Chivalry

Today's bus adventure.

On the ride to school, a couple in their 20s with 2 kids about 5 got on the bus, their arms full of bakery goodies. The couple sat down together, and the kids raced to the back of the bus.

The woman was very much overweight, so much so that she had navigation challenges. The guy was football player big with spiked hair and very dark glasses, one cool dude.

We had moved along to much farther when the woman, on her cell phone, lost control of a stack of baked goods, which fell into the aisle and made a mess of crumbs and icing. The cool dude said, "Fuckin' told you this would happen" and put out his best not-my-problem, your-problem pose. The woman scrambled to the floor to try and clean up the mess, getting help from a nearby passenger.

When the mess was more or less cleaned up and the woman off the phone, the couple started bickering under their breaths at one another. Meanwhile the kids had found a passenger in the rear to befriend and entertain. Bicker, bicker. Ah, young marrieds, I thought! So much to look forward to.