About the work
This is a collection of things that I've learned about the people I ride the bus with, learned solely from their public phone usage.
The work
Things I learned about strangers on the bus by snooping at their phone
- They didn’t sleep last night and they aren’t sure they can do four days a week here. They might want to take their chances.
- They have him and hers in their stock portfolio. It went down.
- They click on twitter threads about Palestine.
- They read Arabic.
- They listen to K-Pop.
- They read The Times of Israel.
- They follow March Madness.
- They are in the middle of season 1, episode 4 of a tv show with Michael Sheen.
- They get targeted ads for an MBA at John Hopkins on the BBC homepage.
- They are on Level 10823.
- They are on Level 10824.
- They are on Level 10825.
- They are still on Level 10825.
- They are still on Level 10825.
- They read yahoo! news.
- They use Microsoft Teams.
- They are stuck on Level 10825.
- They use Facebook messenger.
- They are really stuck on Level 10825.
- They are taking a break from Level 10825.
- They watch cooking videos on YouTube shorts.
- They let someone know that they “Will do 👍”
- They want to know if the doctor told her to take Tamiflu.
- They are looking at used cars on Carfax in private browsing mode.
- They wore a white tuxedo at their wedding and their bride had her black hair pulled back.
- They have a Pinterest board for stunning French bobs.
- They follow TMZ on twitter and scroll past a lot of large-chested women.
- They watch coverage of the Iran War on CNN.
- They’re reading the comments on a video that has the words class of 2020 on it.
- They are watching a video on Shawn Michaels daughter, Cheyenne, who got a job backstage doing hair.
- They are watching a show with the actor who played Theo on the Cosby show is in the hospital while a woman gets a mammogram showing twins.
- They didn’t watch the basketball video until the end even though the video said WATCH UNTIL THE END.
- They are watching an SNL skit called grandpa’s wake.
- They are watching a video called RODIGAN LIED ? And the words CHIN and TROOPER come up on the screen a lot.
- They didn’t hit play on a video about homelander being that villain but left the screen on for awhile.
- They’re watching a video that says imagine being a b-17 crew member and fighting a fallen angel.
- They are reviewing clips of Mexico’s World Cup loss to England.
- They watched an instagram video on “trying to explain your job to your parents” and then they liked it.
- They watch TikToks about being a millionaire.
- They watch TikToks on manifesting.
- They sign petitions about climate change.
- They think a text they received is fuckin funny.
- They watch video clips from the World Cup, and scroll back up to see Ronaldo crying for a second time.
- They follow the New York Mets on instagram.
- When Nick asked them if they wanted to go to the show on Monday, they did not put 2 and 2 together that it was for his birthday.
- They think they are a numbskull.
- Nick’s birthday is actually on the 26th, but Hal might put something together because Nick (and Hal) would love if they could be there.
- They will talk to Hal later because Hal has to call Hal’s mom.
- They look at text conversations filled with pictures of Fourth of July fireworks.
- Their PIN is not 0271.
- Their PIN is not 1971.
- Their PIN is not 0271.
- They forget their PIN.
- They call the number on the back of their credit card.
- Their credit card starts with 4418.
- Their credit card ends in 5126.
- They press 1 for English, then press 7, then press 0.
- They get alerts for emails from Spring Lake Theatre company.
- They use TD BANK Visa Credit Card.
- They have a locked Apple Card.
- They are still on hold.
- They have Apple Cash turned on but Not Set Up.
- They are still on hold.
- They watch Maria’s instagram reel of the crowd after Argentina beat England.
- They think the smoke is bad.
- They think people are assholes for having a box on a seat when it’s standing room only.
- They are using 71.7 MB to have iMessages in the cloud.
- They write long responses to emails titled “Staff Safety at CLM.”
- They play Fortnite.
- They are trying YouTube Premium for free.
- They skim articles about the Iran-US conflict escalating.
- They scroll past a video about Nolan Wells.
- They read a post on Mbappé.
- They can’t decide on a song to listen to.
- They communicate in Russian on WhatsApp.
- They are considering a burgundy paint or orange.
- They know that Jamie just got home and needs milk and eggs.
- Their phone background is a wedding photo.
- They use Microsoft Teams on their phone.
- They open the Candy Crush app but turn off their phone before it’s done loading.
- They have a grey cat as their phone background.
- They opened the Merge Cooking game but closed it before it loaded.
- They have 21 notifications on LinkedIn.
- They watched an instagram video of a guy lifting weights that said “it’s rarely over extending. It’s always under recovery.”
- They send selfies of themselves on the bus on snapchat.
- They text their mom to ask if they can have 2 burgers for dinner.
- They scroll on LinkedIn and sometimes read comments.
- They play block blast.
- They have the default iPhone background.
- They get marketing emails from Warmies USA.
- They snapchat with Maria.
- They ask brendon are you rdy, are you rdy, are you rdy
- They are in a group snap called Pi Kappa group therapy.
- They have a new snap from Sticker Man.
- They have a new snap from Big Man.
- They watch cleaning hacks on instagram.
- They watch cooking videos using cauliflower on instagram.
- They watch stand-up comedy on their phone.
- They play Words With Friends.
- They put their phone away when it starts raining.
