{"id":36144,"date":"2014-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/36144\/five-types-of-people-you-meet-on-the-bus-in-beirut"},"modified":"2014-10-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:00:00","slug":"five-types-of-people-you-meet-on-the-bus-in-beirut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/36144\/five-types-of-people-you-meet-on-the-bus-in-beirut\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Types of People You Meet on the Bus in Beirut"},"content":{"rendered":"Oh the wonders of public transport. I&#8217;ve seen some dodgy things in my day: crazy ladies; people who look like they&#8217;ve been smoking crack; the silent, but dangerous looking types. If you ride the bus in Beirut, here&#8217;s what you&#8217;re going to get.  <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Smoke Machine<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/12XqhiravXJv0s\/giphy.gif\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Giphy<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  This guy is a chimney. He smokes between one cigarette and one pack a minute, and blows all the smoke in your face. You&#8217;re troubled by the smell? You have asthma? You&#8217;re suffocating? He does not care. Try and ask him to stop smoking, and he&#8217;ll just yell at you. Really. And for your own safety, don&#8217;t bother saying anything when the smoke machine happens to be the actual bus driver.<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Sleepy Head<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reactiongifs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/exhausted.gif\" width=\"100%\"> <br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reactiongifs.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Reaction Gifs<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  This person is usually going back home (to Tripoli and beyond) from Beirut after an exhausting day at work. S\/he&#8217;s stuck in never-ending traffic, on a bus that might collapse any minute, listening to a 100-year-old song, surrounded by strangers and disgusting smells, so s\/he decides to escape it all for awhile and falls asleep. S\/he a friendly, quiet type of person until s\/he starts snoring or collapses on your shoulder. <br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Bookworm<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gifs.gifbin.com\/042009\/1240479220_baby-reading.gif\" width=\"100%\"> <br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/gifbin.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Gif Bin<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  Whether going to or returning from university, or simply trying to make the best of their rather-long time on the bus, this type of person will not accept to be defeated by his\/her unfortunate fortune of being a prisoner of the bus. From reading a good novel to studying for an upcoming exam (and I&#8217;m personally guilty of doing that), this person will be in his\/her own little world while you stare and wonder: &#8220;how in the world can anyone be happy reading on a moving bus?!&#8221; (Not that the bus moves much when stuck in so much traffic.)<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Large Family<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gifs.gifbin.com\/022014\/1391451112_baby_accidentally_hits_self_with_toy.gif\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/gifbin.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Gif Bin<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  Sometimes it&#8217;s the mother. Sometimes it&#8217;s the father. And in both cases the number of children can range from one to six, and their age from a few months to a few years. While children can be really sweet and adorable sometimes, they are not always so adorable on the bus. They&#8217;re usually hungry and bored (aren&#8217;t we all?) and end up acting like monkeys. While some might find this annoying, it\u2019s way better than a toddler spitting on you or showering you with his &#8220;bibroneh&#8221; (bottle).<br \/>  <br \/>  <b><big><big>The Scary Guy<\/b><\/big><\/big><br \/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reactiongifs.com\/r\/UyHrWY1.gif\" width=\"100%\"> <br \/>  (Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reactiongifs.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Reaction Gifs<\/a>)<br \/>  <br \/>  This is the person who gets on the bus and you start thinking of ways to escape in case something bad happens. Like gun shots going off or a bomb exploding. While this person is probably just another angry and tired human being &#8211; a.k.a. just like you &#8211; you can&#8217;t but feel threatened by his presence. Especially in a country like ours. 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