I have the feeling there is a quota at work - there has been at least one Really Crazy Motherfucker (tm) on board every time I've ridden the bus. It's like the city mandates that at least one nutjob must be on the public transportation at all times, and they have to either argue with the bus driver about why they don't need to pay, or stare at everyone with their creepy wide eyes, or must continue to write frenetic little stories in the margins of their chosen holy scriptures.
Also, bums here beg for change like it's their JOB. While I admire their tenacity on one level (just think what they could accomplish if they set their mind to it!), I also think they breach the rules of the mendicant/payee social contract. They're so aggro they practically mug people. And there's a really for real skid row here too, I walked all along it the other day. It's really sad; what the hell are they actually doing to people here? Does anybody here even care about these folks? I thought California was supposed to be all progressive and junk.
