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[fabrisse]

I don't understand Southern Californians.

Gasoline is well over $3.00 a gallon. It's going up. And people are saying that they will quit their jobs rather than take the bus.

Seriously. In my office, I overheard that conversation.

My jaw has dropped past my knees.

I've been trying to find a viable way to make it to my office by public transportation for months. (In a weird moment of synchronicity, I actually discovered the correct way to accomplish this. It will take over 2 hours to make it to work. I have issues with getting up early, but 45.00 per week for gas will help me overcome them.) Somehow, it makes me less than human not to want to drive 32 miles a day.

Part of that overheard conversation included the line, "I wouldn't feel like a person if I had to take the bus."

*whimper*

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[catspaw-sgjd.livejournal.com]

I went to the ladies room of a restaurant and the women changed their conversation from a trip they were planning to how fat people should know how offensive they looked and not leave the house.

::boggles::

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

My mind boggled at the time. The only good thing to come out of it was that Mom saw how hurt I was and didn't make a single comment about my weight on that trip. It may have been only 4 days, but from my mother that was an heroic effort at niceness.

The more I think about the whole transportation issue, the more I think this is a class and perception issue rather than really being about the transport.