It Is Noon Somewhere

I ride the bus to and from work everyday. Some days are normal and other can get very interesting. But I love riding the bus you can listen to your Ipod and not have to worry about the road. Everyone that knows me knows that I'm a carpooling freak!

Anyways this morning was one of those interesting mornings. I get on at the Park and Ride in Kenmore and we stop at the first stop to pick a few people up. This particular stop is right in from of a Pub and Taco Time. I noticed this lady right away who was sitting down kind of far away from the actual bus stop. When we stopped she got up and started to walk towards the bus, now the angle I had wasn't good so I didn't actually see her walking. When she was trying to get on the bus I assumed she was very old because it seemed to be taking her a long time to get up the three steps. The bus steps are large so elderly people sometimes have a hard time getting up them. I see her set her backpack on the top step and she is kind of wobbling back and forth. My first thought was she isn't that old maybe 55 I guess she must be handicapped. She is now just standing there on the bus at this point on the second step and the bus driver is telling her to get off the bus. At this point I've turned off my Ipod of course to listen in. I hear the bus driver say "you are to drunk to ride the bus, get off!" Now this is on the way to work so we are talking 7:30AM. The lady keeps saying after a long pause "no I'm not" as she clings to the hand rail. I'm thinking what if this bus driver is wrong and she actually has something wrong with her. Then I hear him say "you are so drunk I can smell it from here." Well now I'm out of excuses and I just want her off the bus so I can get to work. She finally stops fighting it and when I say fighting I mean saying "no I'm not" over and over again.

Finally she gets off the bus and we are on our way. I'm think first off if she is drunk at least she isn't driving why can't she ride the bus you would think that would be a wise decision. Then my second thought is if you are still drunk at 7:30AM you must have been power drinking for along time to not have sobered up by then...got to love the bus.