One day, due to incompatible agendas and a lack of planning with my (ex)wife, I ended up without a car when I needed to resolve some things downtown. For some reason, instead of taking an Uber, I chose to go by bus to my daily routine.
By coincidence, I met a colleague from my college days at the bus stop, and we chatted during the 5-minute, waiting for the bus. The bus arrived, almost full of people, but still with some seats available, and my colleague quickly sat on the left side of the bus, the side that at that moment was in the shade (logical and sensible decision for a more pleasant trip considering the 1:00 PM sun on a 30ºC day).
I sat on the opposite side, and he did the same soon after, but it was clear that he didn’t understand why I didn’t try to avoid the sun.
At this moment, it occurred to me that he didn’t take that bus very often, and that’s when I had the urge to share this story.
The fact is that this blessed bus makes a tremendous zigzag through the neighborhood, and in the end, when it gets to the main avenue that goes downtown, it goes in the opposite direction, and the sun starts to bother the other side of the bus. I knew this because I had taken that bus for years. At that moment, I was the experienced user, and he was a novice who would probably get a little frustrated 5 minutes later for having to make the whole trip toasting in the sun.
Immersion is there for that, and through it, I also discovered that nowadays, many people turn off their 4G when they get on the bus for insecurity, but this is a subject for another text.
PS: I don’t know if you also do this, but I use the same logic to choose seats on the plane when I travel, considering if it is worth it to go on the side of the sun and take the risk of having an image like this.
