"you mean sit next to fat ass over here?"

[journeys]

so i am on the bus this afternoon heading to midway to (*crosses fingers*) get some care fresh litter for you know who! a few stops after i get on a man in his 50's gets on. he's native american and has skin like leather. he's drunk. he has to ask the driver to wait until he's seated before driving again. he looks around. he doesn't know where to sit. there a pleanty of seats left. the driver points to a seat. "you mean sit next to fat ass over here?" what? that's when fat ass (who btw is NOT fat) tells him to sit his "drunk ass" down! about five minutes after this exchange drunk ass looks around and asks if we're going downtown! people suddenly start smiling. he asks again where this bus is heading. this time someone tells him (to uptown -minneapolis). now he wants to know how he can get to downtown (st. paul)! you have to cross the street and take the 21 heading the other direction, someone tells him. now he wants to know how to get off the bus! uh, pull the string! someone pulls it for him. meanwhile, there are lots of big grins on faces in the front of the bus! as he goes to get off the bus, he asks the driver how to get to downtown. cross the street and take the 21 heading the other direction. he finally exits the bus. i look over at the guy who was giving him directions on how to cross the street, we just exchange looks of disbelief!

i don't know what botherd me more about drunk ass, the fact that he could get on a bus and insult a total stranger or how he got to that point. is life that rough for him? has he lost all compassion? what kind of life has he led that leaves him numb to others? where he can just insult and cause pain at will. it's like you get to the point where actions like that start to become a part of your everyday life. you don't realize what you're saying -the words just flow out of your mouth.

what do you think?

oh, btw -they were out of care fresh (again)!