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Taking the Bus

Okay, so I'm on the bus coming home from work and reading this book.  It's a good book, a funny book, I like it.  I like it until p. 263 when the girl (this is a memoir) talks about taking the bus to LaGuardia Airport.  Now, if you don't live in New York, let me explain that the easiest and fastest way to LGA is via a cab.  However, you must be prepared to shell out about $25 cash for the ride.  If you take the bus, however, the cost is only $1.50.  It will take you longer, but well worth it if you're broke.  Anyway, you take one bus to Harlem and then transfer to a different bus on to the airport. So...the girl writes the following:  "Just to make sure I was at the right stop, I asked a man standing next to me.  'Excuse me?' I asked.  'But am I at the right bus stop?  I'm looking for the bus to the airport.'  'Yeah, duh,' he said rudely, motioning down to the bags lying next to him.  The plastic bags lying next to him.  I wanted to sa