Ugh I need to vent. I had a bit of an 'incident' shall we say while I was on my way to the city.
2 girls no older than me went to catch the bus I was on, but one of them had a baby and a pram. The bus driver explained she would have to fold the pram up on this bus because it's not like the new buses, and she didn't like that one bit. I have NEVER heard anyone carry on like that in my life. F this and F that, her friend tried to explain she'd had a stressful day (by this point my sympathy was wavering). The WHOLE bus ride she was *****ing about it, that other bus drivers don't make her fold the pram, blah blah blah. Then when we went to get off the bus, she was still there carrying on to the bus driver, how he'd made her day even worse, etc., people were trying to ask the bus driver questions (I was trying to ask the time) and also were trying to get OFF the bus. But this girl was still going on and on and swearing every second word.
Now I don't handle anger very well because of my PTSD, so it was really starting to stress me out, I had moved to the back of the bus so I wouldn't have to listen to her, but by now I had to stand there and hear every word. As I walked away it all got too much for me, 20 minutes of yelling and swearing and snide comments, and I snapped, turned around and said 'oh my God would you PLEASE just SHUT THE F___ UP!!!'. Then she started going off at me 'EXCUSE ME WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?' and I said 'you heard EXACTLY what the F___ I just said, don't ruin everyone elses day with your smart *** attitude!'.
The bus driver managed to use this moment to drive off, and I sure as hell don't blame him.
Then I walked to my stop, and she crossed the road with her baby calling me every name under the sun.
Man it really got to me. I hate people's anger, I can't cope. I tried to walk away and ignore it until I just couldn't take it anymore. I can't handle anger and yelling (you can blame my mothers ex for that). But one thing I AM proud of in all this, it's the first time in years I didn't burst into tears, I managed to keep myself composed the whole time. Not to say I don't have a major stomach ache now (3 hours later) from the stress it caused.
I think I need to lie down now...
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