File under 'WTF?'

By Amy

Sometimes actions speak volumes, but this kid had a lot of volume, taking up more than his share of space on the bus with his two giant pieces of luggage that blocked the back-door exit. Even this kid's hair was voluminous: His dark curls had been combed out into a tidy eight-inch Afro that radiated from his scalp.

The trouble was, the bus was crowded, and it took passengers, some with small children, a long time to weave their way through the aisle of bodies to the back door and then squeeze through the sliver of space between the young man's luggage and the barrier to get out.

The bus driver noticed the slowdown by the time the people who needed to had stepped off the bus. "Clear the back door," he yelled. "I need you to keep the exits clear."

A woman, in her mid-50s and a wearing a pink T-shirt, who up until then had been sitting quietly next to me, shouted back at the driver: "The doors are clear and they're already out, SHITHEAD!"