Hail To The Busdriver

My university is pretty much on the other end of the city and I'm a poor student who can't afford a car. Therefore, I spend at total of three hours every day, fifteen hours every week, on transit buses. I've been doing this for a greater part of my university career so I've seen it all. Here's a list of people who can make your commute absolute hell. These enemies of peaceful travel include people that

  • are smelly
  • talk on their cellphones ridiculously loud
  • listen to their music ridiculously loud
  • are drunk (I admit, I'm being a bit hypocritical here)
  • don't understand what personal space is
  • take up two seats by themselves
  • sit on the outside seat
  • put a "blocker" on the seat beside them
  • read over your shoulder
  • try to get you to change your religion
  • are currently running from the law
  • are escaping from a hospital
  • litterbugs
  • curse like pirates (without the fun "aargs" and "scurvy dogs")
  • stare at you
  • are super sick
  • don't know how the doors work
  • don't know how the bell works
  • are just straight-up rude

I have met at least one of each of these people on the bus during my travels. Sometimes some people can collect two or even three of these traits at the same time. Now, that's a treat to say the least.