An overheard comment

As I was leaving a restaurant yesterday I overheard someone on their way in say that people's sense of entitlement is staggering.

I agree with her.

I take the bus to the University and inevitably somewhere along the way the bus becomes so full that people are crammed into the aisles. Although we could all complain about the Edmonton Transit and how they never send enough buses, my complaint is with those who stand in the aisle (and often times I stand too) and don't move back.

What is it about those three extra meters (sometimes less) of bus aisle walking that give people such complete memory loss? Not even 30 seconds ago they were outside the bus in the cold waiting to get on, hoping there was room for them, wishing people would move all the way to the back so that they could catch this bus.

But as soon as they are on the bus, those thoughts and memories and any consideration for the people still stuck outside vanish. They pick a spot on the bus in the middle, effectively blocking the movement of people to the still empty spots in the back. Even if the driver instructs them to keep moving, they stand there, pull themselves closer to the pole they are holding on to and you can see the "don't look at me, I'm not in the way" look.

I feel like telling them, "Well, I'm sorry honey but your fifty pound backpack IS wacking people in the face and you ARE blocking the aisle!"

That's all...I promise the next one will be more upbeat.