Thread:GalaxE/@comment-36159587-20200206034029/@comment-36159587-20200208061615

There's a kid on my bus who's...well, he's the one that I think I mentioned before. He's strange.

I don't mean that to be, like, offensive, but he doesn't really seem to regard others' reactions to him? As a small example, he constantly talks to me when I am trying to read. Normally, people can tell when I don't want to be bothered, but he's never taken the clue. In fact, usually, people leave others alone on the bus unless there's something like a clear clue both want to converse. I usually do not feel like conversing on a bus with too many people on it and a distinct marijuana smell coming from kids who vape at school and also happen to ride the bus.

He also stares at my keyboard when I type in the password to my computer on the bus. Why do I type on the bus? Well, I take any time possible to write stuff, haha. I haven't done it in a while because of this. Anyways, I had told him to please don't talk next to my ear when I'm doing things and especially please stop staring at my keyboard when I'm typing in my password. He's never listened to either at all.

In truth, I don't mind someone jabbering away when I'm doing things, but the thing is, he doesn't really talk in a refined way, so saliva gets everywhere on me and I get super twitchy. I understand people will get saliva on others accidentally, but I'm talking about, like, a constant spray pattern. I've tried to hint to him that it's nasty, and a few weeks ago, I told him that I'd appreciate if he talked a bit slower and quieter. But it didn't work.

He also takes up a lot of room on the seat unnecessarily (our bus is usually about 60 people) and shakes a lot without regard to others. It's also not an involuntary type of shaking. So both combined means that when I have to sit next to him when the bus is, I get shaken into the aisle from an already limited sitting space. It's been snowy, so it's not fun being thrown onto and sitting on slush and mud from the shoes of sixty students.

He also tends to make really random (and to me, disgusting, since saliva goes in all directions) and loud noises. It's kind of weird to me. To others, it's plain annoying, and it does show. The thing is, he can't seem to tell when others want their space, or others' reactions at all. The troublesome group on the bus is constantly making fun of him, and he seems to think that he's part of the gang now. Which is, uh, bad in my interpretations. But there's no way I could warn him. Besides, even if I did, it's likely he won't listen, and he'll probably tell them. I don't want to interact with that group at all.

I don't really care about all that, to be honest, though of course it makes me a bit "Eh" towards him. I still try to not be rude towards him at the very least. (I'm also very twitchy these days because of the coronavirus and flu things. I really don't want others' saliva on me if I can help it at all.)

Strangely, the thing that gets to me most is the fact that he's very prideful that he kills things for fun, or tries to. He always brags about trying to chase down and kill rabbits, and he constantly describes killing ants. You guys know me; killing living things is a trigger for me, so whenever he gloats about those things, I resist the urge to roll my eyes or shout at him, even.

So, yeah.

I don't really know how to get through to him. I've talked about all of this with him before, mostly directly.

06:16, February 8, 2020 (UTC)