This morning what I really needed was to get home and sleep as soon as I could. But I had to go to the bank. Then I headed home. Normally I would walk but I thought the bus would be faster and I saw an M100 coming so I decided to hop on.
As the bus approached, the driver honked twice. I looked up and there was a man standing in the street, about a foot off the curb. He was wearing a suit and he will hereinafter be referred to as "the suit." He had ear-buds in his ears, as that’s where ear-buds usually go. He appeared to be talking on the phone. He heard the horn and looked up. And you could see that he consciously made a decision to stay standing in the street. The bus could go around him. The driver honked again and I guess even the suit’s hubris wasn’t as big as the bus so he finally relented and gently stepped on the curb.
But his pride was hurt. So he decided to berate the bus driver. “You couldn’t go around me? You had to get that close?”
“Yes,” the driver said, “I’m supposed to get as close to the curb as I can so that passengers can get on.”
The suit said more words but I didn’t hear.
We all got on but the suit got in front of the bus and started taking pictures of the driver and his bus number.
Well! It is on!
So the bus driver called his supervisor. The people on the bus weren’t too happy so the driver gave them transfer slips to get on another bus which had just pulled up.
As I started to get off, I asked the driver if he needed a witness. He said that it would be great. So another gentleman and I waited.
The suit stood on the sidewalk talking on his phone. I snapped some pictures of him, just for fun.
We waited about 15 minutes for the proper MTA authority to arrive. Just before he did (you could see the MTA car coming) the suit asked the driver to open the door. The driver refused. Then the suit said, “I’m a city employee too. And I could make this much worse for you. I was standing on the curb and you came very close to me.”
“No," I said, “You were standing with both feet in the street." At that he looked a little defeated.
And then he crossed the street and went down into the subway. Coward!
Well that sealed it for me. I was definitely going to tell what really happened.
The MTA supervisor got on and what a timid little mouse he was. But I made sure he got my story and gave them all my information.I hope they call.
I hate bullies.
As the bus approached, the driver honked twice. I looked up and there was a man standing in the street, about a foot off the curb. He was wearing a suit and he will hereinafter be referred to as "the suit." He had ear-buds in his ears, as that’s where ear-buds usually go. He appeared to be talking on the phone. He heard the horn and looked up. And you could see that he consciously made a decision to stay standing in the street. The bus could go around him. The driver honked again and I guess even the suit’s hubris wasn’t as big as the bus so he finally relented and gently stepped on the curb.
But his pride was hurt. So he decided to berate the bus driver. “You couldn’t go around me? You had to get that close?”
“Yes,” the driver said, “I’m supposed to get as close to the curb as I can so that passengers can get on.”
The suit said more words but I didn’t hear.
We all got on but the suit got in front of the bus and started taking pictures of the driver and his bus number.
Well! It is on!
So the bus driver called his supervisor. The people on the bus weren’t too happy so the driver gave them transfer slips to get on another bus which had just pulled up.
As I started to get off, I asked the driver if he needed a witness. He said that it would be great. So another gentleman and I waited.
The suit stood on the sidewalk talking on his phone. I snapped some pictures of him, just for fun.
We waited about 15 minutes for the proper MTA authority to arrive. Just before he did (you could see the MTA car coming) the suit asked the driver to open the door. The driver refused. Then the suit said, “I’m a city employee too. And I could make this much worse for you. I was standing on the curb and you came very close to me.”
“No," I said, “You were standing with both feet in the street." At that he looked a little defeated.
And then he crossed the street and went down into the subway. Coward!
Well that sealed it for me. I was definitely going to tell what really happened.
The MTA supervisor got on and what a timid little mouse he was. But I made sure he got my story and gave them all my information.I hope they call.
I hate bullies.
