Why also, when, miraculously, half the bus is empty must two people sit next to me talking in loud voices? It could have been a nice ride to work. It was not. Picture this: I am in the aisle seat on a half-empty bus and two people board talking well above normal volume in Vietnamese. Instead of taking 2 adjacent empty seats, the woman decides to squeeze by me to sit in the window seat while her companion sits in front of me. To talk to each other, he then sits sideways in the front seat so his legs are in the aisle and he twists to talk ACROSS me... loudly... in VIETNAMESE... to the girl! Why?? I don't even get to know what topic can cause people to act like this. Not that I could have cared any less, but if I knew they were talking about an unfair situation or a huge problem, I might have felt more forgiving.
Naturally, I moved seats since there were so many. Did the guy move to sit next to the girl? NO!!! They continued to yell to each other.
Then, when my stop came up, whoever was behind me pushing me out. The people who know me know that I am NOT a slow mover - particularly when I am on my way to work. I can sprint with the best of them in heels carrying a large tote bag and a coffee. I was moving faster than this huge guy eventually did. Yet he felt the need to shove me out... and I WAS wearing heels at the time.
It's worth repeating: many times, the problems with MUNI are the passengers themselves. I blame society which has not only lost track, but forgotten what it is to have manners. There once was a time when people didn't have to write to a newspaper columnist to get advice on manners, it was just learned.
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