"Gonna get me a turkey leg!!"

There is a lady who gets on the bus sometimes. She is of the large and black variety, reminding me of the lady that featured in the old Tom and Jerry cartoons. She's usually wearing a large pink headband, and pulling a plastic box on wheels with a lid firmly fastened- who knows what treasures are contained within....? She talks to anyone and everyone, or simply to herself if nobody responds. She tells the world at large what is on her mind, whether it be the state of the world in general or merely what she is planning to have for her dinner that day. Last week she was addressing the issue of everyone constantly using their phones in public. I agree to some extent; I don't like people using their phones when they are in restaurants for example, or sitting down at the table with loved ones. Some people cannot seem to understand that when you are with real actual people you should really be socializing with those real actual people, not playing games or facebooking. The games and the social network will most likely always be there; the people won't.
I also hate people using their phones when they are driving; I stood waiting for my bus one evening counting how many people were making driving their number one priority. Not many, that's certain. The vast majority were on their phones, smoking, eating, drinking cups of coffee, one lady was even applying mascara. All these activities were the first priority, the actual act of concentrating on the road seemed to come second. Considering that you are basically at the wheel of a lethal weapon and full concentration is required, I cannot understand this. How important is it to send a text to someone telling them that you are on the way when you have just killed someone because you weren't giving the road your full attention? As my pink headband wearing friend says 'Ain't nobody got the right to kill nobody, just cos they on they phone'. Wise words indeed.
She's also 'Gonna get me a turkey leg, a ten dollar turkey leg!' as she announced proudly this morning.....unless that actually counts for "Good Morning Bus Driver" in Alaska..........maybe I should start using this phrase from now on......