How To Ensure No One Will Sit Next To You On The Bus
- Bring a backpack.
- Bring a book.
- Whenever there are new boarders, put that backpack on the seat next to you and read the crap out of that book.
- Don’t you dare look up. Don’t you dare.
The point was, of course, to read. It’s silly of me to reject the possibility of human connection, especially given the context of the book I was reading, but, I don’t know. I’m shy. I needed to read. The strategy worked. Talk to me when I finish my book. Talk to me.
