A man from Bremerton in Kitsap County, Washington, is not happy after
being banned from riding on buses for six months because of his smell.
Not because of body odor, but because of the overwhelming smell of
marijuana.
Matthew Little is even banned from standing at bus stops.
According to Kitsap Transit, passengers can be banned for reeking of cat
urine, human feces, bad body odor, among other bad smells.
They are warned at least three times.
“From time to time, I smell like I just smoked some marijuana probably
because I just did," Little admits.
Kitsap Transit accused Little of emitting an odor on buses that
“unreasonably disturbs others,” and has banned him for six months.
Kitsap Transit say that after at least four documented complaints, they
banned Little for “carrying the odor of marijuana on the bus, clothes,
on his person,” according to a notice of exclusion sent to Little.
They say the smell was so bad, “the driver began to choke and had to
cover her nose,” and that Little “chose to ignore repeated warnings that
violating our rules of conduct would result in his exclusion.”
They also say that Little allegedly verbally abused a bus driver earlier
this month. Little claims he never cursed at the driver.
When asked what he thinks he smells like, Little responded: “Ganga or Karl Lagerfeld."
Kitsap Transit's 2013 Code of Conduct has no mention of marijuana or its
smell at all, even though medical and recreational marijuana is legal.
"I think it needs to be revisited," said Little.
Kitsap Transit’s spokesman says he’s not aware of any plan to revise the
code of conduct at this time.
They insist they are ‘not singling out marijuana odor, but when it
makes customers or drivers physically ill it's not acceptable.’
Little is appealing the ban.
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