Asshole Bus Passenger

[Hyena Dandy]

Today I was in Boston taking a vocational assessment. Things went well, so I took the subway to Alewife station, then got on the bus to go home. On the way past a little island in the highway, there's a red light. We stop, and one of the passengers gets up and starts tapping on the window. Naturally, I'm curious about what this is about... Then he opens up the window, and yells out "Hey, you! No!"

Turns out there was, on the other side, about thirty feet away from the bus, a homeless man asking for spare change. The homeless guy looks up, and the man flips him off, and sits down with a satisfied grin on his face.


That was just... It was surprising how much of an asshole people can be. Suppose a homeless guy asked you for change, and you said 'no' and flipped him off. TOTAL dick move, obviously. But rapping on the window of a bus THIRTY FEET AWAY, then YELLING TO GET HIS ATTENTION, THEN saying no... That's... I mean, that's a COMMITTED asshole. That's all I can say. Definitely committed.

[rageaholic]

Wow, I could understand being weary of homeless people begging for money, but to pull a stunt like that is grade A assholery.



People suck sometimes.

[ShadowTiger]

That ain't too nice. Luckily, karma exists. We'll see where nature takes it from there.



It feels odd to have two bus passenger related stories next to each other, so I'll just add to the pile of suck here.

Couple months ago, I boarded a surprisingly empty bus into Queens to get to the College. There were maybe four people in total on the bus, excluding the driver, and including myself. In the back central seat of the bus, was a shoddy-looking middle aged woman. Somewhat plump. Wearing heavy baggy clothing. She was eating from an industrial-sized bag of peanuts or pistachios. Couldn't tell from a distance. Thing is, the floor and seats around her were covered in the shells from them. I mean three shells deep, they were. Not less than half an inch deep with shells, as if she'd been on the bus for over three hours, or had been spitting the shells out faster than a gatling peanut gun. (Which I someday plan to invent.)

She had this blank, far-away look about her, as if she was looking beyond the far ceiling of the bus to the sky beyond. Just sat there, littering, .. sometimes she'd throw a shell farther than the seats or floor surrounding her and onto a seat several seats down. Sometimes a shell would land on the sole nearby passenger, but neither party said anything.

About halfway into the trip, however, I began to smell something terribly disgusting, like a mix of burning rubber or a tire fire and ... rotten ... oh god I can't even begin to identify it. Then I saw it ... it ... IT ... leaking out from under her pants. She had shot her pants. Didn't appear to be the least bit phased by it either. Kept looking up at something and munching on her li'l nuts.

[lobo94]

In regards to the nutty, incontinent passenger-someone please pass the brain bleach.

That was just... It was surprising how much of an asshole people can be. Suppose a homeless guy asked you for change, and you said 'no' and flipped him off. TOTAL dick move, obviously. But rapping on the window of a bus THIRTY FEET AWAY, then YELLING TO GET HIS ATTENTION, THEN saying no... That's... I mean, that's a COMMITTED asshole. That's all I can say. Definitely committed.

And one that should be committed.

[Midorikawa]

She had shot her pants. Didn't appear to be the least bit phased by it either.

I always thought it was Shat, like past tense of sit is sat, past tense of run is ran, etc.

[Andara Bledin]

In this case, it's a reference, hence the link.

^-.-^

[Brojekk]

The thing about Karma....it doesn't often enough....or soon enough to the situation.

[Midorikawa]

In this case, it's a reference, hence the link.

I know it was a reference. I read bash.org, too. :-P It was a joke, although it seems my dry humor was a bit too dry, and was missed entirely.

I'll add more water in the future. :-P

[Hyena Dandy]

The thing about Karma....it doesn't often enough....or soon enough to the situation.

Well, the only soon enough would be where I could appreciate it. And since I was on the same bus, options are limited.

[EvilEmpryss]

@ Hyena: Maybe the guy usually walks that route and wanted to stick to his usual routine of insulting the bum?

@Shadow: That woman *must* have a mental disorder. Not exactly her fault if someone let her wander away from wherever she was supposed to be, but they have rules against confining adults in institutions now, sometimes regardless of whether or not the adult can actually take care of themselves. I've heard of people putting mentally disordered people on buses with a pass and a note pinned to their shirts to have the bus driver take them to the end of the route and back again. The individuals are usually entertained enough by the passing scenary to sit quietly and not disturb anyone, but then you have individuals like this sad woman. The caretakers should be taken to task for this kind of treatment.

[dbblsanta]

In the U.S. the past tense of "to shit" is "shit." Hence, she shit her pants. In the U.K. (I believe) they generally use "shat."

[Rapscallion]

In the U.S. the past tense of "to shit" is "shit." Hence, she shit her pants. In the U.K. (I believe) they generally use "shat."

Pretty rare to hear that in my experience, though it may be regional. Many things are.

Rapscallion

[RecoveringKinkoid]

You say "committed" asshole, I say "cowardly" asshole.

Because you know this guy would be far and away too much of a chickenshit to do it to the guy's face standing right there in front of him.