WTF Bus #4

There was one late night I took a bus and there was a man so insane I knew I had to look as distracted as possible to not be under attack. However, the best way to get rid of ignorant people is by reading a book. If you're ever stuck in an uncomfortable situation and you don't want people to bother you, read a book. It works even better if you have a bible.

I sat down on a bus and started to read "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us" by Daniel Pink so as to not talk to the crazy person. This guy just started going OFF on EVERYONE!
He kept shouting to someone in the back "Hey OSAMA! You better get off this PLANE!". No one on the bus even looked Muslim, let alone like Osama Bin Laden. But he kept shouting at this invisible Osama "This ain't my terminal! Someone better get me off this PLANE!"

He kept attacking this invisible person, and a few times it sounded like someone might have been saying something to him, and his only response was "Hey, Hey, hey, gotta be careful man. If you play with fire enough times, you're gonna drown!"

WHAT?!?!?!

And then he continued his rants to a more specific target "Hey! Lady in the Red Hat! I like it! I like your red hat! You should post it on facebook! Tag me in it!" I'm not even sure if the guy even had a facebook account but he knew enough that it should be posted.

These series of screams and rants continued for 15 god awful minutes. Finally, the bus driver tried to interfere and ask him to calm down.
Bus driver: Sir, please calm down. SIR! Please calm down.
Guy: Don't call me 'sir'. My name's not 'sir'.
Bus Driver: So what should I call you then?
Guy: Call me a nigga. That's what I am, and that's what I should be called.

WHOA! Ow, my soul! I can't even process the logic behind wanting to call yourself a nigga. This bus driver is a random person who has never met you before, she could've been a closeted racist and was dying for an opportunity to say it at random and feel her hatred was justified in this inappropriate moment. However, he finally got off the bus after that exchange with the driver and I went back home, trying my best to use the phrase "If you play with fire enough times, you're gonna drown" as many times as I can in my life... Goddamn.