Damn, cripes, confound-it, the midday bus was busy! The noon public transport was crowded, jam-packed, full of commuters. Luckily I found an empty seat and with a sigh, gasp, exhale of relief sat down hoping to get a quick nap, catch a few zzz's, grab a couple minutes of shut eye between classes. I tried to block out the commotion, bustle, noise in the vehicle. To my great vexation an annoying young man woke me from my slumber, the lad roused me from my rest. An odd college-aged fellow, he had a long, lithe, thin, skinny neck and was wearing a foolishly inane hat, was sporting a headpiece that had some sort of braided, plaited, intertwined cord. He was causing a scene, making a fuss, throwing a tantrum, accusing a young pregnant passenger of needlessly bumping, elbowing, shoving, bulldozing her way down the aisle. In a childish huff, fit, tizzy, tantrum, the young man flung himself into the nearest empty seat, hurled himself on the the closest available bench, heaved himself down beside me. Unfortunately, regretfully, lamentably adjacent to me.
The same afternoon, directly after class, a mere two hours later, 120 minutes further into my day, who did I see but this same juvenile nuisance? The exact sophomoric pest, lounging idly about, kicked back lethargically by the law building stairs. He was speaking with a professor, conversing with faculty, talking with an instructor who seemed to be commenting in regards to the young man's jacket. The educator was explaining the benefit of adding a button to his parka, stitching an additional fastener to the coat. The young man noticed me and enthusiastically waved, saw me and vehemently beckoned, gesticulated wildly, urging me in his direction. Feigning bewilderment, faking obliviousness, acting as if I hadn't noticed, I scuttled off in the opposite direction, moved rapidly towards the other end of the building, wasted no time in getting myself out of there as quickly as possible. Pronto, chop chop, lickety-split.
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