To the people who stand on a packed bus, when there are a shit-ton of seats behind you, go sit the hell down, or let people pass you so they can sit the hell down. It’s not about being lazy, it’s about not smelling what someone had for lunch that day because the bus is so packed, or smacking someone in the face with your backpack. Gosh. —Space Conserver
This article appears in Apr 29 – May 5, 2010.
always stand when there are only a few seats because others who get on will likely need them more than i do. i’m a 25 year old guy capable of standing up. maybe an old lady who gets on and sees the empty seat will be happy to get it without having to ask somebody to get up. so think about motive before you let something so stupid piss you off.
my backpack occasionally hits somebody. if an apology isn’t enough for them they can get off and walk. people step on my feet, graze my leg and accidentally kick me on the way to their seats and it doesn’t bother me one bit. maybe i’m just a calm guy.
i’m a thinking ahead coaster.
Actually, I think what bothers me the most about people who stand on the bus is that they typically stand right at the back door, and it’s either this incredibly large guy with either a massive backpack, or they insist on stepping down onto the step/holding onto the bar so the back door opens at every stop whether it needs to or not. The other type I find who does this are the incredibly prissy girls who are either A) Emo anti-soicial bitches or B) Too good to sit down next to common people because I’m to pretty.
In either case, it’s incredibly frustrating, so sit the fuck down, and get away from the back/front door.
that’s bad even worse is peop;e who sit on the outside of a double seat and than give you the eye roll thing when you “present” yourself to try and sit down; like if you’re that anti-social/oersonal space sensitive perhaps public trans. is not for you asshole
Hmm, that’s creepy. I was thinking of writing this exact bitch yesterday but I don’t actually remember doing so, so it looks like someone has been invading my brain.
don’t you just love them all to pieces. maybe a nice sharp pin in the ass would help.
Agreed tbcr. Plus I sit down all day at work so standing on the bus is a welcome idea. I do, though, see those that just stand there and can’t even bother to see someone wants to get by to sit in a seat behind them. And yeah martym… there are FAR too many of those that believe that the right to having an entire double-seat to themselves is theirs. Or those that put their bag on the seat next to them and make a god-awful face when someone wants to sit in the seat in place of their shit. But I digress… the bus bitch is among the most common of this species and I shall fill this page no more with my qualms.
I guess I’m one of those large guys with a massive…..
backpack.
🙂
will try to stay out of the way so we can cut down on the bus bitches.
I don’t want to sit next to disgusting bus people.
Then there are the sardine can commutes in cities like Toronto where buses, streetcars and subway cars are packed so tight everyone not fortunate enough to get a seat is pressed right up against everyone else and getting to an exit in time for your stop must be planned and executed several stops beforehand or you risk getting sucked into the transit-hell-vortex forever! MT is a joy in comparison! But then again, I prefer to walk or bicycle whenever possible.
Metro Transit. “HAAA HAA” as Nelson would say.
Now I’m curious as to who you are irl, zZz. If we were at Acadia at the same time (I’m guessing we were) and you were comp sci I’d likely at least recognize your face, likely. But anyway…
I’ve been saying this shit for years — thing about standers is that they think they’re being courteous by leaving seats to others, but they’re not. They’re just crowding the bus making it uncomfortable for everyone else. I’ve just taken to smashing past them and going for the seats in the back. I’ve generally had a few pissy people give me the stink eye, but eh.
Then again, I also have no problem yelling “MOVE BACK” when the driver’s too much of a pansy (or doesn’t give enough of a shit) to tell the standers to move back so more people can get on the bus, so….
I’m totally guilty for standing by the back door. I honestly just don’t like trying to cram in between strangers, so I stand in that area off to the side because it allows people to pass through, and I don’t think I’m an overly big guy and I always move to make room so people can get out the door. What annoys me is when I’m standing there and THEN some huge guy tries to stand there as well. Haha.
Mind you, if that spot is taken, I always move to the farthest back of the bus I can go. Yes, even beyond the back door. It drives me insane to be standing there and watching more and more people jam in, and NO ONE is moving to the back (and I’m not in their way). It’s sort of annoying. I’ll sit down if I absolutely have to. But otherwise, fuck it. I don’t care.
Actually, if I have to stand, I prefer to stand at the back door (esp on the ALF busses) because I can get my balance a whole lot better because I can basically hug the pole (and all y’all can fuck off right now with the dirty associations! lol). My balance isn’t so great because of an ankle/knee injury so standing on the bus is a bit of a bitch for me (esp since said injury occurred ON a bus ffs). And I’m little so I can just barely reach the top handle bars, and I’m convinced one of these days I’ll be holding the top bar and the bus’ll go over a bump and my arm will pop out of my shoulder socket, heh.
I don’t end up standing too much on busses though – I’m pretty narrow so I can fit in the tiniest spots and don’t mind plunking down in the tiny little spots between two more wide-set passengers. THey generally don’t appreciate it, but I don’t really give much of a shit. They can suck it for all I care.
PK, wouldn’t you like to know…
I lived in chase for three years before moving off campus. don’t know if that helps.
I was very observant back then and knew a LOT of people so it’s likely I’d recognize you too… I still see people all the time that no idea who I am but I recognize from days past.
not necessarily friends or even acquaintances but I remember the faces.
and I don’t really fit very well into a single seat.. shoulders impeding those beside me… so I’ll likely take to standing the majority of the time.
If you spent any time at the library, zZz, then you’d definitely know who I am — I worked there for three years and pretty much lived there when I wasn’t working. blah. You probably also know one of my good friends — lived in chase, was comp sci, worked at the USC….
I’m spending the summer in QC and I’ll have to use their transit system exclusively (besides walking) so I’m eager to find out if the same fucktardedry exists up there as it does here. Same shit, different day, kinda thing, or a whole new set of crap?…we shall see.
I’m a “back of the bus” kinda gal. No crowding back there.
If someone is standing in my way a simple “excuse me” is usually sufficient.
Turn the music up on your iPod, you fucking oxymoron. How can there be a shit-ton of seats on a packed bus?
You fucking nut. Drink another coffee.
And the music turned up helps for blocking out the smell of the cod I had for lunch, ’cause I’m from the oceanside and I like to stand, you fucking lazy pric.
And if I’m not standing, I’m sitting in the back, glaring at your knit-picking ass and wondering when you last got laid.