Aah, the smells of Public Transport.
This morning on the bus the guy that chose to stand over top of me had an interesting aroma that I just couldn't quite place. It wasn't B.O., but it was definitely an unwashed kind of odor, and when I finally placed it, man did I wish I hadn't.
It was stale urine, as if the guy had pissed in his pants a few days ago and hadn't washed them or even changed out of them.
This afternoon, thankfully just a few stops before mine, no, it wasn't the same guy; an older guy got on and I offered him the seat next to me (I had the aisle seat). After he sits down he turns to me and says "thank you", and I pretty damn near got drunk right there. This guy was also pissed, but in a different way than the morning guy.
We drove past the police station and the guy tells me he works there. Phew! I try to avoid breathing whatever the hell he's blowing out coz he reeks more than the morning guy. Then, he tells me they've been knocking back a few at work.
Like it's not already obvious!
This guy continued to talk the rest of the way, changing subjects almost every sentence, and blowing out a massive amount of alcohol fumes with every breath. I've never been so glad to get to my stop. I said goodbye to the old lush, got off the bus and staggered, I mean walked home.
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same here.. as much as it saved me time to go to work at downtown, i'm so glad i don't have to have stinky and rude people sitting next to me.
That's why I'm glad I never ride alone, too. I alway go with Messrs. Smith & Wesson >:)
Yuck...we picked up our 7 year old from a day outing at one of the local churches. When we asked him how he liked his day he said it was good except...he had attached a goodie bag to the name tag around his neck and had accidently peed on it. However...It is already washed.
We don't live in a big enough place to understand what it is like to go to work on public transportation?!?
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