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2006 Reader Submission
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About 3 years ago, I worked for Disneyland Resort Paris. One evening, after I finished my shift, I went to wait to wait for the bus.

Enter the nominee...

As I was waiting, a man started to walk slowly in the bus bay. What really caught my attention though was the large bus looming behind him (and I mean inches behind), going at the same speed.

Now, anyone with an ounce of common sense would look behind him/her and move away sharpish. Not this bloke, one quick glance back at him nearly made me laugh out loud. He was busily listening to a Walkman, and so was completely oblivious to several tons of metal, glass and plastic creeping up behind him.

As I and about 20 other people stood watching him with eyes wider than a Manga girl and our jaws down to our knees, the driver pressed his horn, which was loud enough to wake the dead. This guy however showed no acceleration at all, he was as deaf as a post.

Eventually he reached the safety of the pavement, while everyone consoled the driver, "Don't worry, you'll get him next time."

Submitted on 02/22/2006

Submitted by: Anonymous
Reference: Personal account

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James said:
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I like your write-up, and stories about clueless cretins glued to their "Walkmen", "iPODS", or whatever never cease to amuse me! As common as incidents of this nature are, I liked the write-up (and the visual) enough to want to keep this! Thanks for the submission!


Jorge said:
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