11.28.2006

Rubbing me the wrong way

I have a thing about rubbing. Today, as I got on the bus, it was quite packed. There was one last seat available, sitting between two people. The guy on the left had his legs spread open in a V-shape, likely to somehow prove that his balls were so oversized they needed all this breathing room to be "comfortable". Naturally, you'd figure that, when someone would sit down in the middle seat, he would move over, place his legs straight, whatever. This guy was interested in none of the above. No doubt he would have been just as happy if I had sat on his fucking lap.

As I'm sitting down, with my legs straight, squished between these two, the guy's leg was sticking so far out that it kept rubbing up against mine. With every bump and turn, his leg would just rub back and forth. I occasionally gave him little nudges, trying to inch his leg back to his own "side", but he was far too arrogant to move over and give me some room. His "breathing room" and comfort just couldn't be infringed upon, because he's such a fucking king or something. The more I thought about it, and the longer this went on, the more it started getting to me, and I just felt like cutting his whole leg off. This is a tiny behavioral example which really doesn't have a huge impact (other than the annoyance of have some random guys leg rubbing up against mine), but it's an example of something which I have far less tolerance for: the arrogance of some guy who thinks he has an inherent right to all this space, and his contempt for others around him. In the words of The Frantics... "boot to the head!"

2 Comments:

At 29/11/06 7:30 AM, Blogger Chartier said...

This reminds me of a dilemma I always have when I go to the movie theatre. No matter who I'm with, going to the movie theatre will often times change my perspective on an individual based on whether this person will take the armrest on both sides completely or not. Ever had that? You sit down and realize that you are sitting between two friends who won't give up either, on either side, the armrest and you're stuck kind figuring out a way to make yourself comfortable without them?
It's always very awkward to ask to give you elbow space.

PS: I love the definition of awkward on Dictionary.com

 
At 29/11/06 11:48 AM, Blogger Portelance said...

Yeah, I've had that happen a few times. Either way, I don't find movie theater seating to be especially comfortable, so I always end up fidgeting around all spasm-like. The armrests do very little to help.

 

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