Random and True
Thursday, September 11th, 2008Because it is THE worst time of year in the office this week (client event for 300 next week), because (as you know) I have PMS, because cake miraculously did arrive the other day right on cue and is now gone- along with the chocolate Jello pudding, and because I just finished making a fort out of the foam board I was in charge of cutting up for signage: I will tell you something random and true. Because I’m tapped out. Because I know you care.
It hurts my feelings when someone is sitting next to me on the bus and immediately gets up to sit elsewhere when there is more room. Even though I know it’s because people like to have their own space, it still makes me feel bad. I like to have my own space too, but it makes me wonder if they think I’m weird or smelly or deranged or something.
This morning on the bus, I found myself actually silently willing the man sitting next to me not to race away so quickly. Isn’t that sad?
I shook my head at myself and went back to picking at my purple nail polish and looking out the window. And he; he stayed despite the crazy girl sitting beside him.
The way I see the situation is that some people don’t like to feel like they’re pinning someone into sitting next to someone.
If they think that you might not want to sit next to a stranger, they might be doing it out of courtesy.
But then again, I’m a stander.
Unless the woman is gorgeous. Then I’ll sit.