# You're all being really weird about this **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 28, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718 "2018-02-28T01:56:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/61 "2018-02-28T04:35:05Z")
> [@lucid-nonsense](#): > > I’ve slept the entire night at the hospital and a complete night after. I am in full possession of my faculties. Look at my previous thread on free will and ask yourself if I am crazy? I think I’m shockingly articulate for a crazy person, but… Experience tells me at least a week is needed to be anywhere close to normal. And I’ve never been so bad that I’d throw anything off of anything, or be institutionalized. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/62 "2018-02-28T04:35:29Z")
> [@lucid-nonsense](#): > > Seriously, this woman humiliated us because she enjoyed it; the racism was the excuse. She still needs to go. Bullshit. She asked you for your ticket and you refused. > [@](#): > > The conversation lasted less than 15 seconds. No rude words were said by anyone. [snip]… I was just confused as to why she was telling us so rudely. Get your story straight, mate. > [@](#): > > Come on, do I sound hysterical? Quit acting like I’m foaming at the mouth because I was arrested once. Now I know you’re definitely trolling. Have a nice life. I’m outta this thread. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/63 "2018-02-28T04:39:33Z")
**Lucid Nonsense** , you say that she lied in order to get you off the bus. Would you be so kind as to relate the wording of the lie, to the best of your recollection? You state that you had the route map on your smartphone. Given that fact, why did you need the driver to confirm that the route map was accurate? Later, you report that there were witnesses to the encounter. Do you have the names and contact information of any of the witnesses? You say that you had transfers in your hand, and were given the option of handing over tickets or disembarking the bus. According to the website for the bus line, transfers (presented under the proper conditions) are functionally equivalent to tickets. Why did you choose to disembark, rather than hand over the tickets/transfers? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/64 "2018-02-28T04:42:07Z")
Please tell me you don’t own a gun. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/65 "2018-02-28T04:45:19Z")
> [@lucid-nonsense](#): > > Am I swearing? Am I shouting? Sorry, I guess this is over text, but I’m trying to sound calm? I’m not sure why you think I’m freaking out or something. I’m not sure how to convince you that I am thinking rationally right now? I’m sorry I shared that incident about the mental institution, I swore not to sleep before she got fired, maybe not the best idea, I agree. But try doing something crazy for someone you love once, maybe you will actually like it. > > Sorry, I know I said I would stop posting, but some people seem to want me to stop (snfaulkner and that mod) for good, some to stop for now (cochrane and wolfpup), some not to mind one way or the other (Guinastasia). But no one actually wants to hear my story? Really? I haven’t given you any background info about my experiences as part of an interracial couple. It’s pretty crucial to understanding why I’m convinced it was racism. But mostly, this story is about a POWER CUNT who happens to be racist. I mean, we’ve seen racists before, don’t you think? We’ve been dating for three years and we’ve traveled all over the world. This woman was special. I mean, I’ve dated mostly French-Canadian girls with light brown skin and now I’m dating an English woman with dark brown skin – just calling a spade a spade here, snow is white, coal is black, skin is shades of brown or shades of pink. I should be well-placed to speak, no? > > Seriously, I sound crazy to you? This is rambling? _Seriously, I sound crazy to you?_ Why yes, yes you do. _This is rambling?_ Why yes, yes it is. CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/66 "2018-02-28T04:47:28Z")
Jesus dude - how do you react when Tim Hortons runs out of apple fritters? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/67 "2018-02-28T04:49:27Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Jesus dude - how do you react when Tim Hortons runs out of apple fritters? Don’t be silly . . . that’s clearly antisemitism not racism! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![lucid-nonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@lucid-nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucid-nonsense)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/68 "2018-02-28T04:53:08Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **Lucid Nonsense** , you say that she lied in order to get you off the bus. > > Would you be so kind as to relate the wording of the lie, to the best of your recollection? Thank you, rational questions! This is the entire conversation: My girlfriend: Hi, is this the bus to the airport? The driver: I don’t know. (An obvious lie. There is no way she would not know. Look at the Google Maps link I’ve posted.) Us: _Stunned silence_ Me, tentatively: I have the map here… The driver: I don’t know. I’m not a cab driver. Us: _More stunned silence_ Her: I’ve just been to the airport. (Technically true, but definitely intended to make us believe it was the wrong bus.) I start to move aside so the queue can start moving while I double check on my phone (I don’t have data on my phone, it’s expensive here, i just have the map loaded up). The driver: You have to give me tickets or get off the bus. I’m still stunned. I move towards the second door because there is a queue of people behind us. She asks where I’m going. I’m still stunned. I sheepishly answer that I was going to get out the second door. She says to get out the front door. I brush against everyone waiting and we go out. We walk to the airport. She drives by us, on that tiny road. She doesn’t stop. This was either racism or random cuntiness; in both cases, she should be fired. Deny my logic or call me a liar. ---
**Author:** ![lucid-nonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@lucid-nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucid-nonsense)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/69 "2018-02-28T04:54:34Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > jesus dude - how do you react when tim hortons runs out of apple fritters? you! Fuck your own face! You’re a fucking asshole! ---
**Author:** ![lucid-nonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@lucid-nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucid-nonsense)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/70 "2018-02-28T04:55:36Z")
Did you just compare the love of my life getting kicked off public transportation in front of me with a fast-food chain running out of junk food! What an incredible asshole! Fuck you! ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/71 "2018-02-28T04:55:59Z")
> [@lucid-nonsense](#): > > Thank you, rational questions! This is the entire conversation: > > My girlfriend: Hi, is this the bus to the airport? > > The driver: I don’t know. (An obvious lie. There is no way she would not know. Look at the Google Maps link I’ve posted.) > > Us: _Stunned silence_ > > Me, tentatively: I have the map here… > > The driver: I don’t know. I’m not a cab driver. > > Us: _More stunned silence_ > > Her: I’ve just been to the airport. (Technically true, but definitely intended to make us believe it was the wrong bus.) > > I start to move aside so the queue can start moving while I double check on my phone (I don’t have data on my phone, it’s expensive here, i just have the map loaded up). > > The driver: You have to give me tickets or get off the bus. > > I’m still stunned. I move towards the second door because there is a queue of people behind us. > > She asks where I’m going. > > I’m still stunned. I sheepishly answer that I was going to get out the second door. > > She says to get out the front door. I brush against everyone waiting and we go out. > > We walk to the airport. > > She drives by us, on that tiny road. She doesn’t stop. > > This was either racism or random cuntiness; in both cases, she should be fired. > > Deny my logic or call me a liar. I see no way in which this is racism. I’m denying your logic. Unless you are lying. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/72 "2018-02-28T04:56:22Z")
Wait was he in the hospital before or after this incident? If this happen while he was on meth. Who knows what happened. I am done here too. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/73 "2018-02-28T04:57:19Z")
Okay - I’ll take a shot. I had a driver of a municipal vehicle driving aggressively and erratically. I reported it in the proper way. About a week later, I received the response that they were investigating. Two more weeks and I got a reply from the supervisor that he would reprimand the driver. So, that is 3 weeks, give or take. The more you are FREAKING out on social media, the easier it is for people to chalk you up as a crazy. You are not helping yourself if what you want is for them to take you seriously. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/74 "2018-02-28T04:57:26Z")
> [@lucid-nonsense](#): > > you! Fuck your own face! You’re a fucking asshole! There’s the rational reaction we’ve all been waiting for. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/75 "2018-02-28T04:59:15Z")
I know I said I was out of this thread, but… YOU were the one kicked off the bus for being an obnoxious prick, not your girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/76 "2018-02-28T05:01:08Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > There’s the rational reaction we’ve all been waiting for. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/77 "2018-02-28T05:04:51Z")
Just thought I’d add a point about bus routes: you might think the bus going in the same direction you are walking is the one headed for the airport, but it very well could be the bus going the opposite direction is the airport bound one thanks to the fact that bus routes are not direct lines; they meander. And I simply don’t buy that a bus driver answered “I don’t know” to the query the OP says he put to her. I’ve lived in a number of cities in a few countries and have visited other cities around the world. Bus drivers everywhere I’ve been have been very good at telling me what route and where to switch after I gave the destination. The OP is, as proven, irrational. I think he’s also not honest. ---
**Author:** ![lucid-nonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@lucid-nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucid-nonsense)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/78 "2018-02-28T05:05:44Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > I see no way in which this is racism. I’m denying your logic. Unless you are lying. Okay then, I suppose you have a competing theory. What else could explain her behavior? I’ll concede I’m expecting results too quickly. Still, explain the defensiveness I’m encountering EVERYWHERE I go. Why am I only getting canned messages and stalling for time? Why aren’t my concerns being taken seriously? Why is it immediately assumed that I’m crazy or lying? This is a pretty big deal, no? As to the strength of my reaction, imagine how humiliating it was for me. If we both had been from Canada, it wouldn’t have been as bad. But imagine. I love this woman. I bring her here to my own country and this happens. How do you think I feel? Also I’ve been having AN INCREDIBLY STRESSFUL WEEK AND THIS BITCH TRIED ME AT THE WRONG TIME. > [@zoid](#): > > There’s the rational reaction we’ve all been waiting for. I shit on your mother’s grave. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/79 "2018-02-28T05:06:04Z")
I’d say she sounds rude and lazy, but honestly, there’s no proof that it was racism. A shitty bus driver? Yeah, maybe. Racist? Well, no. > [@lucid-nonsense](#): > > I swore not to sleep before she got fired, maybe not the best idea, I agree. Then you’re probably not going to be sleeping for a long time. Seriously, get some sleep. You’ll feel a LOT better. > [@](#): > > Seriously, I sound crazy to you? This is rambling? Yeah, you are. Posting thread after thread after thread, and getting upset because people are disagreeing with you, plus the fact that you haven’t slept in days, yeah. Get some sleep. Because otherwise, you’re going to end up in the hospital. Maybe she’ll be fired, maybe not. But either way, you need to fucking be patient. As people keep telling you, these things take time, especially when employees are unionized. And yes, you DO sound fucking mental. You sound like a fucking loon. Wow, you got kicked off a bus, you have no idea what the reason is, and you just automatically assume it was racism. Suck it up, buttercup. ---
**Author:** ![lucid-nonsense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/2acd7d/32.png) [@lucid-nonsense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucid-nonsense)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2018, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718/80 "2018-02-28T05:07:45Z")
I think what happened is she started being rude and since we’re city people, we’re used to just listening to public transportation employees, they’re like figures of authority. Because 99% of the time, they’re right. When she saw how meekly we reacted, she thought she could get away with it, but she’s so fucking dumb, because of course we were going to realize. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-all-being-really-weird-about-this/809718.md?page=5)