Have you ever felt ashamed of an action or inaction you committed?
When I was a teen. I used to ride the bus a lot, . One time on the way home from a friend's house, I was sitting behind the driver, when an elderly man got on with his groceries. He sat right across from me, and I remember thinking how bad I felt for him. He seemed like someone who had a rough life and had been retired for some time. I wondered where his family was, if he was alone. Anyway, after a few moments this horrible stench crept up on me...others on the bus started complaining and making rude comments towards this old, (beaten down looking) man. (He didn't look homeless to me, just kind of disheveled.) Well, this loud mouth woman started yelling at him, and he sat there quietly with his head down. I was young and looked at the bus driver thinking he would stop their insults. He didn't. The woman continued and everyone moved to the back of the bus to get away from the smell.
2006-06-05
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