I was riding the bus home yesterday, minding my own business, when this guy gets on the bus, and screams at the driver, "You NEED to make SURE you stop at that STOP." The driver apologizes, but he isn't fluent in English, so it comes out feeling a bit half-hearted, and the guy stomps down the aisle to the back of the bus. Figuring that was that, I went back to my book.
Not two minutes later, I hear behind me, "I'm on BUS 0119, and this DRIVER almost missed me. These guys DON'T care about US." The capitalized words were the ones he emphasized, even if they don't make sense that way. I almost feel like I should be adding periods between half the words, to take into consideration the way it sounded.
"I'm going to CALL customer service on THESE DRIVERS, because they don't CARE about the people who RIDE the bus."
So he finally finishes this conversation, and then he calls in customer service. To complain. About the bus he is sitting on! Every single other passenger had a miserable experience because this jerk called customer service while he was STILL ON THE BUS.
Then, he calls his friend back, "I talked to THEM. THEY don't care about US. I told him THESE drivers HAVE to pay ATTENTION. He almost missed ME. The JERK at customer SERVICE told me it WASN'T their FAULT, that they don't DO it on PURPOSE."
And he rants for another five minutes. And calls someone else. And rants all over again. I seriously wanted to go over, grab his phone, and fling it out the window, while telling him to shove it, that he CAUGHT the bus, and that he needs to learn some manners and at least wait until he is out of the situation before calling customer service.
But as I sat there, the thought sunk into my head, "Is this me?"
Am I like this? Do I sound like this when I'm angry? I complain about various aspects of the bus system from time to time; do others feel about me like they do about this guy?
Tuesday, May 5
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Wow, good self-insights. I don't know if you sound like that, but if you think you do, you will become more aware of your tones and mannerisms.
ReplyDeleteDrivers do miss people, but I usually find them with a friendly smile and hello when I get on, especially if I greet them pleasantly too.
I'm pretty sure I'm not, but it is worth checking myself next time I find myself ranting...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment on mine.
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