bus + bookshelf

i took a bookshelf on the bus and caused quite a stir on a normally quiet route.

* one man (autistic?) asked what it was...
- a bookshelf
* why aren't there any books on it?
- i was going to ask you to go pick them up for me.
* i... i... i don't leave the bus with strangers at night


* another man asked if i was going to sand it down (no).


* another said they don't make them like that anymore (it's solid wood--not laminate). then he told me about a solid wood something or other he owns.


as i entered the bus, i didn't make any eye contact with the driver until i was fully in the bus. i didn't want him telling me bookshelves weren't allowed