IF YE ARE PREPARED YE SHALL NOT…
…get to where you’re going on time.
This is not new news, obviously.
The bus is slow and ridiculous.
We get it.
That’s why when I was headed to a work meeting I left AN HOUR early. Thinking, if all else fails and I get there early I can read or get some work done. Well, everything was looking promising: the bus showed up on time, I had exact change, I didn’t have to sit next to anyone foul, and the bus driver looked competent. Success.
BLAM.
crunch.
That’s right, 3 blocks into the trip some sweet little Honda hit the back of the bus. And while it was amazing that a bus takes no impact in such a situation, this was obviously not helpful in getting me to my meeting on time. Police had to come. Reports had to be filed. And I had to start walking.
I’m starting to think that more often than not I pay $2.25 to lather up in skeetch to then turn around and take it to the streets.
*Disclaimer: I realize that many of you might argue this scenario can not be blamed entirely on the bus system. You’re wrong. It brings this fate upon itself. You have no idea how many times I think about ramming the back end of the bus in payback for all the years it kept me hostage and now for all the times it pulls out in front of my car just because it’s bigger. Thanks Honda! Thank you for taking the brunt and insurance hike so I don’t have to.
