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azurelunatic) wrote2002-10-15 08:27 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2002-10-15 08:27 pm
Bus (welcome to Phoenix)
Picked up Nephew from daycare today, as Mommy was exhausted when she got home.
We had to wait the usual fifteen minutes for a bus, and in that time, the sun set. When the bus got there, it was packed. I didn't even try; we waited for the next bus (there are two that go from where we were to where we want to go, and the second one is usually no more than five minutes behind the first) and caught it.
That bus was also crowded. There were a few seats in the back, though, so I sat Nephew down, and immediately had to admonish him for saying hello to the person sitting next to him. She looked nice enough -- but she was a stranger.
Not one stop later, a fellow who had been sitting further back in the bus got up to leave. As he was walking past me (he bumped into me) he reached out and grabbed the heavy silver necklace that the guy sitting across from Nephew was wearing and pulled. At first, I thought that the two guys were friends, and that the second guy, who had been sitting rapping in a world of his own, was naturally oblivious, especially to the bus stop, and that the guys were getting off together, and that the first guy was dragging the oblivious second guy along with him.
When the chain broke, and the second guy started cussing at the first guy, who was off the bus by this time, and picking up the pieces of his necklace, I realized that this was not the case. The pickpocketing arse's departure (my outfit had had no pockets, worse luck for him) had left a seat vacant, and I sat down in it, and directed Nephew to sit next to me.
The oblivious rapper had now taken notice, and proceeded to cuss the absent would-be thief up and down, using the F word a lot. This was not to my liking, being in custody of an impressionable kindergarten child, and when departing the bus, I instructed the cusser to "Sir, please have respect for small children with your language".
We had to wait the usual fifteen minutes for a bus, and in that time, the sun set. When the bus got there, it was packed. I didn't even try; we waited for the next bus (there are two that go from where we were to where we want to go, and the second one is usually no more than five minutes behind the first) and caught it.
That bus was also crowded. There were a few seats in the back, though, so I sat Nephew down, and immediately had to admonish him for saying hello to the person sitting next to him. She looked nice enough -- but she was a stranger.
Not one stop later, a fellow who had been sitting further back in the bus got up to leave. As he was walking past me (he bumped into me) he reached out and grabbed the heavy silver necklace that the guy sitting across from Nephew was wearing and pulled. At first, I thought that the two guys were friends, and that the second guy, who had been sitting rapping in a world of his own, was naturally oblivious, especially to the bus stop, and that the guys were getting off together, and that the first guy was dragging the oblivious second guy along with him.
When the chain broke, and the second guy started cussing at the first guy, who was off the bus by this time, and picking up the pieces of his necklace, I realized that this was not the case. The pickpocketing arse's departure (my outfit had had no pockets, worse luck for him) had left a seat vacant, and I sat down in it, and directed Nephew to sit next to me.
The oblivious rapper had now taken notice, and proceeded to cuss the absent would-be thief up and down, using the F word a lot. This was not to my liking, being in custody of an impressionable kindergarten child, and when departing the bus, I instructed the cusser to "Sir, please have respect for small children with your language".