Dear Mr Disgruntled Bus Rider

Dear Mr Disgruntled Bus Rider,

I see you get on the bus in the morning and also in the afternoon on the trek home. I must say, you do not look like a happy fellow. When I see you come on-board our mutual conveyance, I get the feeling that you are dreading the drive to your place of employment. I offer you a few suggestions to help you out.

First off, get an MP3 player and download some good humor podcasts. I recommend Wait Wait, Don't Tell Me. I want to see a happy face on there at least once! This podcast will help you on your adventure to happiness.

OK, I see you still decrying the world around you. Let's not set our sights so high to get you all the way to happy, but lets at least go to neutral. Take a look around the bus, there are many masters of the neutral on-board. Not happy, not sad, but just there sitting on the bus waiting to get to where we are going in this confined little transport. You can even stare off into space, take a nap, or even shoot for the advanced I'm-not-looking-at-you-so-please-don't-sit-next-to-me look.

Maybe it's an issue with the ladies. I am not what a normal person would call fashionable. However, you don't need to be a fashion genius to see some pretty serious fashion police violations. First and foremost, lose the wind breaker. A bright, just about waist length wind breaker is not the best to wear over a dark suit jacket. You get bonus points for dressing up nice for work, but damn does that wind breaker dominate the realm of clash. Since you wear a suit almost every day, upgrade to a nice, dressy jacket or at least get a wind breaker longer than your suit jacket. I would recommend a different color too, bright blue is not you.

Here's to a happier, or at least neutral, bus rider!

Cheers.