@chai2,
Your response to me makes no sense at all Philis.
Perhaps you'd like to reread my initial response to Thomas, which I quoted below, especially the words I bolded, for you convenience.
I suppose I'll just practice the virtue of patience with you, since you turned around just about everything I said. But, that's just one of the million things someone could have done with my post I suppose.
See, where I live, Austin Tx, people are a lot more friendly than a lot of other places I can think of, and I have no intention of moving from here.
In any event, most people who are very organized, include in that plan the knowledge that other people exist around them. People who themselves are trying to lead their own form of organized lives.
In my opinion, which is not yours, the woman on the bus knew she could have have her metro card out in her hand, (with everything in her handbag safely zipped up) like everyone else, instead of waiting until she was actually where she needed to swipe it. She then could have sat down, and proceeded to put it back, at her leisure.
One of the primary goals of organization is to save time, both yours and other peoples.
Yes, it could have been a million other things, but I was employing occams tweezers.
chai2 wrote:
Thomas wrote:
Keep talking, Chai; not self-organization but.....?
In part, power trip.
Not like Boida, or any of us, who occassionally can't seem to get our stuff together fast enough (just washed my hands, and can't do a thing with them).
Roberta, again, like most people, try to get their ass out of the way to organize/reorganize there stuff where they aren't holding up the works.
This woman is standing in line like everyone else, but unlike everyone else, doesn't have her card/money out and ready.
Instead, she moves up the line, seeing everyone else quickly swiping, moving to their seats, where they then put their cards away, and chooses to ignore these signals as to what has been time tested as the most efficient method to pay, sit, and let the bus get moving.
The very idea that she would wait until she actually stood in front of the bus driver before deliberately starting a multi-step process to even get to your money seems well orchestrated. Especially since she does it this way every time.
We've all been in situations where the cashier will say, "That will be $11.52" and us, wool gathering, came to and said something like "oh! I guess you'll want some money then, won't you. Sorry." Or, there's a person in front of us, not to stereotype, but someone who is the quintessential grandmother/slightly befuddled/maybe older person who totally deserves our respect and must be allowed the dignity of carefully counting out her coins. Believe me, if she turns to you and says "I'm so sorry for taking all this time" and you reply "Oh no m'am, no problem, take your time", you'll be rewarded with the most wonderful, if not smile, warm look from her.
This bus woman, I'm guessing would just give you a blank look, or cold stare if you said something to her, and move more slowly.
