To the three students sitting on a crowded bus today in the reserved seats who couldn’t be bothered to look up from their iPhones to notice that the man in his sixties across from them had to get up to offer a seat to the woman in her eighties who got on the bus with a cane no less, because you couldn’t see anything outside of your own world. How rude, how disrespectful, how lame. If I could have made my way across the throng of people on the bus, I would have slapped that phone out of your hands and made you apologize! —Appalled
This article appears in Sep 15-21, 2011.
If they didnt see they didn’t see. I cant be bothered to look up every time someone comes on the bus either. Get over it…
Well, aren’t you an asshole, wishblade.
When you’re sitting in the accessible seats in the front it’s your job to be aware of who’s getting on the bus, because if someone who is disabled, or older or has another problem with mobility get on, you’re supposed to more your lazy arse so they can sit down.
You’d probably be the first one to bitch if someone ran into you on the sidewalk while texting, though, wouldn’t you, you fuckface?
Yessir, wishblade’s an ass. Stupid wannabe handle, too.
I never sit on those seats regardless , I’ll go stand towards the back if there is no seats, most of my trips there is older riders getting on or baby buggys etc.
Didn’t realize they said it was the reserved seats as in the disability seats. But it does lend itself to the question of does it always have to be the youngest one who gets up? What if theres someone in their 40’s or 50’s for instance and someone in their 20’s, is the younger person the one obligated to give up their seat? I wouldnt believe this to be right personally, but thats something else all together.
And no I wouldnt bitch someone out for it because I tend to watch where Im going when I walk…
Oh yeah, your handle is so awesome too fool. Asshole…
I never sit there, either, smile&wave, unless I’m on an 89 or 16 and am transferring at Lacewood because the ride is ridiculously short and it’s near the end of the route anyway.
Besides getting motion sickness from sitting sideways on the bus, I know I”ll just have to get up anyway, so I just motor on to the middle/back of the bus.
HAY WISHBLADE “I’M RUBBER AND YOU’RE GLUE!”
Get fucked, fuckface.
Wow, thats real mature kitty. I rectify my post and you tell me to get fucked. You must be the biggest fucking loser alive. Get bent.
Originality isn’t your forte, is it, wishblade?
BTW: we weren’t talking about someone coming on the bus in their 40s or 50s, we were talking about two elderly people, one of which was using a cane, and a bunch of little shit students who couldn’t be bothered to think of someone other than themselves.
And what other ‘reserved’ seats do you know of on the bus?
You sure are a special kind of stupid, aren’tcha?
You know, if everyone in this city wasn’t too polite for their own damn good someone would have said something. The driver should have said something. Anyone could have said something, but they were too chicken shit, so the blame also falls on them as far as I’m concerned.
Agreed Tommy, I don’t care where I would have been on that bus, I would have yelled at those kids to get up and move! More importantly, the bus driver should have as well.
Wishblade, while I understand what you are saying “why must the 20 year old be expected to move and not the 40 year old if you are both seated in said reserved seats” – but does it matter??? Be the nicer person and get up, you’ll feel a hell of a lot better about yourself if you do!
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In my time on the bus I’ve never heard a Bus Driver ever ask someone to get up for some else, unless they have one of the access a bus with the wheelchair areas’ which is just common sense. I’m sure it has happened just never heard one myself.
Krysia,
Oh I would get up if somebody was obviously having trouble standing, but I just don’t think someone who’s the youngest there should be specifically picked on to offer their seat. Thats all I was saying. and yes kitty, I understand it didn’t totally pertain to the bitch, and I made note of that in my post. As well, it wasnt that I didnt understand the word reserved, I just didnt notice it in the post at all.
I agree with Tommy. I have no problem speaking up, and have many times when it comes to shit like this and other things like line jumpers, for example.
For line jumpers I’m usually a bit more abrasive because I loathe people who think they’re entitled to break the rules, but in a case like this, you don’t have to be rude, you can just say “I think this gentleman needs a seat, I’m sure you didn’t notice” and if they don’t get the hint I’ll usually add “so move.”
People are too shocked when people ask them to move their bags or let someone sit down (because no one ever says anything to them) that they’ll do it out of shame, usually.
In fact, last year when my mom tore her achilles and we’d get on a crowded bus, she wouldn’t say anything to anyone (which irked me — like c’mon mom! Obv you can’t stand!) so I’d ask someone to get up so she could get a seat because of her injury. Most people were more than happy to give up their seat for my injured mom.
rally the troops! a LTWWB Regular, (Regger?…Rager?) is in a match! where’s the rest of the supper club?
Equal fare, equal treatment.
What?!?! Woah, cranky.. I just got the call, what’s going on!? Location!!
just another bunch of shit on the streets of this town. why don’t they hire a dog catcher or something to take them all away.
Sebastard, wake the fuck up, those front seats are there for the elderly and people with strollers.
Self-entitled twats.
Eeh, self absorbed, I think applies a little better in this instance, BT, but twat definitely applies.
When it comes to PK v. Anybody… my money’s on PK EVERY TIME!
i bet they were fat too.
fat with DAL across their asses, wha?
holy fucking run on sentence, batman!
um, PK. doesn’t HRM have the handibus taxis that the cripples can take for the same price as a bus ride?
Re: “Maybe You Need Your Own Bus”
Dear GV:
“Cripple” has been frowned upon as a word to describe a lerson with a disability, for a number of years now.
We prefer to be called “negroes” nowadays.
Seriously though, the C-word is a bad word for guys like me, in the rizeal.
i called you a gimp once wp, a thousand apologies http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/compl…
I too once called Wheelie a gimp, but to be fair, he WAS wearing that cute little rubber suit and mask with all the zippers.
haha, i do refer to me ma and myself as the gimp twins. how is your day going? we just had a newly adopted hound in the shoppe…saweet
I was on a booze cruise recently with some of SOBova’s co-workers and the ship had a big slobbery English Mastiff on board. What a beauty. ‘is bleedin’ ‘ead were bigger than me own! We also partook in some moules et frites at a certain Belgian restaurant which has “sprouted” up recently. Amazingly good food and the service was superb.
the big head dawgs are so funny, they have such soft mouths. love the belgians, afterall the gave us tintin and snowy
…And westmalle duppel *glug, glug*
Mmm Beeer. I hope I can stay awake lon
look at all those purty bottles http://www.moippai.com/blog/wp-content/upl…
Just shows that taking the time to go to an expert to size your ballgag is time well-spent, eh Comrade Sir?
@Snoob -moi aussi, mon ami. Another 4 hrs and I’ll be doing my best Brando imitation. “STELLLLLLLL-AHHH” (artois – that is)
@Painey – Now, that’s art (Cue MM – “No, Scrotum – It isn’t”)
@Wheelie – It’s the attention to the little details that counts, and gets you a better than average tip. Wacka-Wacka.
Hey wheelie, if i was in the real world I would feel total and completely embarrassed for using ‘crippled’ because it wouldn’t be representative of my views or how i want to be perceived.
However, on an anonamous thread like this, I can darn well act and say anything I want, so here goes:
Sorry, man. Please accept my apologies.
GValue: you’ve heard of Survivor? I “dropped out of character” a couple times to try and put what she thought was us picking on her, in perspective.
I take what you said as an online “in-character” comment, said for the effect more than reflecting the real person-behind-the-online-persona.
You and I are cool on this. I just wanted to talk about the words for a second, before getting back to Bitch Hijinks. 🙂
Thanks for talking to me in RealPerson for this. I know from reading your posts you have the mind that can tell the nuances of the C-word discussion.
Sincerely.
Now let’s get back to ball gags and Survivor’s inability to pay bills! Yee-haaaaawwwwww!!!
thanks tommy, and don’t get yer knickers in a knot gv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZvarRe-XVQ
Thats cool. So was i clear enough that i was sorry both in character and out? I hope so. Take care.
I use the negro parking space when I go to the NSLC.
Survivor deserved it.
GV- when I was in the spinal cord rehab 20 years ago, my friends and I called ourselves cripples and gimps. Kind of rough-housing at our own expense.
I was dating someone whose opinion I trusted completely. She remembered talking to me on the phone years before we met about her hiring me to shoot photos or something. When we were dating she told me that hearing me call myself a gimp was like a slap in the face, and cripple is a hundred times worse. It’s made me rethink the whole “reclaiming” bad words and defining yourself argument. Whwn I call myself those bad words I am showing an ugly side of myself and a lack of respect for myself. She said mw saying gimp was like a slap in the face.
I saw her point. Cripple and gimp are UGLY words that dehumanize me and reduce me to a medical diagnosis.
If I ever use one of those words it is to be ugly, on purpose.
I wasn’t trying to make you bummed or feel like a clod. I would rather us have a dialogue and hopefully we can agree or at least understand each other and respect our opinions.
Dude, I appreciate you taking the time to make sure we’re cool.
Like those college doofusses at Gatsby’s who were making fun of the Rose Seller. Eosie has a head injury and they were unable to see the person in there. He was just a guy who didn’t walk “normal” or talk like them. I wonder if they used the R***rd word when he left, while they were laughing and feeling superior?
When I came out of my coma I was head injured. I could have stopped getting better at ANY TIME, and be unable to talk, unable to communicate my feelings. We’re all one head bump away from that.
I feel like I’m being a preachy arsehole now! Lol
Changing the subject, the weather has been beautiful!
Wpaul
Thanks for the new perspective, I’ll add cripple and gimp to my list of words that I choose not to use.