An inmovable object meets an irristestable force

[Bandit]

Seen when I did a quick day trip to the city I will move to.

Where: The local YuppieVille
When: Around noon

I had stopped at a place for lunch and since it was a nice day, decided to eat on the patio. There is street parking along the road, and the only places without cars are the bus stops.

I see three mommies with the SUV-type stroller coming along across the road. Of course they are walking such that they will take up the whole sidewalk.

Then they meet two other mommies coming the other way.

Of course they have to circle the wagons and talk. In the middle of the sidewalk. In such a way nobody else can pass. And this is in one of the few bus stop gaps.

So people walk around around them through the bus stop and lots of evil looks are exchanged. Then the buses start to come. The first one pulls in and nobody gets off, but they have to stop because there are people at the stop. I don't know what was said - all I could see was the bus driver looked pissed off.

Lather, rinse, repeat for the next bus 15 minutes later.

Just before the last bus I saw pulled up, someone in a power scooter tried to get passed the mass of aluminum and stupidity. They didn't want to move. I could not hear what was said, the result was the person in the scooter ended up trying to pass them by jumping the curb and then trying to get back on to the sidewalk just past them.

This is, of course, when another bus came by and saw what was happening. This poor guy was trying to get our of the bus way and the mommy coven was clueless.

I have to give props to the bus driver. He stopped, got out, helped the scooter driver up the curb and had a few words with the coven. I could not really make out most of the words that were exchanged, but there were raised voices.

As the bus pulled away, I could see some of the passengers applauding, and the coven stomping way and not looking too happy about it.

I pity the kids that are in the strollers. EWs in the making.

B

As a side note, the waitress got a nice tip for the entertainment value of the stop.

[PepperElf]

i'm now reminded of cutter john... and imagining him running over their toes.

[SG15Z]

If I had been on that bus not only would I have been applauding. I also would have started to make everyone chant his name on that bus, a good party would have followed, and someone else would have to drive the bus cause the driver had a few too many drinks!

[Andrew B.]

i'm now reminded of cutter john... and imagining him running over their toes.

Woah, Bloom County reference. Not seen often at all.

[Geek King]

i'm now reminded of cutter john... and imagining him running over their toes.

Set phazors on "Deep Fry."

[protege]

Of course they have to circle the wagons and talk. In the middle of the sidewalk. In such a way nobody else can pass. And this is in one of the few bus stop gaps.

Around here, that's a *guaranteed* way to have someone force their way past you, usually purposely putting their shoulder into you as they pass. Oh, sometimes they'll say things like "stupid (word that rhymes with "punts") in passing. I've seen that many times at the mall

[blas]

Some of those strollers are big enough that I imagine I could fit in there if I really tried.

Why do you need a stroller that competes with the size of your vehicle, unless you have twins/triplets or multiple babies/toddlers?

When I was a baby, my stroller was like beyond second hand. It had been in use since one of my oldest uncles had been a baby. I'm lucky I didn't fall out of that thing. I didn't even have straps.