Thank you to the frizzy-haired goof on the morning blackjack bus downtown today… Everything you did in your state of slumber made my Monday morning commute totally awkward, causing me to rue the very fact that I even left my bed.
First, you had to go and put your bag on the seat beside you before drifting off to sleep. Getting on the bus I was excited to see one seat left near the back… no standing for me today! But no, your bag was on the seat and when I politely excused myself with the intention of sitting beside you I noticed you were out cold. I had to practically put the bag on your lap (before you awoke and at least apologized for that).
If only you had have shown even half that consideration for the remainder of the ride. You couldn’t even move your legs to your own side to allow me to bring mine in from the aisle. Right back to sleep you went, legs all over the place, arms practically falling onto my lap beside you. Even after I started pushing your leg back away from mine, you couldn’t bother waking up to sit up and allow me just a little room. Thank fuck the two people in the seat next to me were only going halfway downtown and allowed me escape…
I hope you don’t travel on “MY” bus again… next time I see an open seat next to you I will be sure to stay as far away as possible. I mean, come on… do you really not care enough about anyone but yourself? Or you just don’t have any common sense?
I’ll go with a combination of both. Either way, can’t wait to see the number of replies that suggest I get a car or “stick up for myself” by saying something… —Not in the mood to cuddle, thanks…
This article appears in May 13-19, 2010.
Kinda like the consideration you gave to someone so terminally exhausted they couldn’t stay awake, huh?
actually I was going to suggest you just steal his bag.
yeah, you could have totally gotten away with it.
how can anyone fall asleep in public like that? sleeping in parks/buses/malls?
I’d be so weirded out…
I’ve been exhausted before but still mustered the energy to get some privacy before crashing.
Having ridden the “Methadone Clinic Shuttle” numerous times I have nothing but sympathy for you OP and one piece of advice. Carry with you a half dozen small plastic ziploc bags with a couple of pieces of road salt in each. Next time you’re stuck next to a nodder deep in the “Arms Of Morpheus” plant them on his person. Then alert the local constabulary after you get off. At least you’ll have something to giggle about for the rest of the day.
Back in university when I had a full-time job and went to school full time, my bedroom was the bus. You get accustomed to it very quickly. The engine noise makes for great white noise and getting comfy on the seats was easy. That said, at least I was smart enough to put my bag on my lap, and ensured I didn’t fall into a deep sleep. What I find handy, and this works on the bus as well as the airplane, is to grow a set of elbows. If somebody gets into that stage of sleep that their head starts to roll around, I give them a good nudge. It’ll wake them up.
You should see videos of slumberfest on Japanese subways, trains, and busses.
Dude was sleeping, cut him some slack… How polite/cognative are you when your exhausted/half asleep?
Wake him up more than once if necessary and make sure he stays awake and in his own space. You guys are gettting soft out there, seems you’d rather come on here and bitch than actually do something about it.
Truth be told Bluenoser- on a Monday morning and not feeling all that well in the first place, I’d sooner just bear it for a few minutes than bother confronting said goof. Now, if I had have sat with him on a good day, he would have seen more elbow than a Calgary Flame playing against Mark Messier in the mid-80’s………….
Haha. Now people writing bitches in here expect the stupid replies that are bound to come with legitimate bitches. Preach it! Decent bitches like this will once again rule!
What about all those times you pissed the bed while sleeping? You’re fucking gross. You didn’t even have the decency to magically wake yourself up, because that’s an easy thing to do. Everyone knows you can control what you do while your sleeping, so I don’t understand what your issue is. Wear a diaper and hide yourself from society you scum bag. Do you not care about anyone but yourself?
If I’m on a bus and there are no seats but people have kit bags/ back packs on them I ask them to move so I can sit down. Fortunately in Victoria there is a lot more parking downtown than in Hfx, so the buses don’t get as crowded and no winter parking regulations helps too.
because they don’t have winter…
they go from fall to spring.
c’mon on now, fess up here, didn’t you get just a little sexually excited.
Dude, I’ve done some nodding off on buses before. Never when they are crowded, and not deeply..but it has happened.
frizzy haired goof? Them’s some strong words, bud.
Jesus, it was MORNING and you expect to never see someone nodding off? I’ve nodded off going to work in the morning more than once, and for that matter on my way home. Some of us find mornings rough and a long day at work, esp after getting up before the ass crack of dawn can make one a bit sleepy.
Also: go find somewhere else to park your ass or stand the fuck up if they’re bothering you THAT much. Not like they sat down beside YOU.
I wonder if the person was coming down with a cold and took some Nyquil instead of Dayquil by mistake. Or took some Gravol for motion sickness. Maybe it was a case of low blood pressure. I am just saying because all of these could knock me out completely for over half a day.
Next time, you could maybe wake up that person and ask if he/she is feeling alright. It could have been a medical emergency, who knows.
It is public transportation you idiot not “your” bus. Be prepared to deal with the public, otherwise (thats right…. here it comes….) Get a car or say something to the person. For the love of Pete, he moved his bag when you asked him to!
Why is everyone defending the lazy-ass peice of shit that decides it’s his bus and takes up more than one seat whilst airing out his scrotum.
OP just wants to sit down. Is that too much to ask?
I’ve been there.
I don’t hate taking the bus. It’s those self-absorbed fuckheads that have no consideration for others that may want a seat.
Agree with you there Señor… I mean, sure, there is nothing wrong with taking some time on the bus to have a nap before reaching your destination, but one has to recognize others’ rights to personal space while using public transit. This bitch is not about the fact that someone was sleeping on the bus…. it was about the fact that said person disregarded personal space and allowed for his limbs to take up more room than “considered respectable”…. I find it hard to believe all those sleeper defenders out there would have shared the same opinions had they previously been subjected to the same.