During a quiet moment at FUTURES (while working on expenditures), I stepped outside for some fresh air, and across the street were two "one-click-above-bum" men standing at the bus stop.

"HEY! HEEEEYYYYYY!!" (They're yelling my direction, but I want nothing to do with them.)

"HEY YOU! HEY MISTER!!" I glance over. My mistake. Eye contact.

"HEY, CAN YA ANSWER ME SOMETHIN'?"

"I dunno!"

"IS THIS THE BUS STOP?"

"What's the sign say there next to you?"

"BUS STOP."

"Well, I guess it's a bus stop!"

"SO YOU THINK THE BUS'LL STOP HERE?"

I squinted at him. He's GOT to be joking now. He isn't. I respond: "Probably."

Enough fresh air and "socializing". Idiots. I went back inside.

A friend visits me.

We were chatting about home ownership.

One of the two bus stop idiots then walks into my store.

He yells out, not seeing me, or I him. "HEY!"

"I'm HERE if you have a question." Then, I see it's him. Sigh.

"What can I do for you?"

"YOU SAY THAT'S A BUS STOP?"

"Yes, it's still a bus stop," we confirm. After all, busses do stop, and there IS that sign...

"SO WHEN DOES IT COME BY?"

"I don't know. I don't use the bus, and pay no attention."

My friend adds: "I think it's like every ten-till on the hour."

"SO IS IT COMING BY SOON?"

"I don't know."

My always-helpful friend adds "It might... Let's see, it's 'x' o'clock now, so... uh, it'll be awhile yet."

"SO NOT YET?"

I repeated: "I don't know."

Idiots.