Friday, November 11, 2011

Really?

Alright, this falls under the "Really?  That just happened" category.

The other morning as we made our way into the bus and found our seats, the gentleman behind me in line approached a lady that was straddling, on purpose, over two seats in the back row.  Mind you, she was not a big lady, per se, she very well would have fit in just one seat but she decided that she was going to use up two seats by placing one butt cheek on one seat and the other cheek on the other seat.Being that there were no other seats left, the gentleman asked her to move over so that he may sit next to her. The man's request was not an unreasonable one.  The conversation went something like this:

"Excuse me, ma'am, may I sit there?"
"What?  Oh no, uh uh, I'm not moving."
"But you're taking up two seats."
"So.  We are already squished back here and you got a big stomach I don't want that thing anywhere near me.  Ain't no way I'm gonna have you all up against me.  It's too early in the morning.  I've already taken a shower and I don't want to deal with that mess. Sh**t." How they expect to have five people back her all squished up"
"But there are five seats."
"Man, shut the (blank) up and turn around. You're not sitting next to me!"

There were a few more choice expletives used but you get the idea.  The man finally gave up, hung his head and turned around giving his back to the lady.  He had no choice but to stand in the corridor the whole way.  If you are wondering if he really had a big stomach like she pointed out.  I would say it was no bigger than the average middle-aged man's middle.  I'm still trying to figure out what his stomach had to do with him sitting next to her.

After a few minutes, she must have felt remorse because she moved over to one seat leaving the other one empty and tapped the man's shoulder then told him that he can sit now.  But the man told her he was not going to take it and gave her the cold shoulder.  Good for you, sir.

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