the decline of civilization

[talentdeficit]

so last night i went to my brother's house to visit him and his fiance. he lives way out in the burbs so i took this commuter bus that takes like 45 minutes but has airplane style seats and air conditioning. awesome. i dunno why, but the bus is super crowded, and is soon standing room only. at one of the stops, this pregnant girl gets on. i prepare to offer her my seat, but in front of me another passenger gets off the bus, so excellent! i get to nap some more. except the dude (short sleeve white button up shirt, khakis, emo glasses, shaved head, probably in his 30s) who was sitting next to the guy who got off moves over into the aisle seat (which, admittedly, has way more legroom).

now, because of the way the seats work, you can't really squeeze past someone to take the window seat if they're in the aisle seat, not without a lot of cooperation. the pregnant girl kinda approaches the guy who has just blocked her path to a free seat and looks at him, but he buries his nose in the new harry potter book and pointedly ignores her. i get up and offer the girl my seat, then move over to the potter loser and tap on his book. he looks up, then rolls his eyes and kinda shifts so i can squeeze by him. i don't move, and say, 'stand up'. he makes a little more room for me to get by. i just stare at him, waiting for him to stand. eventually he stands up and moves back a bit, i turn my back to him and offer the seats to a middle aged couple who have been standing for 20ish minutes and bury my nose in my book ('the true story of ah q', and excellent book btw!).