I was on the way to work on a Transit bus, carrying 2 bags of groceries and a large brief case, trying to keep my stuff out of the aisle. On gets a father (with a British accent) and daughter, and she sees a friend sitting to the right of me. To the left were 2 empty seats, and he causally says ” You can ‘switch up’ (your seat) so my daughter can sit next to her friend!” It’s clearly a case of co-dependence, (enabled by the father) and an indication of how widespread socialism has weakened the core structure of some places across the pond. We say, ‘Please and thank you’ in Canada. —The Right Kind of ‘NICE’ Canadian
This article appears in Nov 3-9, 2011.
grrrrrrr… passenger with way more carry-on than they should…..
so very hard to sympathize.
What does socialism have to do with manners??? If the father had a British accent, you’d realize that the Conservatives have been in power in the UK for many years now. The Harper cronies have been in power in Canada for 2 terms now as well!
“Sod off ye daft cunt” is the very appropriate British response to a situation like that.
Hope you told him to shove it – or that you listen to the Admiral for a more appropriate verbal lashing 🙂
you are probably one of “those” people who likes to sit in the aisle seat and put your brief case, bags, etc in the window seat, then pretend that you can’t see other people standing in the aisle looking for a place to sit.
If he didn’t have a British accent would you have still wrote this bitch? But how would you know what country/region to blame? Wait, who am I kidding? You would have blamed it on Ontario like everyone else.
Z (side note: I once conned my younger bro into wizzing on an electric fence-your handle made me smile to remember it) I once saw someone get on the train with a full size christmas tree!
Socialism?
What the fark is this Bitch *really* about, Mr Limbaugh?
Why weren’t you wearing earphones OB? Isn’t that how those bus drones block out the random mumblings of the bus riders?
I would have said “I’m sorry I don’t speak English.” in perfect english and then put my headphones on.
Racist against our forebearers are you? Canada is a multicultural place. Accents don’t count for anything.
That’s when you say no and continue to listen to your MP3 or whatever you got for music.
I can see why if there was no other seats on the bus. But if there are plenty of seats then the kids can handle sitting away from each other.
Wot Ivan sed like ya know wot i mean mate
Episode 11: In which our hero, Tintin, explains Ingsoc (English Socialism) to a pair of ruthless 1 Percenters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq1jDo7xj7E
hahaha, not your childhood tintin, tho the captain was very colourful http://www3.sympatico.ca/brooksdr/images/h…
So, zed, what are people without cars who are not within walking distance to the grocery store supposed to do — just not eat because they have to take a few more bags on the bus?
Now, I don’t have this issue because I live within walking distance to a grocery store and I do have access to a vehicle, but I don’t shit on someone who doesn’t.
not like they’re carrying a huge ass dirty hippie backpack that smacks people in the face, thus, making their face smell like dirty hippie.
… and then give them the stink eye when you’re all “wtf, dude?” when your head is almost railed off its neck.
you get on, pay your fare, take your seat, and say fuck you to the next douche, that lays that shit on you.
if not for you. this isn’t racism. This is the OP hoping that the douchebag in this bitch will recognize himself when he reads it.
Plus accents aren’t races. I’ve had three accents during the course of my life. I’m sure there will be more to come, given my flight of the navigator lifestyle.
And Zed i agree with kitty.. When you have a load, it’s good to take a cab if you can. If you can’t, it’s what the bus is for.
Carry a whopee cushion with you for those types of situations, will clear lots of room:)
? ya, you’re right, they should buy 2 weeks worth of groceries and take them all on the bus in one shot…
?!?!?!?!?
how many places here are too far from a grocery store to walk???
If you are, you can bet you’re not ‘in the city’ and need some form of personal transportation….
I just can’t see you needing more than a backpack’s worth of stuff….
and if do you, go get another one when you run out.
I can easily fit a week’s worth of food in a backpack.
‘course,… I don’t eat like Maximus Donarious with the munchies….
Who takes their groceries TO WORK? The frozens with thaw the refrigerated will go bad. Shop afterwards, most stores are 24 hours now.
Not everyone can walk longer distances. My mom’s achilles tendon still hasn’t healed and sometimes it hurts for her to walk here, there and everywhere. So, if she stops by the grocery store on the way home, she takes the bus home.
So sue her for taking her injured self on a bus with a few grocery bags.
I can guarantee (because I do this twice daily) a few grocery bags of stuff is a lot less annoying than taking a primarily student used bus during rush hour and ending up being hit constantly with full crapsacks of whatever the fuck students need to put in there.