A One-Way Ticket To The Passenger Seat
Some friends and I have just left the movie theater.
Me: “Okay, well, thanks for hanging out, everyone. My bus stop is over there, so I’ll see you all later.”
Friend: “You’re taking the bus? Nah, man, I’ll drive you.”
Me: “It’s okay. It’s not a long ride.”
Friend: “All the more reason to let me take you!”
Other Friend: “[Friend], he has more reason not to let you.”
Friend: “Whaddya mean?”
Other Friend: “Over dinner, you literally said that you ‘Never stop for the police because they always give you a ticket if you let them’.”
Friend: “Yeah? That’s true!”
Other Friend: “The fact that you don’t see an issue with that statement is why [My Name] is taking the bus.”
Friend: “Fine. Y’all be like that!”
He storms off to his car and angrily peels out of the parking lot.
Me: “Did he just exit through the entrance?”
Other Friend: “Yup.”
Me: “And is he driving the wrong way through the one-way ramp?”
Other Friend: “Also, yup. Oh, hey, your bus is coming down the street.”
Me: *Laughing.* “Maybe I’ll take the next one. I want to put a little distance between whatever vehicle I’ll be on and [Friend].”
Despite the joke, I took my bus, and my journey was incident-free.
The next time the group of us got together for a movie, [Friend] was the passenger in [Other Friend]’s car, and when I asked why, I heard a muttering about cops, speeding, and the word “revoked”.
