Just a Little Messy

My latest bus journey was quite interesting.  One man had come on the bus with his two children and was sitting near the back.  The conductor was slowly making his way through the bus checking or issuing tickets.  When the conductor reached the man in the rear, he told the man that his 8 year old daughter needed a ticket.  The man started to complain that he didn't have the money for a ticket, and he thought that children were free.  The conductor started to explain that a new policy was in place, and children now had to pay to ride the bus. 
People on the bus started to back up the passenger.  You can't just charge for children... that's not how it goes.  Voices were raised and people were angry. The girl was standing in the aisle, so she wasn't taking up any seat space.  After a five minute debate the conductor finally let the girl remain at no charge.
Later on the journey, as the bus was emptying, my seat mate decided to cross the aisle.  I thought it was so that he could sit by an open window and get fresh air.  Well... open window yes!!  Within seconds, he was vomiting out the window.  That was bad, but what made it worse is that the bus was sailing down an open stretch of road, and the speed of the bus carried the vomit into the open windows behind the nauseous patient.  I thought I might need my open window after I saw passengers in the rear wipe vomit from their faces.  Oh the joys of public transit.