My name is Anna, and I have just been punked...

...so for those of you who are following along I am writing this story after the fact. On Monday, Carolyn and I went to Ealing Broadway to get my tattoo. We were on the bus coming home (we had to take the bus because Ealing Broadway is in Zone 3 and our pass only works in Zones 1 and 2). We were sitting in the back of the bus and this bum gets on and sits behind us. He starts talking outloud and says "You want me to educate you guys on the cocaine industry?". Right away Carolyn and I look at each other like "WTF?" and start laughing. He continues saying "when it comes out of the factory, it's in rock form...". The bus stops and EVERYONE that was sitting around him moves to the front of the bus, except Carolyn and I. When everyone leaves, the bum lays down across the back row of seats. At the next stop these kids get on. There were 3 boys and 1 girl and they were about 15-16 years old. They head towards the back of the bus to sit down and one of the boys is like, "hey get your fuckin feet off the seat!" to the bum, and starts yelling at him to move. The boy basically grabs the bum up and throws him down onto the floor causing the bum to drop his beer. The bum goes ahead and takes a seat at the front of the bus. Carolyn and I were like "dang those kids straight up punked that guy". Little did I know, I was next. So, Carolyn and I were just sitting there and all of a sudden I feel someone tug on my hair. Carolyn and I turn around and Carolyn looks at the girl and goes "did you just pull her hair?". The girl says "no, i didn't pull her hair, why are you trying to acuse me of pulling her hair?". Not wanting to start anything I looked at Carolyn and was just like "forget about it". One of the boys asks the girl "hey, what'd you pull her hair for?" to which the girl replied "i didn't pull her hair, if I pulled her hair, there wouldn't be anything left". I was so pissed off but what was I supposed to do in this situation? I just sat there as my face turned beat red. People on the bus were also staring in our direction. Next I hear the girl say "what, you're just going to sit there, if someone pulled my hair I wouldn't just be sitting there". This angered me even more, and I could feel all the blood rushing to my face but I remained facing forward. This being such a long bus ride Carolyn pulled out her ipod and handed me the headphones and the girl again was like "oh look, now she's putting on her headphones so she can't hear us". Naturally I wanted to turn around and sock her but for those of you who know me, I am a lover not a fighter so I still remained facing forward in my seat. As soon as Carolyn and I got off the bus I HAD to vent. I was so frustrated at the little C U Next Tuesday. Kids like this make me never want to have children. I felt like such a jackass for just sitting there and not doing anything about it but really, what was I supposed to do? I was not about to get into a fight with a 15 year old girl. Anyway, that was probably the most random thing that happened to me on my trip. Hope you enjoyed the story. Till next time, much love.