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[cinemagirl]

Usually, when people accidentally bump into each other on the bus, apologies are issued and smiles are shared. No harm, no foul. After all, when a throng of people are packed into a moving vehicle, people are going to collide. It's a scientifically-proven fact. Look it up

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[cheesegimp]

Next time, punch 'em in the butt.

[cinemagirl]

That probably would have hurt me a lot more than it would have hurt her!

[cheesegimp]

But... butt-punching! Putt-punching FTW! Right, Defoe?

[surrey_sucks]

Yes, it is annoying when people bump into you, but if they apologize, all is forgiven. I get pissed off only if I am bumped and the person doesn't apologize. Mistakes happen, and as long as the person tries to rectify the mistake, all is cool. It's only when they are so oblivious to their surroundings that they don't realize that they have just smashed me in the face with their backpack or stabbed me in the eye with their umbrella that I get angry.

[cinemagirl]

Yeah. It's an unofficial transit rule: you bump into somebody, you apologize. It's what keeps wars and other skirmishes from happening on transit every minute of every dragging day.

But the other half of the rule should be if someone's sincerely apologizing to you, don't give them the stink eye. You don't have to forgive and forget, but don't go out of your way to make the other person feel worse than they already do. Oy.

[xinit]

Now about me! Okay, for whatever reason you reminded me about this morning...

I was going in to Waterfront station and I made the mistake of opening a door. Some big guy picks up speed to leave through the open door... I can only assume that he'd been milling around for ages, wondering how he'd ever get out of this dead end hall way...

I sensed the oncoming crowd, and knew that if I stood still I would become the door man for a throng of West Coast Express commuters, so I carried right on through him. I believe that I said "Yeah, I openned the door for you." and kept walking. There are two other perfectly serviceable, though closed, doors there, and people automatically go for the open door.

[cinemagirl]

See, the important thing is that you tried to be nice. But you had to save yourself. I mean, I know how it is: open a door for somebody and next thing you know you're stood there while everybody clears out. All fine and good when you have nothing better to do, but I usually have somewhere to get to.

[nicosian]

i do the same as xinit, lest I get trapped as the doorgirl. seriously, people have aversions to opening doors. However, as I said before it confuses the snot out of people when you use said unused doors. Like where did THOSE come from? ( i had someone take offense and ask what my hurry was. Um? not being the doormonkey?)

I've had people bash on to the train before letting people off, and I finally started saying something to them. I've had more women in powersuits and sneakers charge around like linebackers on the platform. Someone's gonna get hurt, I'll be damned if it's me.

I've apologized for bumping or stepping on someone, but if they give me the stinky eye for the rest of the trip, I laugh. It's their problem. oops. I might even step on your manolos a second time, bitch!

[cinemagirl]

I know I probably should laugh at them, but they're just not funny anymore. And as more join their ranks, they will become tragic parodies of themselves--just like those other commonly-seen exaggerations, The Swearing Teen Hoochie and the Guy Who Thinks His Penis Deserves Three Seats. Sigh...

[nicosian]

"Guy Who Thinks His Penis Deserves Three Seats"

Ahahahahahh! Brilliant. and accurate. What's up with those dudes?

[cinemagirl]

I understand that it's a bit more comfortable for guys to spread their legs a bit, but that doesn't mean they have to take up the entire back row. Did they pay for three seats? Does their dick have a bus pass?

And usually, guys who spread the widest have the least to brag about, you dig?