There’s a certain joy in making people uncomfortable in very specific situations.

It’s only in very specific situations, but I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with this kind of inflicting of discomfort on people.

Pretty sure I’ve written about this before, but you’re going to get it once more as this is something that happened this morning.

I arrived at where I’ve got to catch the bus to uni in order to catch the bus to uni so I could get to uni.

Of course there were other students there, waiting to get onto the bus.

Wait. The bus had arrived and so we were all getting onto the bus.

I took a seat which was next to one of those people that doesn’t understand that a seat for two people is not a seat for one person. As such, their legs were spread and they were giving themselves space between themselves and the wall, thus taking up a bit more space.

I sat down and, noticing that I wasn’t the whole way on the seat, gently but firmly pushed up against the other passenger. They shifted slightly, but not enough. I was just on the whole of the seat and as the person decided not to got he whole way and take up more space than they needed, I was right up against them.

It was about ten minutes into the bus trip when the person next to me started occasionally shifting which then lead to them leaning as far away as they possibly could, which revealed itself to be quite a bit of distance.

Then soon came the loud sigh, followed by more shifting around to try and make more space, but of course it led only to a minor reprieve until they properly shifted over which lead to better space.

When the bus reached its first stop at uni, the student was getting up and said “excuse me” to me and then tried to push past, but there was no space. Other people were also exiting the bus and there was no room to get up until they themselves were out of the way.

I got up, received my reward of a mean stare from the student and then sat back down when they had moved from the seat.

This is all kind of petty, but I do believe that you really shouldn’t believe that you are more important than other people. People need to be aware of their actions and the world around them and if they choose not to, then they waive the right to be surprised by the consequences of their actions.

I guess if they’re oblivious, then they also waive their right to be surprised, but that goes without saying so I don’t know why I’m saying it. I guess all of this goes without saying, but I digress.

I find it funny to see people get uncomfortable on public transport when they’re faced with having to be in physical contact with someone just because they won’t move over as often they don’t realise that the one thing that will solve the issue is that they just need to shift their whole body, or close their legs. It seems as though they cannot comprehend the possibility that there is a really basic solution to the situation. They’ll get restless and fight it by leaning away, but they won’t do the one thing that will solve the issue.

Well, not for a while at least.