There’s no such thing as being “too busy”…
Summary
I don't believe being too busy is a thing," declares a stranger who stops to debate Kareem about productivity and excuses. The rider insists that claiming you're too busy is just code for making bad decisions. People choose how they spend their time. Kareem tries to push back, but the conversation spirals into playful bickering about who gets to say "100%" and whether Kareem even gets paid for this. The exchange captures that familiar tension between personal responsibility and genuine overwhelm, all while the two trade jabs about broken hearts and dating excuses in classic subway banter style.
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So what's your take? I don't believe being too busy is a thing.
You don't believe being too busy is a thing? 100% disagree.
You're busy right now. No, not at all. I'm choosing to do this.
I don't know why. Well, you're busy. No, yeah, well that's a choice. Being too busy is 'cause you're just choosing to do other things.
You're saying that people that complain about being too busy, they're not too busy? Exactly. They're just making bad decisions. 100%.
100% that's—no, that's my line. You can't say 100%. I say 100%.
100% disagree. 100 disagree.
What? What? No, no, no, no, don't agree. 100% agree.
This is the show. You don't get paid for this to— No, I don't. I don't get paid the big bucks. I'm too busy for that.
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. So what brings you to this day? Well, you know, when people are dating and they're like, "Oh, I've never done it," but brokenhearted guy over here. Yeah, you know, when people just say, you know, when people and you know what they say, they're too busy, but there—there has—there's 100% disagree.