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Thursday, October 22, 2009

The Spartan Chariot

It's getting so cold in these northern parts, I have resorted to taking the bus to school. I wasn't certain that I would be able to manage the responsibility of taking public transportation. For some reason I doubted that the bus would actually show up at all, and then I doubted that it would stop for me, and then I doubted that it would be on time, but when I actually stood at the street corner and waited for it, the Spartan Chariot appeared at the horizon and came barreling towards me in all Her glory.
The bus driver is out of his damn mind, but in a good way. He guns it once you sit down, he runs yellow lights and he even turns right on red! But since learning doesn't wait for stragglers, I respect his devotion to getting us Spartans to school on time.
I was the most pleasantly surprised when he used the microphone to address his passengers. "Good morning ladies and gentlemen, this is Robert, your bus driver. How is everyone doing today?" He got a weak response. "Again, let me hear how you're doin'?" A more enthusiastic response. "Now I want you to turn to your neighbor and tell them "Good morning, have a great day.'" And then everyone on the bus turned to the person next them and said it! It was the most beautiful thing that could have happened at 10:30 am. Robert then said, "Now, as you go about your day and bump into all kinds of different people, I want you to remember that everybody is _________." And everyone on the bus (except for me as a first-timer) said "somebody". The guy sitting next to me told me that he does that every single morning.