an interesting exchange on the bus

POSTED BY: boris
UPDATED: Monday, May 3, 2010 08:34
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BORIS

Friday, April 23, 2010 6:03 AM

Was sitting on the bus minding my own business when I overheard the following;
girl/woman in her 20's to her friend in a loud whisper" Oh my god that chick three seats down has Tourette's look at her"
to which 1/4 of the people on the bus turned around and looked at me...ok I ws a bit twitchier than usual but didn't think it warranted extra scrutiny.
girl: "Oh my god LOOK at her!"
Me:(in a low calm and admittedly acidic voice) "Honey I'm not deaf I'm right here I can HEAR you...and so can everyone else so please display some courtesy"
Girl: "for your infiormation I wasn't talking to you I was having a conversation with my friend"
Me: You were talking ABOUT me so I believe that qualifies me to respond.
Girl: you should Mind your own business
Me: I will when you stop objectifying me.
She then stops...but when she's getting off the bus she says:
"you shouldn't have butt into our conversation".
My final response: Yeah You're right. You have the intellectual capacity of a goldfish there's no reasoning with people like you it was a colossal waste of my precious resources to even try.
Her just as she's getting off: "I'm just as smart as you".
Me and about half of the people on the bus including the bus driver thought that was pretty funny.
Just an interesting slice of my cartoonish life
Feel free to comment or offer your own slices :-).

FILLYGIRL

Friday, April 23, 2010 6:31 AM

People are rude, and as far as I am concerned, getting ruder.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

Do not bother dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup!

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

CATPIRATE

Friday, April 23, 2010 7:49 AM

Yep not only are people rude but they hate when you point out their rudeness. Ok for them but how dare you. Yeh people have ticks some are more than others.

I like smacken em.

PIRATENEWS

Friday, April 23, 2010 3:09 PM

Now you know how Hollywood superstars feel.

Credit goes to Thimerisol, fluoride and Aspartame.

MINCINGBEAST

Friday, April 23, 2010 8:01 PM

see, the difference is, they were having a dialogue. if you were sitting next to a friend when they made those comments, and responded by whispering to your friend "gee, those girls three seats down are terribly rude and awful to look at, which is probably a product of fetal alcohol syndrome and varieties of acquired brain damage", there would have been no issue because you'd be playing by their rules.

FLORALBUNNY

Friday, April 23, 2010 11:46 PM

Hang in there, Boris.
Treatments improve all the time.

My mom always used to say that it was rude to point out to people when they were being rude, and I asked, "Then how will they know they are being rude?" It was a conundrum, never solved, but good for you for sticking up for yourself. Sometimes it just becomes necessary.

bun

BYTEMITE

Saturday, April 24, 2010 12:14 AM

There's just no winning, is there?

You feign sleep so people on the bus leave you alone, you not-quite-feign insanity when a guy thinks you might be a prostitute, and GOD help you if there's ever any overlap, because it REALLY just does NOT end well.

CHRISISALL

Saturday, April 24, 2010 12:24 AM

I'm impressed with your restraint, Boris.
Were I in your place, several "colourful metaphors" might have been included.

The laughing Chrisisall

BORIS

Saturday, April 24, 2010 1:22 AM

Chrisisall...generally I'm less restrained. I tend to mess with people like that for my own amusement as I feel they've more or less invited me to. I stop short in doing that in situations where it may make innocent bystanders uncomfortable (like other passengers). I feel vindicated by the fact that the girl in question was recognised for the dumbass that she is by the majority of the people sharing the bus ride. She made a total dick of herself and was aware of that on some level. To be honest most people could care less that I twitch etc. It's just that tiny but disturbingly rising percenatge of devolved trogladites that are getting ruder and bolder, as a result of improper guidance and boundary setting... we seem to live in a world where the reality TV mentality is coming out of the lounge room and being transferred to real life. e.g in my situation it never crossed dumbgirls' mind that I'm a living breathing human and not a spectacle (ooh you're right Piratenews it is the same thing celebs endure). She didn't even see me as real and therefore didn't consider my feelings. this mentality disturbs me...on two ocassions I've actually had people film me on their phones so they could show their friends what they saw (though I can't imagine why someone flinging their arms and jerking their neck would seem that interesting/entertaining) I hope it didn't end up on youtube. Sad thing is dumbgirl will probably keep behaving that way despite being embarassed by my treatment of her because she's so very....stoopid.

PIRATENEWS

Saturday, April 24, 2010 2:34 AM

You could try this method of exchange on the bus:

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