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Entitled elderly women day
16 years ago
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So, today was like a test of my boiling point.
It all started this morning on the bus to school. My first encounter was with a woman, in her mid forties, complaining to the girl sitting next to her that she was 'in her space' and jamming her elbows into her side. She even went so far as to threaten the girl, and she just wouldn't stop her bitching, so I basically had to lay down the law and tell her that the seats are barely a foot wide, and there's not enough room for people to have their own 'space'. In less polite terms. What irked me the most however was her tone; it was as if she felt that her comfort was, and should be the most important thing even in the face of a circumstance didn't allow it. This would be a continuing pattern throughout the day.
Encounter two was fleeting, but still managed to anger me. A woman, walking down the stairs against the flow of human traffic started shoving and swearing when suddenly she looked another woman dead in the eye and asked "Didn't anyone teach you manners?" The irony was painful. She continued down the stairs with about 30 people watching her, thinking she was a downright cunt. The worst part? Again, it didn't even seem to phase her, as if she had just won some major victory by telling this person off for a situation entirely beyond their control.
And, lastly, I encountered a woman that began badgering my bus driver because apparently she felt there wasn't enough room on the bus for an elderly woman with a cane, and that a bus that had passed should have waited for her. At first it seems like she is in the right, but I've left out an important fact; the elderly woman got on the bus and was given a seat by yours truly. And yet the bitching continued. I cursed her under my breath, but it was no use. She just kept yammering nonsense until her stop came.
What the hell?
It all started this morning on the bus to school. My first encounter was with a woman, in her mid forties, complaining to the girl sitting next to her that she was 'in her space' and jamming her elbows into her side. She even went so far as to threaten the girl, and she just wouldn't stop her bitching, so I basically had to lay down the law and tell her that the seats are barely a foot wide, and there's not enough room for people to have their own 'space'. In less polite terms. What irked me the most however was her tone; it was as if she felt that her comfort was, and should be the most important thing even in the face of a circumstance didn't allow it. This would be a continuing pattern throughout the day.
Encounter two was fleeting, but still managed to anger me. A woman, walking down the stairs against the flow of human traffic started shoving and swearing when suddenly she looked another woman dead in the eye and asked "Didn't anyone teach you manners?" The irony was painful. She continued down the stairs with about 30 people watching her, thinking she was a downright cunt. The worst part? Again, it didn't even seem to phase her, as if she had just won some major victory by telling this person off for a situation entirely beyond their control.
And, lastly, I encountered a woman that began badgering my bus driver because apparently she felt there wasn't enough room on the bus for an elderly woman with a cane, and that a bus that had passed should have waited for her. At first it seems like she is in the right, but I've left out an important fact; the elderly woman got on the bus and was given a seat by yours truly. And yet the bitching continued. I cursed her under my breath, but it was no use. She just kept yammering nonsense until her stop came.
What the hell?
In all seriousness though, pretty much proves that people are dumb. I'm glad you stood up for some of them though, and offering your seat was very chivalrous of you. :)