Old ladies on the bus
Some are genuine, some are just shits. I had to go to A&E once because my knee was so fucked up. There was me and ONE other person on a fairly large bus, and I was sat somewhere in the middle, with one leg on the seat (I couldn't bend it) and my other foot on the floor. This stupid bint went and tapped my foot (the way people would if that was the last or easiest available seat on a packed bus) and asked me to move my leg in a bitchy manner. I smiled and apologised, telling her I couldn't really bend my leg because of PAIN, and she complained to the bus driver. He was obviously on my side, given that I'd asked for 'hospital' and dragged myself onto the bus.


Another time and another old lady. I have a BAHA, which is a hearing aid that's implanted into bone on the skull to make vibrations. Nobody else can hear any sound from it, only the whistle they sometimes make. I also have a headphone which plugs into that. My ipod was plugged into this on a journey home. Some woman sat next to me, not saying a word to me for a good 5 minutes. The minute I got my ipod out to change the track, she tapped me on the shoulder and said in a really nasty manner 'turn the music down please, I can hear the words!'. I got smiles and nods after I ranted to her that I knew for a FACT she could not hear a bloody thing, and told her why she couldn't. I'd understand if it was whistling she could hear, but I can hear that too and I certainly wouldn't be playing music on top of it!

I don't mind old people, but some are fucking deliberately obnoxious.
( Methylene Blue - electrohead, Fri 2 May 2008, 23:12, 3 replies)

Maybe I'm reading this wrong...
But from how I understand it, you can plug your iPod directly into your head?

If so, that's awesome! You get a click for coming right out of the Matrix!
(Martin1337 was trying and failing to be funny at, Sat 3 May 2008, 0:28, closed)

Very well written
Just reading it I am bursting with rage. Old people. Bah. I'm going to kill myself at sixty to spare the world the trouble of dealing with me.
(BrainSurgerysFun, Sat 3 May 2008, 0:28, closed)

that's awesome
my friend has a BAHA with single- or omni-directional pick-up. I'm still waiting for them to develop something so I can send messages to it, like Lando does in ESB :)
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Sat 3 May 2008, 17:58, closed)