<b><a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/archives/011380.html">And That's How They Came Up with the Idea for <i>Speed</i></a></b><br/> <!-- ID = 57478 -->Bus rider, after bus detours: Hey, I wanted to get off at 106th! [Driver is silent. Passenger approaches him angrily.] Did you hear me? I want to get off this bus. Now! [Driver still silent.] Let me off this bus!<br/>Bus driver: I'm gonna stop this bus when I feel like stoppin' this bus, and then you are going to walk back to wherever you need to walk back to! I'm late and I ain't stoppin'!<br/>Tamer rider minutes later, 12 blocks since last stop: Can you please tell us when you might be stopping this bus again?<br/>Bus driver: [Silence.]<br/><br/>--Bus #104, 108th & Amsterdam<br/><br/>Overheard by: Humored Midwest tourist<br/>via <a href="http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/">Overheard in New York</a>, Aug 20, 2007