Strange people

The strangest people in the world must ride public transit. A couple of weeks ago, I was running out of class trying to catch the last Express bus home from school. I found the last available seat that was next to this scrawny and awkward looking gentleman. The bus pulls out of the school and once we get on the highway, the guy next to me starts praying.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with praying. If you want to communicate with the man upstairs, you go ahead and do so. However, when your beliefs have been developed in the Middle East and praying consists of you rocking back in forth, covering your eyes, and muttering something, I start to worry. The guy started to thrash back and forth in his seat and his praying got a bit louder.

To be honest with you, I was scared for my life! I mean, come on! It was like the guy was at the last supper and he was saying, "Thanks Jesus, it was a good run." Sheesh! I thought he had strapped some sort of explosive device on the bus and it was going to explode at any minute! Thankfully, we made it to the bus terminal. I jumped off as fast as I could and ran for my car asking the man upstairs to shield me with some sort of forcefield that would keep me safe in case something did explode.

I'm telling ya, there are some pretty strange people on public transit.

Some days you gotta dance...and I think that's just what I'm going to do.