people at bus stops, waiting for buses

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I like looking at people who are waiting for buses. Maybe that makes me weird. There are those who don't need one bus which is trundling by. Some cheerfully shake their heads to let the driver know they don't need him to stop. Some stare intently at their phone as if they're concentrating on something of huge importance. Others get a crick in their neck from too long spent staring at the bus timetable. And let's not forget the rude folk who let the bus stop, allow the doors to open and just stare glumly, acknowledging nothing. When they do need the bus which approaches they also adopt different strategies. There's the woman who steps forward, sticks her arm out and then steps back, as if all the people there before her need her help in getting the bus to stop. At busy stops the crowd surges forward, all the niceties of the Great British Queueing System forgotten as they jostle to be the first on so they can get that one remaining seat. Some decide that fifteen minutes of waiting is not time best spent ensuring they have their ticket or some money; they don't start the panicky fumbles till they spy the bus coming, and then everybody has to impatiently wait whilst they sheepishly grin and say sorry, and then have to mutter apologies again when they drop their loose change all over the floor, and watch it roll down the aisle and under passengers' feet ... Time to go. Enjoy your day!