10.26.13

So, some of my recent favorites that I had to share with you :) Hope they make you smile as much as I did when they happened! - Strutting on to the bus with serious swag (pants literally around knees)... only for the bus to lurch forward and you lose you balance. Nothing says hard core to that girl you were trying to impress than almost falling on your face. The entire bus was amused. - Mr. 4 rows back with your music still BLARING through your headphones. PSA- those things are supposed to be used for YOUR personal music enjoyment. If I wanted to listen to whatever that it, I could be entertained by just placing my head in a blender. Turns out we have different forms of entertainment, so let's keep it that way, and turn it down for the other patrons... - I've decided the bus makes a pretty good substitute spot to listen to worship music on my way to ______. 1) I usually have to remind myself of where I am, and where I'm going. This last week I had a moment where I was wearing my actual glasses and remind myself that unlike my sunglasses, people could see me tearing up (and/or rolling my eyes at the first two characters! There is at least one almost every bus trip) Good distinction to remember which you are wearing though! -I haven't yet started dancing in the aisles, but I'm tempted most trips!! - Mr. trying to use this time to "pick up" a poor defenseless girl who's just trying to get home" She's really not interested, and looks like she's had a &$#@ of a day and just wants to be left alone. I could have told you even before you started that you weren't going to get anywhere. Now, I'm going to put my headphones back in/unpause my music... Thanks to Scott for helping me figure out what was wrong with my iPod this week! Now I can go back to my routine of being mainly in my own world on the bus!! Love, Amy Christine

Adventures 9.6.2013

So, for those of you not well-versed in public transportation, this blog is for you. 1) if you are looking for a cheap(er) thing to do for an evening, get a bus pass and just make up stories about the people that you see. It's fascinating. Really. I CAN'T make this stuff up. The material is just too good, too original. There are days that I HATE having to take the bus. Others, I thank God that I've been this lucky to see & hear these things :) 2)This blog is a conglomeration of the stories I hear/people I meet/things I witness while on the bus. It really is a fascinating way of traveling the city and people watching :) Enjoy! --If you are speaking 10,000 words a minute IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE on the bus and almost screaming at the person on the other end of the phone... first off, you need anger management classes. Secondly- I don't care WHAT your native language is, I shouldn't, as another bus patron, feel the need to call social services on you for abuse and neglect to whomever you are talking to. That ain't right. Regardless of where you are from or whom you're speaking to. --Mr. way-too-cool-to-drive-your-own-car-to-work-each-day... Mother Earth thanks you for your kindness to the environment and all, but that woman you are clearly hitting on and who is giving you EVERY signal in the book that she's NOT interested in you (or the fact that you work for a 93 Billion dollar company, or any of the other things you probably just made up)... just give up sir. Do us all a favor and stay quiet please. No one cares. I promise. --You that just came on this bus in hopes that you'll be glossed over and ignored- I'll grant that wish and not say anything to you (because you're probably just wanting to hide) but I've been trained to notice even the little things, even things that people want to stay *hidden*. You're secret is safe with me, but I do know the ONE who sees your tears. --Mister-I-Need-Significance-In-My-Life-by-calling-out-ANYONE-who-boards-with-a-transfer-even-5-minutes-late... I assure you, Being an awesome bus driver is not the status that you are looking for. You're just pissing off your patrons, who are having to take the bus for a myriad of reasons. There are children starving in Africa. I've seen them and held them. 5 minutes over on my transfer and having to pay a whole new fare isn't going to do much sir. There are bigger fish to fry, I promise. Those are the few observations I've had from starting to ride the busses again. Riding public transportation (and knowing how to navigate) the system is REALLY an art. (Take the 46 west to ___ to the 24 North at ____, then transfer to the D Line Light Rail for 6 stops... all while praying that they are all on time to make that next stop) To my ex's who claimed I couldn't find my way out of a opened paper bag... you're welcome. I'd gladly switch places with you anytime if you think this is easy to navigate :) Love, Amy