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I walk to and from work, but sometimes if I'm in a rush or feeling lazy or in need of reward, I'll get the bus back. It shaves off 10 mins time on a 45 minute jounrey and is easier, so sometimes feels worth it.
Last night was such a night in need of minor reward, so I got on to a packed bus, sat down and in an entirely self-worthy fashion, offered up my seat to two women — one young with a suitcase, the other older and looking in need of a seat — who chose instead to stand, they were getting off in two stops.
All good. I am conscious, decent human being.
First stop goes by and then a minute or so later, the next comes along.
People spill out and from upstairs walks down a young woman with a backpack and behind, some guy.
As they walk in front of me a metre in before the middle door, I see the guy reach into the open pocket of the girl's backpack and pull a pair of red headpones. Immediately I realise he's fishing to see what's on the other end — an iPhone, perhaps?
Milliseconds pass as I process what I've just witnessed.
The doors begin to close, and I jump up and shout to the driver to open the doors, bustling past people in the way and exiting quickly, shouting "OY, YOU..!" down the street.
I run down the street and shout "OY, you just took those red headphones out of that girl's bag!" and confront the guy who'd just left.
A small crowd gathers, some from the bus, which by this point is setting off.
I tell him what I've just witnessed, then perplexed as to how I can prove anything, demand he take out his phone, or whatever it was he had to plug into, as some proof of ... I have no fucking clue.
The crowd draws close, sensing outrage they can engage with and have a say in.
The guy stammers, responding in an entirely middle class and utterly innocent fashion that he's not stolen anything — ‘his headphones became caught in the girl in front's bag and he was only pulling them off’.
At this point I have no idea how to interpet what I witnessed, and absolutely no proof of anything.
The crowd glowers.
I make my apologies, forcefully and awkwardly shake the guy's hand, muttering apologies, and then walk away.
What I should've done is gone after the girl and asked her if she had a pair of red headphones; Then if things were off, asked her to wait and then ran after the other guy.
As it was, all I did was waste £1.50 on a bus journey to take me two short stops, then make a total tit of myself.
I am a twat.
.
Or am I?
The more I played it back, the more I thought the cunt was guilty.
But, too late, too badly played.
I am a twat.
- haha. could have been worse. what did the crowd do when it fizzled out?Fax_Benson
- You tried to do the right thing, better that than nothing.zarkonite
- You going to answer my email or what?hans_glib
- zarkonite is right, you've done the right thing, I don't see this like a tawt's "procedure"OBBTKN
- looks like you were searching for an opportunity to be a hero and your brain helped your mind out a little by tricking you into seeing what you wanted to seemekk
- oh mekk, thatsthejoke.jpg
but no, i know what i saw.Nairn - hans - didn't see it, I've responded now!Nairn
- Don't search for too much meaning in this. Keep walking :)notype
- It's a tough judgement to make, you did the right thing, besides.. red headphones? you mean Beats? They're shite anyway...shapesalad
- You're a twat maybe in your head... but you were just being a good guy cuz you saw something 'off' and tried to help. You have my respect, dude. <3PonyBoy
- Also, be gentle with yourself ffs! You did a good thing. Beats are quite a hit on the wallet aren’t they... (unless they were knockoffs ;) regardlessnotype
- you're batmandrgs
- ...The Dark Shite.Nairn