It’s not easy being Green
Buses truely suck.
I mean, sure, they’re better for the environment than every one having cars.
But I just hate waiting for them. It’s horrible. You just stare down the road, eyes constantly searching for an oncoming bus.
And then… looks like… pretty sure… yes! It’s a bus.
Better get the ticket out ready so I don’t have to fumble around when I’m getting on.
Look up again, it’s still ages away. Has it even moved? Probably.
Slowly, it comes towards you… and you squint at it, and you realise that it’s not your bus.
So you start the procedure over.
You might take a break every now and then to check your phone, or examine the graffiti around the bus stop. You might play with your ipod a bit, and even look the other direction to see what’s happening down the street. You might kick some stones around, try to check out the hot girl sitting on the bench without being too obvious, or peer into the corner dairy and wonder if there’s something need.
But none of these last more than 15 seconds. Because in that amount of time, anything could have happened on the road. And the bus is probably on its way. (This also prevents you from ever going into the dairy, because you know that as soon as you do, the bus will arrive, and leave before you can get back out.)
Worst is when you get to the bus stop just after the bus left and you don’t know.
And you’re hanging around, waiting, waiting, waiting. Watching as bus after bus arrives… but yours doesn’t.
Happened to me today. I was waiting in the rain.
I actually gave up after five minutes because two buses came and took everyone away with them. There’s always a few people going to Uni at 8.30. So I must have missed it. Decided to head down the road to get coffee.
Get it I did, and then restarted the waiting procedure outside the coffee shop.
When my bus finally arrived, a good 8 minutes late, it arrived in style. It practically limped up, this impressive thumping sound coming from the rear.
True enough, ten minutes into my journey, the bus breaks down. The driver radios for a replacement bus, which takes its sweet time to arrive.
We all clambour into the new bus - well, it’s more a half dash, it was pissing down by this stage.
After what seems like an excruciating wait, the bus driver starts off again. And very nearly crashes into the broken down bus as he turned onto the road. The guy sitting in the front seat actually jumped up and across the aisle.
Finally, in the middle of town, the replacement bus breaks down.
I mean, what the fuck. How hard is it to get a bus which actually works? So we clambour into yet another bus - ironically, the bus which was meant to have come after the one I took, which had by that stage overtaken us.
Got to uni a good hour later than I had planned.
Moral of the story - get to the bus stop on time. Or buy a car.
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Adey Ben, 2 months without a post is terrible. Get moving!!!!!
yojoe What about Missile Pops?
Shannon OMG. Check it out… http://mudhead.uottawa.ca/~pet e/beard.html
Ben A singular beer won’t quite cut it. But you’re on the right track…
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Guess what, guess what! I was at work at 7.30 this morning. Inez gave me a lift, and it only took 5 minutes to get here rather than 30 minutes like on the bus, and she didn’t nearly kill someone.
Sorry for you bad day. But that was a funny read.
I can say the same for public buses here too. Man they’re so bad. I hardly takes on in the city because I usually get there by train and do walking, but the buses near my suburb are the worst. For example, the one out the front of my school takes a whole half-an-hour to arrive, and it usually comes late so it really comes every 40 minutes. The bus out the back takes 20 minutes which is okay, but still pretty bad. That sometimes comes late so sometimes we’ll be waiting 30 minutes.
Bottom line is: unless you live in the city, buy a car (or a motorcycle, whichever you prefer).
What about a mule of some sort? I don’t know, I’m just lookin’ out for you man
Shan - Woohoo! Extra time at work!
I’m slightly confused as to why that’s a good thing?
Wendy - Or, if the motorcycle is too expensive, just get the helmet. Way cool.
Romi - Aah, those were the days.
Check this image out…
Now imagine that by todays population / traffic… what a mess. Who would clean everything up? Seriously. Not to mention the methane gas impact…
um, is that a giant rabbit down in the right hand corner? What the hell?
I think I was in that picture, me as a 5-year old; oh, and yes, I am very old.
Shan - Yup. The Giant city-dwelling rabbit. Been extinct for about 80 years now. They didn’t cope well with polluted air.
Romi - Screw the mule then… get yourself a mobility scooter!
Those Segway thingos look really awesome to drive.
Unfortunately no one looks awesome driving them. They look like yuppie pricks who are too lazy to walk.