Bring on the Night

It’s no secret that I hate city busses and the way people behave when they enter a bus. It isn’t a secret either, that I hate repairing my bike when the tire runs flat.

Flat is exactly what you can call my bike these days. Laziness got the better of me, so I’m a certified “busee” atm. Not only do I have to get up 15mins earlier to take the bus, but I also have to endure all the negatives of bus riding.

This morning I almost strangled a woman because she well was egoistic.

Danish city busses have 1 entry door and 2 exits. The entry is in the front, and the two exits are in the middle and the back. Both window rows are filled with seats and there’s a path in the centre of the bus. When you enter, it’s polite to move backwards into the bus, leaving room for new travellers. This normally works ok, until people get to the middle, where the first exit door is located. Then people automatically stop and “forget” moving along, since they want to stay close to the exit. Selfish shit. When this happens, the bus driver has to get up and shout for people to move back in the bus. If he doesn’t, no one will move an inch and people can’t get in.

This morning when I entered an almost full bus, I got stuck besides a 40-50 year old woman, who decided to stop at that point. I politely made some gestures to show her that moving along would be a good idea. She moved a bit more (like 1 meter), which of course didn’t help much. So I asked her if she could move. Her response was moving yet another meter. I looked back and saw the line forming and people that couldn’t enter the bus. So I asked her again. This time if I could get past her (which at least would let me off the hook). That made her move a bit, while she tried to make room so I could get past.

Normall this is no problem, but for her, it was. Apparently no spot was good enough since I would almost touch her in the attempt (I know what you think, but I’m not that fat). At last she reluctantly let me pass (and I didn’t touch her, I swear). Then 3 metres further down the bus, I found an empty seat. A seat she would have gotten, if she had just moved along like a normal thinking person.

All this happened within 2 or 3 minutes and that was all it took to piss me off and get a lousy morning. Thank you very much selfish #%¤&#&%!.

To some this may be a small thing, but personally I find this behaviour both selfish and narrow-minded. Unfortunately it isn’t the first time I’ve been in this situation and I hate it. Why is it so hard for people to think a bit ahead and make room for others too? It’s not the first time I’ve seen this woman on the bus either, so I know she’s not just a newbie. She is just an egoistic asshole.

This is just one of the hundred reasons why I hate using public transportation. You have to rely on people to use their brain. I better bite the sour apple and fix my bike while I’m still sane.

Tags: bitching, bus, egoism