I'm on the crosstown bus to meet Jill for a screening of Goodbye Christopher Robin.
It's been raining all day, and the bus is pretty empty.
The woman a few seats in front of me is on her phone. I can't see her face but I can hear every word of her chatty conversation. Her words reverberate throughout the bus. It is very distracting.
I can't help myself. I shout out, "Please speak softer. We can hear your entire conversation."
She quickly ends her call, and turns to look at me.
She then gets up and moves her seat to one closer to mine.
"Thank you," she begins. "I can't stand when people speak loudly on their phones and I had no idea that I was."
This is not the reaction I expected.
She then begins a conversation with me about NY and how the world is changing. Turns out she is a smart, interesting, liberal New Yorker. I would guess her to be early 70's.
Before I reach my stop she says, "Again, thank you. My husband never believes me when I tell him about my many bus friends."
Nice that a reprimand can turn into a friendship. Even if that friendship is only a few blocks long.
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