crazy people are fun

[rivendellrose]

Hey, guess what, guys? I saw our favorite Random-Expletive-Shouting Bum today.

Where? Right next to me at the bus-stop, of course. I didn't recognize him for the first ten minutes or so because, hey, he's actually pretty inoffensive when he's just sitting there at the bus-stop. But then... the bus was late. (I know - *gasp* - the 44? Late? Noooo....)

Like the rest of us, RESB keeps checking the road... sitting back down... checking the time... Whatever. Normal bus-stop behaviour. Then, apparently, he decides he's had enough: he goes up to the posted time-schedule, spits on it, and shouts something about how it's "Fucking late" or something and stomps off. The other guys and I smile, shrug, whatever. We figure he's gone. But no. That was just the beginning. Let's just say that if my ears ever were virgin, they're not anymore. Also, there's something very not fun about a very angry and obviously crazy old man cussing up a storm and waving his arms about two feet away from you, if you are a small woman and the old man keeps inserting things like "Suck dick!" into his rant-fest. I was very much tempted to shout right back at him when he said that facing in my general direction. I know he's just crazy, but NO. You just do not say that kind of thing in my direction, fuckwad.

The sane people of the bus-stop got our revenge, though. He cussed out the Nice 44 Driver when he finally showed up, who then didn't let him on the bus. All told, though, I prefer the happy old crazy man who told me "Hee hee hee, and your little dog, too!" a few weeks ago. Confusing, but pleasant.

Comments

[stormkpr.livejournal.com]

Man, that sucks. Do you think he's dangerous or just real annoying?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I doubt he's seriously dangerous, it's just disconcerting. Normally he's so far off base (screaming the n-word at two whites and an Asian, etc) that you figure he's just pulling random obscenities out of his hat, so to speak. But then sometimes (probably by sheer luck) he'll hit something close to home.

Had I been alone at the stop, I would've just walked. There were three totally sane-looking 20-something guys there with me, though, so I figured if he started getting violent we had him more than out-numbered.

...I really do love this city, it's just the peripherals that are a bit perplexing.

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Dude, that guy's a pain in the ass. At least all he does is shout random obsenities. What is it with all the damn crazy people in that area?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Tell me about it. Did you get the story of the time Cora, Terra and I were going out one evening, and we could hear him screaming obscenities from about a block away... but we weren't too worried 'cause they seemed really random... and then as we got closer he started shouting something about "god-damned fucking cunts!"

At that point we decided it was worth more to us to walk to the stop across the freeway. Normally it's just randomness, but every now and then he seems to come closer to reality... and that's the less fun part.

*Shrugs* It's the Ave. It's always been like this, as near as I can tell - something about a lot of streetfonts and a lot of liberals who might give them something, I'd guess. Unless you meant the area around the Winchells, in which case I think it's the covered bench/bus-stop/cheap coffee combination.

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Yes, I heard about that! He sort of seems to float in and out of lucidity. Kind of. Lucid for a crazy bum, anyway.

Yeah, definitely. It's easier to avoid it than anything else, really.

It just seems like they've been increasing. Or maybe it's just me. And they're getting a bit more scary than they used to be. I long for the old days of teriyaki whore man....

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I thought he was pretty normal until the spitting - it was like he just all of a sudden snapped. I'm not even sure why the hell he was so upset about the bus being late, since he didn't seem too much more upset when the driver refused to let him on. Just kind of swore more and walked away.

Exactly. It does tend to get worse in the spring and summer, I think - they come back up from places like California, I think, and end up here while the weather isn't so bad. Other than that... It always seems pretty much the same to me, over the last four years. There's still the funny ones, there's just also the creepy-scary ones, too.

Oh, teriyaki whore guy. Those were the good old days. :D

[miss-arel.livejournal.com]

Um, wasn't that, Me, Terra, and you? ^^;;;

Also, now would be as good a time to mention that I saw an old homeless guy jerking off at the busstop coming home yesterday. o.0 We really do have the crazies in our area, don't we?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Was it? I thought it was when Terra, Cora and I went to Kari's dad's... but you're probably right. My memory goes all weird sometimes. :P

o_O Ack. That just... ack. Wah. I love the city, but it is insane.

[gurny.livejournal.com]

Well at least your day got off to a colorful start eh?

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh yes. It'd already been reasonably colorful, considering I hauled myself out of bed with ten minutes to get out the door. Fun stuff. ;)

[onefishjyuufish.livejournal.com]

Duuude, is it just me or is the 44 getting really bad again? It seems like it goes through stages every few years... But it's especially frustrating when your commute depends on it.

And I couldn't tell if you got on the same bus as I did, but one was missing (the one that usually comes at 7:50ish) and the driver of the bus I caught attributed it to "incompetent driving".

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

It is. It totally is. It was not this bad last year, or even earlier this year.

The one that comes by Stone Way at 7:50? I was trying to catch the one that passes the Winchells at 8:05 or so, and it never showed, so I got stuck on the 8:20-or-so bus. The driver is the nice white-haired guy?

I'd imagine that 'incompetant driving' is the answer to about 75% of bus troubles. :P