How to not suck on public transportation
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 5:33 pm
-Please at least try to control your kid. It's one thing if they're screaming and aren't stopping when you're trying to calm them down, but another if they're screaming to hear their own voice and you're just sitting there reading a book or looking out the window.
-HANDS OUT OF MY BACKPACK/PURSE/POCKETS!!! I'm not giving you an Indian Burn because I'm a jerk...I'm giving you an Indian burn because your hand was inside my backpack fumbling around!
-Don't leave Dirty Diapers in the bus. Bus drivers and the cleaning crew don't deserve to clean that sort of stuff up.
-Don't stick gum on the seats. Throw it in the trash.
-The shelf nearby the door is not a seat. Yeah, I know, you want a seat, but when it's full you'll have to stand and grab onto a bar.
-If you're the front with the folding-up-seats and someone in a wheelchair comes on, then you have to give up your seat because there is no other place for them to sit. No, you're not some kind of Rosa Parks for refusing to get off the wheelchair-seats - you're holding up the bus. Don't be one of those "I DO WHAT I WANT!!!"-type Libertarians-and-Right-Wingers that give everyone else a bad name.
-The "No smoking within 20 feet of the bus" sign means what it says.
-And lighting up a cigarette INSIDE the bus is definitely within 20 feet.
-If you're making a ruckus on the bus, the driver has every right to kick you off. The longer you just sit there and saying "YOU CAN'T KICK ME OFF!!!!", the more everyone will be ready to stand up and physically toss you out.
-The emergency lever is for emergencies only. It's not a toy.
-This isn't a Karaoke bar.
-If I can somehow hear your music CLEARLY, then you really should turn it down.
-HANDS OUT OF MY BACKPACK/PURSE/POCKETS!!! I'm not giving you an Indian Burn because I'm a jerk...I'm giving you an Indian burn because your hand was inside my backpack fumbling around!
-Don't leave Dirty Diapers in the bus. Bus drivers and the cleaning crew don't deserve to clean that sort of stuff up.
-Don't stick gum on the seats. Throw it in the trash.
-The shelf nearby the door is not a seat. Yeah, I know, you want a seat, but when it's full you'll have to stand and grab onto a bar.
-If you're the front with the folding-up-seats and someone in a wheelchair comes on, then you have to give up your seat because there is no other place for them to sit. No, you're not some kind of Rosa Parks for refusing to get off the wheelchair-seats - you're holding up the bus. Don't be one of those "I DO WHAT I WANT!!!"-type Libertarians-and-Right-Wingers that give everyone else a bad name.
-The "No smoking within 20 feet of the bus" sign means what it says.
-And lighting up a cigarette INSIDE the bus is definitely within 20 feet.
-If you're making a ruckus on the bus, the driver has every right to kick you off. The longer you just sit there and saying "YOU CAN'T KICK ME OFF!!!!", the more everyone will be ready to stand up and physically toss you out.
-The emergency lever is for emergencies only. It's not a toy.
-This isn't a Karaoke bar.
-If I can somehow hear your music CLEARLY, then you really should turn it down.