Thursday, April 24, 2008

Be careful where you sit.

The other day I was on the MAX riding in to Portland when there was a bit of an incident. It's kind of complicated, so I drew you a diagram:



The red heart is me. "A" is scruffyladytalkingonthecellphone and "B" is scruffydudetalkingtoscruffyladytalkingonthecellphone. Got that?

Ok, so "A" sat down next to me, while "B" stood to the left of her. "A" chided "B" for not sitting down in the empty seat in front of me. Eventually "B" sat down and replied, "I didn't want to. Because now we've gone ahead and locked the nice lady in."

Can you see the problem?

Here take another look at the diagram:



The problem?

They assumed that I was nice.

16 comments:

CamiKaos said...

you know what happens when you assume...

jennsquared said...

LOL. It's like everyone assumes people who knits are nice and patient... Little do they know...

Lilacspecs said...

I assumed you were nice too...remind me never to sit by YOU on the bus.

Aaron said...

Did you offer them stickers?

meleah rebeccah said...

ha ha ha I never assume people are nice.....thats a risk I am not willing to take

Groovy Mom said...

lol!

People who assume get what they deserve.

stu said...

Did you tell them to fuck off and die just to dispel any misconceptions they had about you? Keep that in your back pocket for next time.

-Stu

holly said...

you see, i love my car. no one makes this mistake in my car.

stephanie said...

Wait a minute - they weren't talking to each other on the cell phone, were they?

I would be "the dumb lady."

mielikki said...

foolish people.
Invite them to the tiki party so we can ridicule them, more. Either that, or after the Tiki party we can all go ride the public transit, just to find people to mock....

missburrows said...

camikaos: You get free potato salad?

jenn: Heh. Where have YOU been!!

lilacspecs: No, for you, I would be nice.

aaron: Nope. They were not sticker worthy.

meleah: Good idea.

groovy: Well, then they got nothing.

stu: Nope. I had ear buds in so I just pretended like I could not hear them.

holly: Well, sometimes you need to take public transportation, just so you remember how much you love your car.

stephanie: Nope. And did you see how Stu swears! He needs to be punished!!

mielikki: It shouldn't be hard. I just worry that when I mock them, the evil voices in their heads will tell them to hurt me.

CamiKaos said...

no, you get throw up on your shoes.

Bubblewench said...

LOL.. that's great.. if they ONLY KNEW!

Jo Beaufoix said...

Hee hee. Did you hurt them?

Talina said...

I don't enjoy public transportation for this exact reason... People suck and they piss me off sometimes.

So what did you do?

missburrows said...

camikaos: Strangely enough, I'm good with the throw up on shoes.

bubblewench: Heh. I really should have said it out loud, I would have loved to have seen their faces.

jo: Only in my mind.

talina: I just kept my mouth shut and prayed to the mass transit gods.