I should have cut him... with a knife...

So this morning I was feeling really good about it being Friday (after what felt like the longest weekend in some time) and it was the first day of spring! Much to my dismay I woke up to snow, hello mother nature life crisis. Also by accident last night set my alarm for 7:30am instead of the usual 6:30am (no idea what my thought process was last night?)

Already I was out of sorts, I was not prepared to clean my car off or dig out my rain boots. Therefore I forfeited my breakfast in effort to do the previously two stated things (and yes, my morning is down to a science by the minute, so every second counts). Finally I get my butt out the door, and start my trek to the bus. Of course any sort of weather element that is not sunny with a high of 75 people of the great state of New Jersey can't handle it and drive with a comical amount of caution.

Anyway, I get to the bus stop and I'm the only one there which really means I just missed a bus and will have to wait at least 10-15 before another ones drives by (whether full or not: TBD). After about 5 minutes a man is now waiting behind me, and 5 minutes later another. A bus drives up and it doesn't say whether it's a Wall St. or Port Authority bus, because it says "Bus full another one following" on the display (instead of the route). But the bus stops to let TWO people off. The last man in line approaches the bus to ask if its a Wall St. bus, it's not so he backs away. But the guy who was behind me just barrels past me and GETS ON THE BUS!?! I WAS CUT!? REALLY....

I didn't immediately approach the bus because:
A. the bus said it was full on the display
B. the light was red and I thought perhaps the bus was just stopping as to abide the law
C. when I realized people were getting off, I politely stayed out of their way so they could exit safely

But no, this man went with D. NONE OF THE ABOVE. Perhaps he went with choice D because in fact he is a D. HE CUT ME... a grown man cut the line? This would have been an issue I would have gotten over quickly except that two people got off the bus leaving room for two people to get on. This man got first dibs, and got a real seat (and a window seat, I love window seats in the morning!). Guess where I got stuck? Back row, middle, feet on the hump! (well actually the seat next to the middle person) but still 5 grown humans sitting in one row is miserable!

I sit down, put on some Sufjan Stevens and I turned the air nozzle on (that is rightfully above my seat) because it gets warm on the bus and I also get motion sickness and for some odd reason cold air blowing in my face helps diminish the side effects. Also the further back in the bus the more likely I am to feel a little nauseous, its sorta like how on roller coasters the back is the best because it like flies off the track, etc. except on a bus it's just a miserable experience and there is zero thrill.

The girl sitting in the middle about 10 minutes after I turn the air on, reaches over me and closes my air vent!? I open up my eyes and stare over at her and she says "I hope you didn't want that on"... "OH NO IT'S OK YOU JUST DO WHAT YOU WANT", and then closed my eyes and went back to my happy nap place. REALLY?!? You just took it upon yourself to climb over me and turn off my vent? I would have been ok with her tapping me on the shoulder and asking if maybe I could angle it in a different direction, but to just go ahead and do what you want, not ok.

Then to make it worse, 15 minutes later after cutting off my air supply, she falls DEAD asleep and proceeds to lose control of her upper body. She is now bouncing back and fourth between me and the man next to her like the ball in the video game pong. UNREAL. I hate being touched by strangers, it just bothers me I'm not sure why. Whilst all of this is happening all I could do was notice how three rows up the man who cut me and stole a regular seat from me, is sitting next to what looks like a normal man, reading a newspaper, awake, and not thrashing about in a coma.

Above all I was mad I missed out on my morning 45min nap... I hate people and public transportation.