Things that are commonly acceptable to do while on public transit:

• Reading.
• Writing.
• Listening to music.
• Playing games on your handheld gadget of choice.
• Knitting, crocheting, embroidering, or any other craft that doesn’t involve poking someone else’s eye out.
• Sitting quietly.
• Napping if you don’t fall over into the aisle or into someone’s lap.
• Smiling.
• Singing, but only if you are part of a way-cool a cappella group and only singing one song and it happens to be one I like. Also please wear matching sweater vests.

Things not on the first list that I have witnessed (bolded items witnessed today):

• Talking on the phone.
• Eating sweet and sour pork.
• Slamming miniatures during the morning commute.
• Most manicure- or pedicure-related actions.
• Asking for donations.
• Selling cookies, candy, t-shirts, and God.
• Glaring.
• Aggressively attempting to start conversation with strangers.
• Hawking and/or spitting.
• Having sexytime, solo and otherwise.
• Sneezing without covering your mouth.
• Losing control of your bowels and/or bladder.
• Singing of all non-sweater-vested a cappella varieties.

HIDWtS Rating: I learned today that it is “hawk” and not “hock” which is good because I don’t think you can get much for phlegm at the pawn shop.

[box type=“shadow”]I ride a shuttle to work. It is a really nice shuttle and the first time I have ever had this luxury, causing me to overthink pretty much every aspect of it, especially where to sit. And now I overthink where I decide to sit in every open-seating situation, so I’m writing about it in a series called How I Decide Where to Sit.[/box]