her cane to get through this kind of shit. You’re in the way? Whack. You’ve got your feet in the aisle? – Whackity-whack. To quote her from those days: ‘Never underestimate the power of the cane.’
OP, you chose to get on the bus so accept the consequences of having to share it with the other poor minions.
True sebastian…or OP…speak up and tell these fuckers to sit down. Otherwise, don’t waste our time rehashing this age old bitch
but o.p., that would mean using a thing called common sense, and it is sorely lacking in a lot of people today.
I had this really creepy lady get on my 59 the past 2 Fridays and stand close enough that I could elbow her without trying. It was obvious she was trying to hit on me and despite my best efforts to ignore her, she kept trying small talk. She talked out the M,T,W guy and how he was back the next schedule, and she sounded sad when I told her I was going back to random work. When she got off the bus, one of my normal regulars told me she never gets on the Thursday bus, which tells me this lady only got on for the fantasy.
PK, this blocker of yours, does he always hold a white cloth between his hand and the back pole by any chance?
Or is it that thin guy with the preteen looking mustache frequently wearing windbreaker tracksuits… I went to school with him…