Can’t Beat The Catbus

(I had taken my cat to the vet and am getting on the bus back home. I get the same private-hire company’s shuttle bus every time so the drivers are used to me and my often-unusual luggage, but even so I always ask first.)

Me: *holding the carrier, cat howling* “Do you mind taking a back-seat driver?”

Driver: *looks into carrier* “I’m not sure I’m allowed to take vicious animals.”

Me: “Do you mean me, or him?”

Driver: “You.”

(I laughed, paid, and sat down. After seven years and with other more modern services, that’s one reason why I always get that bus!)