I’m occasionally an angry woman, I admit it. I have very little patience for jerkwads, especially people being inconsiderate. In particular, inconsiderate people on buses. Backpacks on crowded buses, extremely loud phone calls, audible music, people who talk to me while I’m reading… that sort of thing.
I ride the bus to get from one place to another. I always have a book or some other form of entertainment on me, and I’m really not interested in Getting To Know My Fellow Man. As much as I enjoy fun and interesting encounters with people, not on the bus. That’s my Me time. Fuck off.
Anyway, so… I have this new iPhone, right? And I’ve been playing silly games on the bus. Lately, it’s Plants vs. Zombies or Civilization. A few days ago, I was playing PvZ on my way to work, with headphones in so that I could hear the cry of “Braaains” as I defended my lawn from the encroaching hordes, and the pretty tinkling music as the undead collapsed to my horticultural onslaught.
After a while — probably a good ten minutes or so — I realized that I wasn’t hearing the music through my headphones. I hadn’t plugged them in all the way, the plug is a bit stiff. Which means the entire bus was listening to me destroying zombies, with the tinkling “pop pop pop!” of Peashooters, and the cheerful cries of “Brains!” from the Zombies, not to mention the background music.
Well, crap. Sorry, morning riders of the 7 Eastbound a few days ago. I’m a douchebag. My bad.
Well, at least it wasn’t porn!! :)