Perhaps I’m being a bit of a grump today. Many of you are probably saying “So what else is new?”
This week, going to and from my freelance job on the bus, I’ve had my share of babies staring at me. I guess with my long hair, I appear strange to them. Yes, I find it annoying but I can’t do anything about it. I put up with it.
And I can’t do anything about this either, but what’s become increasing hard to put up with this week is crying babies on the bus. No, I’m not heartless and I know the mother (why is it always the mother?) is doing the best she can with the baby, but after a day’s work, listening to a crying baby on the Metro is torture. Their cries echo all the way from the back of the bus to the front.
Babies ride the bus for free. I think if the baby is crying when getting on the bus, the mother should have to pay for his or her fare. I’m only half kidding.
(Photo from musingsfromawriter.com)
