Monday, June 29, 2009

Passenger of the week weak

Drunk man: Have you seen my brother?
Me: Ummm.... Nope, can't say that I have.
Drunk man: He was on a bus.
Me (looking around the bus): Well, he's not on this one.
Drunk man: Okay, thanks man.

He then stands in the doorway for a minute.

Me: On or off. Make up your mind.
Drunk guy: Okay, I'm getting on. I'm supposed to meet my brother on a bus. Have you seen him?
Me: NO! Please go have a seat.
Drunk guy: I'm fine standing.
Me: No! Sit down before you fall down. This bus won't be moving until you're seated.
Drunk guy: But there aren't any seats.
Me (incredibly frustrated by this point and terribly behind schedule): Yes there are. I can see at least ten seats available. Sit down NOW!

He walks stumbles past about nine empty seats before finally selecting one at the very back of the bus. As I'm driving along, I notice more and more passengers moving towards the front of the bus away from the crazy drunk guy who is now talking to himself. As the bus starts to empty out, the crazy man slowly starts moving towards the front of the bus, one seat at a time. Eventually he's in the seat directly behind me.

Another passenger stands in the door and strikes a conversation with me before he exits the bus. "Not too many females that drive at night" he comments. "I know, but I prefer to work at night" I reply. "Get the fuck off the bus, we've all got places to go" the drunk man suddenly shouts out. "Sir. He has the right to speak. You cannot order someone off the bus. Besides we have plenty of time" I angrily respond. "Uh, I was, uh, just telling him to have a good night" the drunk guy says. I turn back to the other passenger when, much to my dismay, I find him walking quickly away from the bus. Scared off by the drunk, I reckon. Seeing as we're a couple minutes ahead of schedule by this time, I decide to get out of the bus and check to make sure all of the lights are in working order. By the time I get back on the bus, the drunk is yelling frantically at me claiming he's late to meet his brother.

Ha ha! Mission accomplished.

1 comment:

Heidi said...

I had a drunk lady steal a $1.00 tank-top today. When I asked her if she was "going to pay for that", she simply replied "no" and walked out. Efficient.

Sadly not as amazing as you.