Bus Ride

I caught the bus this morning.

The bus was full, so I stood up front in the entry way area. People kept getting on though, and eventually a really fat lady got on. She squeezed past me, then just stayed there at the front of the aisle instead of moving back. A stop or two later, a lady in the VERY back wanted to get off with her kid, and started yelling for the driver to open the back. He said "the door is already open. Exit the front" so she fought her way all the way up. I stepped off of the bus to let her pass, and as I was climbing back in, the driver began driving off, closing the door on me. I pulled my foot in and resumed my position in the entry way.

At this point, though, the driver started complaining that we needed to "get behind the line" or he would stop the bus. Everyone shuffled a bit, but nothing was solved. Then the driver pulled over. The fat lady tried her best to back up a bit, squishing herself behind the line, but I was still left out in no-man's-land. The driver bellowed "move on back" to everyone on the bus, and soon space opened up for us to move into the familiar territory designated for riders.

Feeling the need to bond with someone over the situation, I spoke to the fat woman, pointing out the odd juxtaposition of stopping the bus for us to get behind the line (ideally for safety's sake), yet taking off when I still had one foot (literally) out the door. She laughed, and I turned toward the window in time to watch him come up to a bus stop where a woman was standing with her arm up to wave him down. I also got to watch her face turn angry and both of her arms raise in annoyance as he drove right by her without stopping.