[Bodah]

Ok

Whats with these numbnuts, age isn't a factor I've seen young teenagers to adults doing this.

They get on a pack city bus with their Backpacks that seem so stuffed with shit you'd think they were with the 82nd Airborne division and about to jump out of an Airplane.

They come walking down the aisle , turn around all of a sudden and WHAM!!! and old lady is taking out.

I ran into a few them already, when they get near my face. I usually tell them , Excuse me your hitting me in the face with your pack, most of the time they're apologitic.

But today I had this adult who was obviously in a bad mood, and I saw him coming Im sitting down in an aisle seat....

Im thinking " get ready to pWn this Noob, his bag has your number "

Sure enough he turns around right near me the backpack indeed was coming directly for my head like a japanese zero plumitting earthwards towards the U.S.S. Arizona.

I throw my hand up an push the bag, it throws him off balance and he stumbles.

he replies "what the hell are you doing"

I said "your bag was about to hit me in the face I had to stop you"

"Dont touch me he replied"

"You were going to hit me with your bag idiot I had to touch you"

he muttered something, a curse more than likely

Anyways, for people that get on crowded city buses with back packs on their backs

TAKE THEM OFF YOUR BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Donny_Brasco]

Bodah wrote:

"You were going to hit me with your bag idiot I had to touch you"

A guy in Edmonton got killed for less.

Maybe you should be walking?

[hamiltonguyo]

well sorry but mayby your not a student whos only was of getting home is the bus.

I ride a bus every day with at least 30 other kids plus adults. busses are so full of kids that they pass your stop and you have to wait another 10 minutes for another bus. So I know what it feels like to be jostled on a bus. If you don't want it, don't ride buses right after or before school gets out.

[canucker]

I can understand how Bodah feels. And I'm sure he understands the necessities of a backpack, but when I used to ride the bus with my pack, I would take it of and carry it just for those reasons.... I didn't want to hit anybody with it. It's not hard to do, and you can see what your pack is up to when it's in front of you.

[GunPlumber]

I hear where you're coming from Bodah.

A couple of years back I was riding the LRT in Edmonton. One day while waiting for my chance to board the train, I noticed an elderly couple (I'm guessing both were 80+) behind me. I stepped aside to allow them to board first. As I did that a thirtysomething jerk, in construction boots and hardhat, pushed by and nearly knocked the woman over. Then he stops just inside the door, with his overstuffed backpack hanging-out. The bell sounds to signal the doors are about to close (which they would've except for his protruding backpack). I put my hand on his shoulder and said, "Excuse me, can you move ahead", as there was lots of room in front of him. He pretended to ignore me, so I grabbed both of his shoulders and moved him (ungently) four feet forward and three feet to the right. I then held the door while the elderly couple boarded. As I entered, he said, "Excuse YOU". I then lit into him (verbally) which had the dual benefit of silencing him and making the more-fit, seated, passengers aware that there was still two elderly riders standing. Two passengers gave up their seats, which Mister ConstructionJerk tried to take, before I put a hand on his shoulder and said, "NO!"

I wanted to drop him (badly) but the fact that I was wearing a jacket with my (then) employer's name on it, made me realize my actions might reflect negatively on the company.

HamiltonGuyo wrote:

well sorry but mayby your not a student whos only was of getting home is the bus.

I ride a bus every day with at least 30 other kids plus adults. busses are so full of kids that they pass your stop and you have to wait another 10 minutes for another bus. So I know what it feels like to be jostled on a bus. If you don't want it, don't ride buses right after or before school gets out.

When I was attending NAIT, my backpack was usually stuffed with 35 - 40 kgs of books. I never had a problem with taking the backpack from my shoulders to a slung position when getting on a bus or elevator. That despite the fact that carrying more than 20 kgs causes painful aggravation to my back injuries.

I guess some people don't think courtesy and common-sense (can or) should be abandoned for personal convenience.

[Bodah]

hamiltonguyo wrote:

well sorry but mayby your not a student whos only was of getting home is the bus.

I ride a bus every day with at least 30 other kids plus adults. busses are so full of kids that they pass your stop and you have to wait another 10 minutes for another bus. So I know what it feels like to be jostled on a bus. If you don't want it, don't ride buses right after or before school gets out.

guess what ?

Im a sudent too, I take courses at night but even though Im an old man i still carry books, I carry those books the same way you do, .... well almost the same way.

[MustangJay]

The backpack issue I can sort of agree with you there...I ride the bus quite offten downtown from the burbs and sometimes I find them to be annoying. My real issue is the baby strollers!! It was bad enough with the normal sized ones, but now there are these super sized strollers that women try to squeeze down the narrow asiles of the bus. Give me a break! I think these strollers present a valid safety hazard for not only the kids but those who could trip over these monstrosities. Not to mention they take up about 3 or 4 spaces of seats, forcing the rest of us who practice birth control to stand!

[Nietzshe]

Bodah wrote:

Ok

Whats with these numbnuts, age isn't a factor I've seen young teenagers to adults doing this.

They get on a pack city bus with their Backpacks that seem so stuffed with shit you'd think they were with the 82nd Airborne division and about to jump out of an Airplane.

They come walking down the aisle , turn around all of a sudden and WHAM!!! and old lady is taking out.

I ran into a few them already, when they get near my face. I usually tell them , Excuse me your hitting me in the face with your pack, most of the time they're apologitic.

But today I had this adult who was obviously in a bad mood, and I saw him coming Im sitting down in an aisle seat....

Im thinking " get ready to pWn this Noob, his bag has your number "

Sure enough he turns around right near me the backpack indeed was coming directly for my head like a japanese zero plumitting earthwards towards the U.S.S. Arizona.

I throw my hand up an push the bag, it throws him off balance and he stumbles.

he replies "what the hell are you doing"

I said "your bag was about to hit me in the face I had to stop you"

"Dont touch me he replied"

"You were going to hit me with your bag idiot I had to touch you"

he muttered something, a curse more than likely

Anyways, for people that get on crowded city buses with back packs on their backs

TAKE THEM OFF YOUR BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pfft. Dealing with such idiots was a piece of cake for me. I would simply shove them out of my way. Anyone standing near me with a backpack was shoved a good distance away from me. I took no shit from such people. Good thing I have my own car. Fuck the TTC.

[xerxes]

To quote Homer Simpson: "Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians".

[RUEZ]

xerxes wrote:

To quote Homer Simpson: "Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians".

[Nietzshe]

xerxes wrote:

To quote Homer Simpson: "Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians".

Ah. So those who do not have the money to purchase an automobile are considered by you to be 'jerks and lesbians'? If you did not believe this you would not be quoting a cartoon character. You own an automobile so this automatically makes you superior? Now I see further proof the need for fascism. People like him would be taught that he is not so special after all just because he may have more money.

[RUEZ]

Nietzshe wrote:

xerxes wrote:

To quote Homer Simpson: "Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians".

Ah. So those who do not have the money to purchase an automobile are considered by you to be 'jerks and lesbians'? If you did not believe this you would not be quoting a cartoon character. You own an automobile so this automatically makes you superior? Now I see further proof the need for fascism. People like him would be taught that he is not so special after all just because he may have more money.

It's a fuckin joke moron, lighten up.

[Nietzshe]

RUEZ wrote:

Nietzshe wrote:

xerxes wrote:

To quote Homer Simpson: "Public transportation is for jerks and lesbians".

Ah. So those who do not have the money to purchase an automobile are considered by you to be 'jerks and lesbians'? If you did not believe this you would not be quoting a cartoon character. You own an automobile so this automatically makes you superior? Now I see further proof the need for fascism. People like him would be taught that he is not so special after all just because he may have more money.

It's a fuckin joke moron, lighten up.

'Moron'? Ah, further insults. Lovely.

[RUEZ]

Nietzshe wrote:

'Moron'? Ah, further insults. Lovely.

I've got plenty more if you'd like to hear them? Just say the word.

[Nietzshe]

RUEZ wrote:

Nietzshe wrote:

'Moron'? Ah, further insults. Lovely.

I've got plenty more if you'd like to hear them? Just say the word.

Why no thank you. That will not be necessary. I have a tendency to ignore the immature. Fare thee well. You shall now be ignored.