I met a friend for coffee this morning. Jill was telling me that she had a going away party to attend this coming week. I asked if it was a co-worker, and she replied, "No, one of my bus mates." Jill rides the bus to her job in the Twin Cities. She has created some strong friendships as a result of sitting beside and across from the same people on the bus for several years. In fact, I met Jill through a friend whose husband was a bus mate of hers. Jill commented that when someone was "missing" for a few days, they would ask each other if they knew what was up with the missing person. She said that she started to make sure she announced an upcoming vacation so her bus mates wouldn't worry about her.
Jill mentioned that more recently the bus mates were now riding on a different bus, with a different bus seat configuration. This new seat arrangement has impacted the friendships. No longer were they sitting across from each other, but in front of or back of each other.
I thought it is so interesting that our work relationships can extend to the people we sit next to on the bus. The commonality of proximity can create friendships which otherwise might be unlikely.
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