NATURE CHANGE
I
had a guy
get on the bus
and immediately ask
“When do we leave?"
I answered him, “In five minutes”. He immediately ‘sized me up’, commenting by my haircut that I must be ex-military or law enforcement, a staunch conservative Republican, and probably an insufferable Christian--all of which I am NONE. All this was derived from my appearance alone in the first minute.
A lady boarded shortly afterwards and sat directly across from him. They immediately launched into a very loud ‘discussion’ about everything wrong with the world, talking uninterruptedly over the top of each other (neither chose to listen to the other), and dominated the entire atmosphere on the bus. The guy pointed out that the issues he was dealing with were all the relationships gone wrong, stupid government agencies, AND, bus drivers like THAT guy (me).
I just ignored (as best I could) the conversation, and continued to greet new passengers coming on board like I always do--LOVING EVERYBODY & having fun. There were occasional pauses in the aforementioned ‘discussion’ where I would catch the guy watching me relate to other passengers, including a few who I had already built fun relationships with. By the time the guy finally exited the bus, his demeanor had completely changed, and he thanked me for the ride.
get on the bus
and immediately ask
“When do we leave?"
I answered him, “In five minutes”. He immediately ‘sized me up’, commenting by my haircut that I must be ex-military or law enforcement, a staunch conservative Republican, and probably an insufferable Christian--all of which I am NONE. All this was derived from my appearance alone in the first minute.
A lady boarded shortly afterwards and sat directly across from him. They immediately launched into a very loud ‘discussion’ about everything wrong with the world, talking uninterruptedly over the top of each other (neither chose to listen to the other), and dominated the entire atmosphere on the bus. The guy pointed out that the issues he was dealing with were all the relationships gone wrong, stupid government agencies, AND, bus drivers like THAT guy (me).
I just ignored (as best I could) the conversation, and continued to greet new passengers coming on board like I always do--LOVING EVERYBODY & having fun. There were occasional pauses in the aforementioned ‘discussion’ where I would catch the guy watching me relate to other passengers, including a few who I had already built fun relationships with. By the time the guy finally exited the bus, his demeanor had completely changed, and he thanked me for the ride.
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