buttless_wonder
08-25-2011, 12:25 AM
I had not had the best of days so I was already at a low simmer when I got on the train. Making things worse was the fact that the train was literally stuffed with people going to the Portland Timbers (http://www.portlandtimbers.com/) game tonight and I am wedged face to face with a moron making call after call yelling into his phone. Because of how crowded it was this meant he was also yelling directly into my face.
Each call is the same, telling others how they need to look at his most recent Facebook post about some guy named Jeff. Believe it or not I went ballistic and started yelling at the worthless sack of flesh.
"STFU already! I can't believe your only interaction with others is to call saying how they need to look at your useless Facebook post. Get a goddamn life, stop yelling into your goddamn phone and stop yelling into MY goddamn face!!!"
At this point every person in the train has gone silent and is staring at me.
Go figure...
In an attempt to save face I look around the crowd and say "Oh Jesus! Did I actually say that out loud?" and smile.
A number of people start laughing which diffused the situation. The dumbass who I was yelling at puts away the phone and opens his mouth as if ready tell me off. Before he has a chance I tell him in a very low and deliberate voice "It is not in your best interest to take this any further seeing as you have already taken me to the limits of my frustration level. Do we have an understanding?"
He just nodded, moved to a door and got off at the next stop.
Needless to say all the frustrations of the day just washed away at that moment.
Each call is the same, telling others how they need to look at his most recent Facebook post about some guy named Jeff. Believe it or not I went ballistic and started yelling at the worthless sack of flesh.
"STFU already! I can't believe your only interaction with others is to call saying how they need to look at your useless Facebook post. Get a goddamn life, stop yelling into your goddamn phone and stop yelling into MY goddamn face!!!"
At this point every person in the train has gone silent and is staring at me.
Go figure...
In an attempt to save face I look around the crowd and say "Oh Jesus! Did I actually say that out loud?" and smile.
A number of people start laughing which diffused the situation. The dumbass who I was yelling at puts away the phone and opens his mouth as if ready tell me off. Before he has a chance I tell him in a very low and deliberate voice "It is not in your best interest to take this any further seeing as you have already taken me to the limits of my frustration level. Do we have an understanding?"
He just nodded, moved to a door and got off at the next stop.
Needless to say all the frustrations of the day just washed away at that moment.