Will You Girls Just STOP?
(I watch this happen between two girls and the bus driver. The bus stops, passengers disembark. Literally two seconds after the bus starts moving, [Girl #1] presses the bell. After about 15 seconds, this happens.)
Girl #1: “Why isn’t he stopping?”
Girl #2: “I don’t know. You pressed the bell.”
Girl #1: *to the driver* “Are you stopping?”
Driver: “Yes, when I get to my stop.”
Girl #2: “But we need to get off here.”
(She starts pressing the bell repeatedly.)
Girl #2: “Why won’t he stop?!”
Girl #1: “He has to stop. He’s a bus!”
(Frantically ringing the bell.)
Me: “He’ll stop at the other end of the road, which is his stop.”
(Both girls stare at me like I have three heads.)
Girl #1: “But we need to get off here.”
Me: “This is a bus, not a taxi. He stops at predesignated stops, not in the middle of the street.”
(Turns to [Girl #2], who is still pressing the bell.)
Me: “And doing that won’t make him stop any sooner.”
(They glared at me and at the driver, then started whispering to each other. The bus stopped and they got off, giving me and the driver dirty looks. When I got to my stop, I thanked the driver, and we shared a laugh over the two stupid girls who still didn’t understand buses in their late teens.)