Saturday, January 10, 2009

Friday Night Bus Ride

After work yesterday, I met Hubby and Lance at a local pub for some Friday night fun before we headed home. On the way home a man got on the bus that was clearly out of his mind. He was talking in gibberish, wailing.  It wasn’t scary, the man was harmless. But it was sad to see.He sat down next to me.
He started talking to me and Hubby and I were laughing at and with
him. Then the bus driver tried to kick him off the bus. The man
settled down, and I did my best to keep him calm so the guy could get where he was going.
He did end up getting kicked off the bus, he just couldn’t keep from wailing loudly.
After he was kicked off several people on the bus told Hubby and I
that they were amazed at how I acted, with kindness and understanding.Funny, I never thought twice about treating the man humanly and trying to help him get where he needed to go. Life is hard enough, I don’t need to make it worse.