PORTLAND, ME—Passengers on the No. 5 bus expressed frustration today as an inconsiderate fellow rider began openly consuming her lunch of a live, violently flopping Atlantic bluefin tuna. “Oh, God, I can smell it from here,” said commuter Evelyn Jacobs, muttering under her breath how rude it was to subject the rest of the bus to such a pungent food, especially one that was spurting blood and scales everywhere. “I mean, really, lady? A live 350-pound tuna? Have some consideration for the rest of us who maybe don’t want to leave reeking like the exposed innards of a deep-sea predator.” The passengers’ irritation reportedly turned to audible groans when the woman produced a large bucket of vinegar to pickle whatever she couldn’t finish.

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