Bus Sleepers

It is well documented and researched that the typical urban dwellers do not have enough sleep in their daily lives and thus a common sight of commuters catching a snooze or forty winks, some more so than others. Public bus seats transformed suddenly into private beds of sort; Sleepy heads bobbing side to side, the abrupt snoring of a deadbeat bloke, drooling teen head buried deep like an ostrich. The spectrum of commute sleepers ranges from that of austerity to simply lackadaisical mannerism. Occasionally you have your sleep talkers or the graceful leaners. Traveling on a bus makes for a wonderful theatre of life.

I often wonder what are they dreaming, what jobs they do, how hectic are their lives and where are they going? Oh oh… will they miss their destination? What or who will wake them up? Personally, I had on several instances slept all the way to the bus terminal having missed alighting, but sometimes kind neighborly commuter who knew where I should be alighting will lightly tap on my shoulders to alert me. In the bus, you witness nastiness as well as kindness, acts of brashness and those of bravery too. The bus is not just a bus for citizens but that for all walks of lives to congregate and share a common space where we seek some form of respite, some to work/read and for the rest of us to just catch some well-deserved zzz…