
The wheels on the bus went round and round...
As per usual, I was on the bus ride to work today, which I've never terribly minded, but lately a few things have fallen under my attention. The first being, that it now seems to take longer to get from point A to point B. I would expect and accept this (as I did last year) with the crap season approaching here... BUT, one thing...
we haven't had crap weather yet, so then why now is the bus ride taking closer to 40
mins than it's usual ho-hum 30? That's right island friends (they take transit for granted the most), a 40min bus ride to work. Almost everyday now.
(
fyi - on the way back it's about 25
mins)
Maybe it's because there are more people on the bus? No. Maybe it's because of my #2 issue with the current "bus" state/situation. Simply put, there are more babies on the bus... babies in strollers... babies in strollers taking up
waaaay too much room, and amazingly wonderfully getting on this ride for free. I'm sure the much-to-young mother with her headphones on really appreciates this, since she's saving for an
ipod and all.
It's just that the babies are so small, but their stroller is always so
laaarge. Show me a small stroller. There isn't one. It hasn't been invented. Strollers on my bus are big and taking up too much room. The babies aren't worth it... well maybe a few, but
just a few. And then the sounds babies make when something is up... when they want something... or did they poo themselves?
Which brings me to my curiosity. Baby noise. I wonder, is there such a thing as "Baby Tape"? Of any kind. Obviously for over the mouth... not causing harm, but encouraging quiet.
I'd like to know if anyone is on this. I would be an investor.
So as I'm sitting there on the bus, distracted from my
ipod (which I happily saved up for)
courtesy of loud shouts and more spontaneous cries from this baby sitting near across from me, it happens.
Now the baby boarded the bus with supposed mother and father. Nicely, the father pushing the open stroller, while the mom carried the baby. To put an age on them, I'd say the mother was in her mid-to-late 40's (couldn't be early 50s could it?), as was the father (I actually thought they could be babysitting w/ their appeared age & poor stroller conciseness) and then the baby was maybe around 1... it was young.
So these loud sharp shouts mixed with the unfortunately more-frequent bursts of baby wails, something had to happen.
Worse,
worser,
worsest...
Shirt up, baby on. It was breast-feeding time on the bus. Why did this happen? And with these people? This family. Those are the parents. In front of me. It couldn't have waited? They couldn't have waited? The baby needed nipple feeding now and there and could not wait? There was no other option?!?
I couldn't believe it. I actually had to do double take because of how old she was, along with the fact, I couldn't believe it was happening. How old can you be?
I was maybe more unimpressed with the lacksidasical husband, since he was just looking around doing nothing of any importance. He also did not look embarassed. Now please understand, I can definitely understand that having a baby is beautiful and precious... and maybe sometimes, sure, breast-feeding could be beautiful and precious (yes? no?), but on the bus? The dirty dusty bus? It is not one of those times people, especially on a sick ragged 50-something year old tat.
Wrong wrong wrong.
Blech...
Please, let's just get some baby tape.
I also noticed on the bus another one of those hardcore
lookin' white guys. Do we all know the type (black hat, acne, weak facial hair, dumb jeans, some sports or rapper torso-wear, a shiny watch)? How come they are now always stuck with the fattest ugliest girls? Am I on crack (I'm not) or did these kinda guys once have slightly hardcore, cigarette smoking, non-terrible looking
homegirls on their arms? I thought they did. Maybe that was highschool. I remember h
omegirls that didn't look like the ones I see the scummy ha'dco' guys with now. The
homegirls have let themselves go. People should really learn to love themselves before they find get into an ugly relationship. That is such an ugly scene... those two people... people like that... you know...
(shudder...)
That's Creepy- mannequins dressed and set up casually around the house
- playing video games in the nude
-
Brooke Hogan with her grills (I'm using an "s" 'cause she's SO creepy)
- skinny 20yr old Hispanic males who carry a baby on the bus (yes, same bus ride!)
That Rules- mannequins dressed up casually in the front, and/or, back yard
- playing video games in yer underwear - that RULES!
- me with my
grillz marking my 38
th birthday (see picture 10/13/18)
- not having a baby on the bus... to say the least...
Anyway... that covers my bus ride to work...
Keep smart people!
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Jxp.s. thank you Jerry for trying to save Kramer
p.p.s. blog links!! yah!!