Why I now hate the bus system

Okay, I think it's about time to tell you about my horrible bus experience that I mentioned in my last post.

So, three of my friends and I took a bus down to the Ithaca Commons to buy dresses for VD Ball (Valentine's Day, that is).  The bus was pretty crowded, so we got split up, with two in the middle, and me and my friend Claire in the very back.  Between our two groups was a random guy who apparently was staring at us the whole ride, although I did not notice him at first.

So, I was telling Claire about the guy who looks like Hank Green and how I managed to find him on facebook, and she was talking about the guy from the hockey team who she had found on facebook.  We were casually throwing around the words "stalk" "stalking" and "stalker," but they were just exaggerations.  Neither of us ever ACTUALLY stalked anyone, we were just joking around about it.  In the middle of this, I heard someone talking, and turned to find the random man glaring at us and talking under his breath.

I couldn't understand all of what he said, but what I could make out was something along the lines of "You go stalk someone and then think you know everything about them and go around talking sh**."  At this point, I was terrified.  Claire and I immediately shut up, and I whispered to her asking if she had 911 on speed dial.  The man turned around and faced forward after this, and we calmed down a bit, kind of shaking it off.

However, our other friend turned around and said to us (in an overly preppy voice) "Oh my gosh guys, let's get a fake tan and pink dresses, and then we can be orange and pink!" and we responded "Oh my gosh, yeaahh!!" in the same voices.

And then, without turning around, the man made a gesture at us that I believe to be very rude and offensive.

Now, fortunately, we did not see this man again, but I was really angry.  Why is this man saying rude things and flicking us off?  We had never seen him before, we were not threatening him in any way, what on earth would possess him to do such a ridiculous thing??  Claire and I were going to tell the bus driver, but we wanted to get off that bus so badly, we completely forgot to.

I told someone about this incident, and they said that there are a lot of crazy people in Ithaca, so I have a feeling that he just was mentally unstable.  But still, it was really scary.

Anyways, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

Oh, and tomorrow, I am going to meet Hank Green look-alike.  At least, I'm going to try...wish me luck!

It's been quite splendid!  Do come again soon!