Bus talk

If you had a captive audience would you take advantage of it? I rode the bus to work this morning. I have been feeling super jello-ie and fat, but also very tired. So I slept in today rather than going for my usual morning run. That meant that I rode the bus to work. This particular driver is pretty awesome. He comments on the cars and people around him, either to himself or to those sitting near him. He has a fun morning tradition of asking his bus riders a trivia question. Today's question: What five syllable word describes a one-syllable word? I don't think I have been on his bus in over 5 months, but I always remember and enjoy his morning trivia. Sometimes people are just in their morning zombie stuper, but sometimes his questions get a little bit of conversation flowing. Sometimes you also have the drivers that just talk non-stop, as if it is open mic night at a bar or the therapists offie. Bus culture is interesting. Everyone has their own bus personality. There are the people with their iPods blaring telling all those around: Please do not attempt to talk or make eye contact with me. There are the observers. They are the people watching bunch that sometimes forget they are staring at you. Yes, sometimes when I forget I am not wearing sunglasses I fall into that group. There are the drunks in the back that smell like a fifth of Jack no matter what time of day. There are talkers, the ones who start telling you about their problems and by the end of the 15 minute bus ride I know where they were born, that their father was protective, their wife cheated on them with their best friend and what sandwich they ate yesterday. They often just talk to talk, they aren't really interested in the person they are talking to. There are also the phone talkers. Same as the regular talker, just that you have to imagine what the person on the other line is saying, but you tend to get more detail on their day to day problems and struggles than that of the regular talker. I like the variety that bus riding provides. Public transit exposes to to all of the different types that make up your city.