They're Brown.. They're Proud!

Oh my..

As if my life wasn't chaotic enough to create a headache on my own terms, on the bus home tonight, I had the pleasure of being seated in front of the most annoying person on the face of the planet.

He was a brown guy who spoke limited English with a cell phone. Now before you accuse me of being racist and a bigot, allow me to explain. If you were in my position, namely fresh off a stressful shift at a customer service job, with a slight caffeine hangover, a raging headache and only enough money to afford a bus trip, and you had to listen to someone ramble on for a 20 minute bus ride at a level well above what my kindergarten teacher used to call an 'inside voice', wouldn't you be a little pissed, too?

What is up with that? I see plenty of people on the bus on cell phones.. and the vast majority of them keep their voices at a comfortable, low level, possibly out of courtesy or for the want of minimal privacy, but because he's not speaking English and there's no fear of prying ears, he therefore can talk as loudly as his voice will go, the ENTIRE trip.

But now I'm just complaining.. so maybe that's my hint.