BUS

I have a discovered a new way to commute to work - the bus! Instead of 2 metros, then the suburban train from Gare St. Lazare, I take the bus straight to Gare St. Lazare. It even leaves me off at the side of the gare I need to be at. It doesn't take longer than the metros either. Though my actual metro time was about 5 min on each one, there was so much time walking, transferring, etc. Now I can sit pleasently on the bus for 20 min, read my book, or watch Paris go by.

Well, this morning, I was running late, so there was more traffic, which slowed the bus down, and it was very crowded, so I had to stand. But at least there was entertainment. Apparently a man bumped against a woman who was sitting down, and she started berating him. She went on and on, telling him he should go the other way, how dare he touch her thigh with his butt, he should move away, etc. She was loud enough everyone could hear her, and everyone seemed very amused. Then she started telling the men if he did that in Isreal, he would be locked up. ??? This is where she started to lose me, she kept going on about Isreal, and the color of the man's eyes. After she got off at her stop, the bus was at a red light, and she stood outside, still yelling. The whole time, the man spoke back, but more in a bantering tone.
After the bus pulled away from the upset woman, someone said she's done that before, it wasn't the first time, and other passengers agreed. I guess she's the crazy lady of the No 80 bus!