I have had my Learner Drivers Lisence for around 1.5 years and hopefully soon i will get my Probationary because it is easier to get in the state i'm currently living in.
So being in Tasmania the transport i get to work is bus (i have it good because my Partner is thoughtful enough to pick me up after work) when i wa sliving in Melbourne there was such an abundance of transport. I could choose from Tram or Train even walking to work which helped the hips :)
The first odd person on the bus i will talk about is a lady who is a little "larger than life", i don't mean to be rude but i don't think she has showered in a few days each time i see her. When you initially look at her she seems more normal than she is. The first day i discovered her was just over a month ago, i went to sit 2 seats away from her and after about 2 minutes there was a foul smell, there wasn't anybody else nearby so the only possible offender was herself. I moved seats but i could still see her. All of a sudden she started twitching like a mad-man and screaming "F" and "C" words and this was the first time i have ever saw someone with tourretes (other than the T.V of course). I felt a little sorry for her, hoping she was using medication because this could scare some small children to a high extent. I also felt sorry for her though because everyone (like me) would stare. I am trying hard not to stare at people so much but it can be hard when this type of behaviour is going on.
The second odd person was a brief encounter this morning, i must say though it was whilst waiting for the bus rather than on it. I looked across the road (as you do because your impatient for your bus to arrive) and saw a man with a limp, my dad has a similar one from a workplace accident 40 years ago so maybe it was from something similar. As he approached the bus stop he walked toward me to the point he was so close to me the only thing separting us was my handbag, he asked "How are you" and i couldn't really understand him, i told him i was well and left it at that not really wishing to engage in conversation. He then walked toward the timetable and asked me if a particular bus was on it's way, although it was clearly on the timetable. The bus he was questioning soon arrived (before mine) and he got on, he didn't say goodbye although i didn't expect him to, as he sat on the bus i wondered if i should of waved goodbye to him as a friendly gesture. At the start i thought he was a creep, but i could see lonliness in his eyes and then felt guilt for not giving him a simple wave because that could of made his day.
What if this man had no-one?
All i had to do was give a wave, which wouldn't cost me any money!
I hope that when i am older i am not lonely, i think i am quite scared of being lonely, i admit it being a great fear. they do say "lonliness is a curse".
I don't think i will be because i always meet people everywhere i go and whatever i am doing but i can't help but wonder and fear this.
From now on i am not going to be ashamed of saying "Good morning"" the the older lady in the morning dropping off the pamphlets in the mailboxes, or giving a smile as i walk past someone.
Smiling is contagious after all, if you smile at one starnger per day, that could be one persons day everyday that you make that little extra special.
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