here's some of my encounters/observations being a passenger on fellow passengers:
i boarded a plane weeks ago for Bacolod. i went in that part of the Visayas region for a field work. so, there I was on the plane. my seat was 8A. i chose a window seat so i won't get bothered by other seatmates who like to move around inside the plane too much. a friendly couple (a balikbayan lola & her foreigner husband) were already seated at row 8. they were all smiles at me, i smiled back. the lady said she & her husband were glad that it was a girl & a petite one who got the seat beside them. apparently, they don't like those big guys who like to move around & occupy the armsrests as if they reserved the row for them exclusively. the lady got me into a small talk. she asked me what am i going to negros for, what school am i attending. i told her im working already & im going there for work. she was a bit surprised to find out i wasn't that young anymore. hehe! anyways, she didn't bother to ask how old i was. as i was too sleepy that time, i caught a few zzz's, thank god she got the cue that i really did not want to talk long.
going back to manila, i was seated at 24F, window seat again of course. there was an empty seat between me & and a 40-ish guy. i greeted him a good morning & smiled, he smirked. what a jerk! maybe he was having a bad day, i thought. as the plane was still boarding more passengers, he was quite loud talking on the cellphone, making calls every so often. the plane is about to take off and he was still using his phone! the flight attendant already advised him to turn it off, but he ignored it. he was not having a bad day, he really is a big jerk! i was observing him as he read the newspaper handed by flight attendants to passengers. he turned every page, every section of the broadsheet (which may consist of a hundred pages or so) afterwhich he did not fold it promptly. he just dumped it on the empty seat between us. how inconsiderate! there may be other passengers who want to read the newspaper too. grrrr! i wanted to give him a slap on his face.
few days after...back in manila. im back riding a bus going to & from work. my morning ride became quite an annoying one. why can't some people bear to take a little walk to get to their destinations? duh! there was this lady who wanted to get off the bus after the designated stop. the bus only took off a few seconds from the designated stop, it wasn't that fast. the lady kept on shouting at the driver to stop. the driver didnt as we were in the middle of the road already. why didn't she get off the bus when it was time to in the first place? duh??? i call this "door-to-door" passenger syndrome - those kind who wanted public tranports to stop whenever & wherever they want to. a little walk won't hurt, unless you're crippled or pregnant.
another bus ride incident... i was seated at the window seat. the seat was supposed to occupy three people. so i squeezed in as much as i can near the window to let the other 2 people beside me be a little comfortable. but i guess the man seated beside me became too much comfortable! grrrr! he was leaning on to me too much, i felt like he was doing it deliberately. lintek, manyak! bwiset!
i boarded a plane weeks ago for Bacolod. i went in that part of the Visayas region for a field work. so, there I was on the plane. my seat was 8A. i chose a window seat so i won't get bothered by other seatmates who like to move around inside the plane too much. a friendly couple (a balikbayan lola & her foreigner husband) were already seated at row 8. they were all smiles at me, i smiled back. the lady said she & her husband were glad that it was a girl & a petite one who got the seat beside them. apparently, they don't like those big guys who like to move around & occupy the armsrests as if they reserved the row for them exclusively. the lady got me into a small talk. she asked me what am i going to negros for, what school am i attending. i told her im working already & im going there for work. she was a bit surprised to find out i wasn't that young anymore. hehe! anyways, she didn't bother to ask how old i was. as i was too sleepy that time, i caught a few zzz's, thank god she got the cue that i really did not want to talk long.
going back to manila, i was seated at 24F, window seat again of course. there was an empty seat between me & and a 40-ish guy. i greeted him a good morning & smiled, he smirked. what a jerk! maybe he was having a bad day, i thought. as the plane was still boarding more passengers, he was quite loud talking on the cellphone, making calls every so often. the plane is about to take off and he was still using his phone! the flight attendant already advised him to turn it off, but he ignored it. he was not having a bad day, he really is a big jerk! i was observing him as he read the newspaper handed by flight attendants to passengers. he turned every page, every section of the broadsheet (which may consist of a hundred pages or so) afterwhich he did not fold it promptly. he just dumped it on the empty seat between us. how inconsiderate! there may be other passengers who want to read the newspaper too. grrrr! i wanted to give him a slap on his face.
few days after...back in manila. im back riding a bus going to & from work. my morning ride became quite an annoying one. why can't some people bear to take a little walk to get to their destinations? duh! there was this lady who wanted to get off the bus after the designated stop. the bus only took off a few seconds from the designated stop, it wasn't that fast. the lady kept on shouting at the driver to stop. the driver didnt as we were in the middle of the road already. why didn't she get off the bus when it was time to in the first place? duh??? i call this "door-to-door" passenger syndrome - those kind who wanted public tranports to stop whenever & wherever they want to. a little walk won't hurt, unless you're crippled or pregnant.
another bus ride incident... i was seated at the window seat. the seat was supposed to occupy three people. so i squeezed in as much as i can near the window to let the other 2 people beside me be a little comfortable. but i guess the man seated beside me became too much comfortable! grrrr! he was leaning on to me too much, i felt like he was doing it deliberately. lintek, manyak! bwiset!
