Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Wow. I am sorry. I have competely neglected this. I am back, and will now post reglary. I've been a tad busy lately and well, I'm sorry.

Shit went down this morning. My bus, the 74 fullerton bus, is a bus full of regulars. When I get on at 7:30 am, I know exactly who will be in the back of the bus, and I know exactly who will be driving it. We've all accepted each others tiny quirks. We all know the chick with the corn rows will be talking way to loud on her cell phone about her son. Everyone knows that the elderly gentlemen with the cowboy boots will get on and roam all the way to the back of the bus, only to return to the front of the bus 2 minutes later. We know who belongs, and who doesn't. We are a band of brothers, united in the fact that we do not have cars. There is an unspoken agreement that we all secretly love eachother, but you never talk to the person next to you. We are the morning crowd.
Today, someone interfered with our unit. The bus stopped for a good two minutes. Coats began rustling and sighs became louder and louder as people tried to figure out why we weren't moving. All the sudden, someone revealed that a woman had parked her car in a "No Parking" spot, and the bus could not get past. A robust women in the back set the tone for how this rebellion was going to play out,
"Ah, hell no, this broad ain't gonna make me late!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. No way was this Saab driving bitch going to prevent a good 30 people from arriving to their destinations on time. As if out of a movie, a man in the middle of the bus says, "That's her! She's just standing there!" At this point the bus driver is on the phone freaking out and everyone in the bus is beginning to panick. One guy starts banging on the window hoping to catch this No Parking Bitch's attention. He fails.
We beging rounding 2 minutes and 30 seconds and the everyone on the bus is losing their shit.
People are getting out their cell phones, yelling to the bus driver to just drive over her ass. The bus driver is asking people to calm down. How can we calm down? At no point does someone make the mature decision to just get off and start walking.
Bus Drier: Move your damn car!
Woman: NO!
Our unity grew stronger as we all collectively decided that we hated this woman. Eventually things resolved themselves and the bus began moving again.