Fun story: When I was 17, I finished school before my senior year and decided that I wanted to go on adventure. I didn't really have any purpose but I simply wanted to leave home and explore the world. So I saved up a few thousand dollars from my job and then bought a cheap ass bus ticket for a Greyhound to New York. From where I live, it was noted to be a three-and-a-half day trip.
It was the craziest movie-like trip a person can possibly imagine. The things you see and experience are absolutely wild. You really experience a part of America that almost no one will ever see. Anyway, I digress; around two days in we reached Amish country. At the time, I didn't actually know much about Amish people at all, only the usual stereotypes and such. Here's the thing, though, when you're on a bus for days at a time, personal space and sleep are very precious commodities. You immediately pick up a few tricks and even form a little gang of like-minded individuals.
When we hit Amish country, with what little knowledge I already had, as well as some new information that I had been told, I knew that laying down and pretending to be asleep wouldn't work, because they would have no problem "waking me" up and telling me to move. So, I did the next best thing: when they boarded the bus, I instantly began hitting on the women. Yes, today that would be considered "problematic" — a display of "misogynistic harassment" — but it's not like I was legitimately flirting with them. I just wanted to keep my personal space, that's all. It ended up working like a charm, too. They immediately moved right back up to the front and piled into seats with each other to stay away from the gang in the back.
In retrospect, probably wasn't the "nicest" thing to do; however, I was young and terribly sleep deprived, so desperate times call for desperate measure. You know how it goes.
That entire trip was an adventure of a lifetime. I have so many stories and awesome experiences that happened.
Still no idea why they were using the bus to begin with but apparently it was something they did quite frequently according to people who took the bus often.
Fun story: When I was 17, I finished school before my senior year and decided that I wanted to go on adventure. I didn't really have any purpose but I simply wanted to leave home and explore the world. So I saved up a few thousand dollars from my job and then bought a cheap ass bus ticket for a Greyhound to New York. From where I live, it was noted to be a three-and-a-half day trip.
It was the craziest movie-like trip a person can possibly imagine. The things you see and experience are absolutely wild. You really experience a part of America that almost no one will ever see. Anyway, I digress; around two days in we reached Amish country. At the time, I didn't actually know much about Amish people at all, only the usual stereotypes and such. Here's the thing, though, when you're on a bus for days at a time, personal space and sleep are very precious commodities. You immediately pick up a few tricks and even form a little gang of like-minded individuals.
When we hit Amish country, with what little knowledge I already had, as well as some new information that I had been told, I knew that laying down and pretending to be asleep wouldn't work, because they would have no problem "waking me" up and telling me to move. So, I did the next best thing: when they boarded the bus, I instantly began hitting on the women. Yes, today that would be considered "problematic" — a display of "misogynistic harassment" — but it's not like I was legitimately flirting with them. I just wanted to keep my personal space, that's all. It ended up working like a charm, too. They immediately moved right back up to the front and piled into seats with each other to stay away from the gang in the back.
In retrospect, probably wasn't the "nicest" thing to do; however, I was young and terribly sleep deprived, so desperate times call for desperate measure. You know how it goes.
That entire trip was an adventure of a lifetime. I have so many stories and awesome experiences that happened.
Still no idea why they were using the bus to begin with but apparently it was something they did quite frequently according to people who took the bus often.