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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Low_Tone_4056 on 2025-11-20 22:11:50+00:00.
I (19F) am a college student who lives in my school dorms on campus and i take my school shuttles in order to get to and from my classes. My school shuttle has 2 main shuttles- one that goes around all of campus (Shuttle A), and one that goes off campus for those who live in the off-campus dorms (Shuttle B). Usually, you can tell which is which, Shuttle A is yellow and shuttle B is white, they usually have signs posted anyways to tell which is which too.
I had class earlier this morning and when hopping on the shuttle to get back to my dorm, I got on the yellow shuttle automatically assuming it was my usual shuttle . it, to my immense dismay, was not my shuttle. It wasn't a big deal at first, as soon as i realized the shuttle was going off campus, i chastised myself for a bit for getting on the wrong bus and told myself ill just get off at the next stop. When the driver dropped everyone off at the dorm, i was the only one left on the bus in the very back, out of the driver's sight. Something about me i feel is important is that i am probably the least confrontational person you'll ever meet. when the dude started driving back to the school, the music automatically changed and he turned it up to the MAX. like MAX MAX, it was so loud i could barely hear myself even breathe, like i genuinely don't think the decibels to which the guy turned up to the music to could be legal when driving on the road, but i didn't say anything. the dude was playing that "murder on my mind" song to this volume and started shouting to the song and im not gonna lie there were passing thoughts where i thought he knew i was in the shuttle and that he was gonna drive us into a ditch.
The thing is though, he never turned back onto campus, he started going to the 7-eleven near our campus, which is where the shuttles usually go to go on their BREAKS. DUDE WAS GOING ON HIS BREAK AND I WAS STILL IN THE SHUTTLE.
when he parked, he kind of just sat on his phone for a few minutes before many passing thoughts of "oh god what if it's a 30 minute break. oh god what if it's an HOUR break", so i got up and coughed to get his attention, but the music was too loud, dude couldn't hear me. I coughed a little bit louder, still nothing, so i tap on his shoulder in which he, no joke, let out the loudest scream of "what the fuck" i ever heard in my damn life while his arms flailed a bit. I cannot express in writing how much i felt SO BAD FOR THE GUY. I honestly probably would've done the same thing of blasting my own music if i was in his situation, i didnt want to embarrass the guy or anything so i went "im so sorry, i got on the wrong bus and i was in the back this whole time." He didn't really say anything to me, just turned really really red and let out a tiny "im so sorry" in which he slowly got out of the 7 eleven parking lot and started driving me back to the stop in which i initially got on. in Dead Silence. i still feel so bad, good god, i hope that guy has a good thanksgiving break
TLDR; i got on the wrong shuttle at my college, driver didn't notice i was there and thought he was alone, started blasting "murder on my mind" and took me with him to his 7-eleven break