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An hour and a half later the same bus that had dropped us off came back by but said he could not to take us back to our ship – he couldn't take passengers anymore today. He had to drive through the villages and stop house-by-house to pick up the employees of the Starkist Tuna plant and take them to work. We asked him to please let us ride along because if another bus didn't come get us we would not make it back to our ship and he agreed to let us go along for the ride.

Was funny – he pulled up in front of one house after another, honked and waited until someone came outside and got on the bus to go to work. No one was waiting at the curb for the bus, they didn't come out until the driver stopped and honked.

What was really new to us was the routine whenever the driver stopped and someone came out. We were the first passengers on the bus and sat in the front row on the right side so Bill could talk to the driver. He told us people would be moving but for us to stay in our seats and be comfortable. We didn't understand what he meant when he told us just to stay in our seats and be comfortable.

The first person got in and sat on the left side of the bus in the first row. The next person sat next to him.

At the next stop the person came in and sat behind us on the right side, as did the person who got on after him. Then we found out what the driver was talking about.

The bus stopped again and immediately the two men on the first row on the left got up and moved back a row so the front row seats would be vacant for the new person. After another person joined him on that seat the two men in the row behind us moved back a row when the next person was coming out of their house to get on the bus.

This went on all the way to the Starkist plant. Every time the bus stopped either everyone on the left or right side would move back a row so the new people always had the front row. Those who were on first moved every time the bus stopped so those who lived the farthest from the Starkist plant and rode the bus for the longest time spent a few minutes in each row until they worked their way to the back of the bus.

I've never been on a bus where everyone moves back a row every time
someone got on but they all seemed perfectly happy with the routine and
automatically moved back a row so new passengers could get on and sit in
the front row. When we asked why we were told it was good manners.


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