Dear Amy: I am a freshman at a Catholic high school.
I get up at 5:45 in the morning, so I can be ready in time for the 45-minute bus ride to school.
There aren't very many seats left by the time the bus gets to my stop, and there are some sophomores in the back of the bus who take up multiple seats with backpacks, jackets, their feet, etc.
Some of them refuse to move their stuff for my friends and me to sit down, saying that they won't move for "some stupid freshman."
They're only sophomores!
Not only do they do this, but they also have loud, rude, swear-filled conversations about a whole range of inappropriate things.
Even when the conversations aren't rude, they still talk for the whole bus to hear.
Should I tell them to shut up? It's impossible to ignore them.
So what should I do?
-- Frustrated Freshman
Dear Freshman: Take this issue to your parents -- and also to the dean of students at school.
Your school's bus driver should have enough control over the morning zoo to make sure that every student gets a seat if seats are available -- without enduring a lot of abuse.
A simple solution would be for your driver to make the sophomore students double up as they board the bus -- this way you wouldn't have to face the prospect of asking them to remove their backpacks or feet and (worse yet) sit with them after they've done so.
Your folks pay tuition for the privilege of going to this school and your school day starts the minute you board the bus.
Your school probably has a no-tolerance policy about bullying; this policy should also apply during your commute.
Dear Amy: I cannot believe that you responded to "Knit Wit" by saying it's OK to knit when you are a guest at someone's home. We had two couples over for dinner, and one guest asked if we would mind her knitting. What could we say? No matter what you think, Knit Wit's husband was right -- it is rude.
For a couple of hours together when the host has fixed a dinner, if you cannot do without your knitting, stay home. You are soooo wrong on this one.
-- Peggy
Dear Peggy: "Knit Wit" wanted to knit during the conversational part of a long weekend at a vacation house. This is different than wanting to knit at a dinner party. Many knitters responded to this delightful issue, and I'll run their answers in future columns.
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