Poor fella sitting next to me on the bus this morning must have had a late night, because he kept trying to fall asleep on my shoulder.Now, I don't really understand how it could come about that you would find yourself with somebody asleep on your shoulder. If somebody is starting to make themselves comfortable, are you really just going to let them? Are you just going to sit there and allow it to happen? Where does it end? Bus spooning?
No, I have a very rigid zero tolerance policy for such behaviour. My shoulder is a no-go zone. I watch carefully from my peripheral vision as the sleeping party gradually starts to lean towards me and then as soon as I feel even a slight hint of physical contact, BAM! My elbow moves into action. No room at this inn, nap-boy.
Oh man, this guy was having a pretty rough time though. Swaying and leaning all over the place, he just couldn't stay awake. Drift, drift, drift, sleep, ELBOW! AWAKE! Drift, drift, drift, ELBOW! I almost felt sorry for him, but you have to stick to your guns with these things. You let one person camp out, and next thing you know you've got leaners coming out of the woodwork to rest up. Nope, not on my watch.
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Oh I wish I could have been a fly on the bus to watch that! And I agree - you've got to stick with your convictions or everyone will walk...er...lean...all over you, Ben!
Leaners! You are too funny.
Yep - I am with you on this one. It used to happen all the time on th trains from the Blue Mountains and drove me mad. It was often the same regular offenders and they would do it almost as soon as they sat down. Some would lean on air in the middle of the corridor and when they go to a certain point they would suddenly jolt back upright before starting the downward spiral again almost immediately. They often did seem however to have an amazing knack of waking up just as the train was about to stop at their station.
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