Adventures on the Bus, #43

This morning, there was a little bit of passive-aggressiveness going on. One woman was talking on her cell phone. Umbrella Woman, sitting across the aisle from Cell Phone Woman, says, "I didn't know I was going to have to start my day by listening to someone talk on the phone on the bus. That's unbelievable!" Woman Sitting Next to Me says, "I AGREE!" Cell Phone Woman then says into her phone "Dad, I have to go. Apparently people on the bus don't like me talking on the phone." She hangs up, and says, "Sorry, I didn't realize me talking on the phone was so offensive." Umbrella Woman replies, "It is!" Woman Sitting Next to Me says, "There have been studies done. People talk louder on cell phones than they talk regularly."

I don't really enjoy listening to other people's phone conversations, either, but I would never say anything about it. It's a bus. It's not the library. And if I were to say something about it, I would directly ask the girl to stop her conversation, not make snide comments about it.