18 November 2002


And the winner is...

the girl at the back of the bus yammering away at high volume into her mobile phone. She blabs on and on filling the bus with her booming voice. A wave of tense annoyance sweeps through the aisles from back to front. She is having the most loud & inane converstation about religion. Everyone can hear it. Everyone suffers. A stop and a man exits the bus, but not before pausing in front of jabber-Jaw to say, "You're the rudest person!" But this rebuke does not faze her in the least. Increasing her volume, she treats everyone on the bus to her perception of the incident - "Oh my gawd, this guy, like, he just called me the rudest person! To my face! Ha Ha! Yeah! Like, maybe he shouldn't be listening in to other peoples conversations! Yah! Some people, like, just can't handle controversial topics!" This triggers open rebellion on the bus. A girl in a ratty faux leopard coat, ripped up nylons and combat boots swings around and shouts down the aisle - "Will you PLEASE keep it down, I'm trying to read!" I notice her East German Army surplus bag is decorated with anarchy symbols. So in the end it is a Punk who restores the order, as with this sharp reprimand the cellphone girl falls silent. The entire bus relaxes and breaks out in slight smiles; all except for the surly boy unaware of it all slouched beneath his headphones nodding to some heavy metal.

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