just what i need on a crazy day ...more madness!
complete and utter chaos! christ! so, i'm running like a mad woman to my bus stop after work today. i mean i'm literally running over little kids in strollers and knocking down old ladies. i MUST catch my bus! i've missed the 3:00 bus every day this week! i make it to where my bus stop is only to find a bus puling out. "was that the __?" i ask some woman. "no." ahhhhhh! thank you, god! so, i'm all happy that i didn't miss my bus! then about five minutes later i'm asking myself "just where in hell IS my bus??" christ! these drivers are on their own schedule -and i think it's about time they share that schedule with the rest of us! finally, the bus shows up. everyone and their grandmother decides to take my bus this afternoon! i had some stinky guy sit next to me. i was about to open my purse and hand him my deodorant! we usually get into downtown st. paul a little before 3:30 ..not today! today we were stuck in traffic at 3:30 -and of course that's only because today i had errands to run downtown. once downtown i run over to the store to pick up Giuseppe some timothy hay. and of course the ONE time someone else is in that store (it's always empty -i often wonder how this guy stays open) she's ahead of me in line and feels the need to stand there and chat with the owner!! fucks sake lady pay and go pay and GO!! i come out of the store only to see the bus i wanted to catch home drive past me! well, it's rush hour and another should be by any minute ..yeah, right!
a 21A finally pulls up and it's almost empty!!! yeah! my luck is changing! :) we get to the next stop and wouldn't you know it some wheelchair needs to get on. this is always fun! the freaking lifts take forever and a day to operate! so, the guy gets on and wheels over to where he's supposed to be buckled in only to find out that some of the safety belts are missing!!! normally he'd just go over to the other wheelchair seat -but, there's a woman in a wheelchair in that one! so, the driver has to let him off!!!!! good god! in the meantime there is a huge line outside. the driver finally lets all the other people on and then as were about to go the f'n door wont close because the lift is all screwed up!!!! so, were sitting there in a no a/c bus and the driver is messing around with the lift and lo and behold ANOTHER 21A pass' us by!!!!!!!!! mother of god! while this is going on people are shouting at the bus driver in spanish!!! after about 5 minutes of this the driver realizes "hay, maybe i should shut down the bus and then re-start it!" brilliant! and were off! and were stuck in traffic! once we get up to the cathedral the driver lets off the people in the front of the bus and then drives off before letting off the passengers in the back of the bus (the green light never went on so they couldn't open the door)!!!! again, more yelling at the driver in spanish -and english too!!! he stops the bus and lets off the people in the back. two stops later i'm off!
i got on my first bus at 3:05 and didn't get home until 4:26!! usually if i make the 3:00 bus i'm home by 3:45 at the VERY latest!
needless to say i was quite glad to be home!
a 21A finally pulls up and it's almost empty!!! yeah! my luck is changing! :) we get to the next stop and wouldn't you know it some wheelchair needs to get on. this is always fun! the freaking lifts take forever and a day to operate! so, the guy gets on and wheels over to where he's supposed to be buckled in only to find out that some of the safety belts are missing!!! normally he'd just go over to the other wheelchair seat -but, there's a woman in a wheelchair in that one! so, the driver has to let him off!!!!! good god! in the meantime there is a huge line outside. the driver finally lets all the other people on and then as were about to go the f'n door wont close because the lift is all screwed up!!!! so, were sitting there in a no a/c bus and the driver is messing around with the lift and lo and behold ANOTHER 21A pass' us by!!!!!!!!! mother of god! while this is going on people are shouting at the bus driver in spanish!!! after about 5 minutes of this the driver realizes "hay, maybe i should shut down the bus and then re-start it!" brilliant! and were off! and were stuck in traffic! once we get up to the cathedral the driver lets off the people in the front of the bus and then drives off before letting off the passengers in the back of the bus (the green light never went on so they couldn't open the door)!!!! again, more yelling at the driver in spanish -and english too!!! he stops the bus and lets off the people in the back. two stops later i'm off!
i got on my first bus at 3:05 and didn't get home until 4:26!! usually if i make the 3:00 bus i'm home by 3:45 at the VERY latest!
needless to say i was quite glad to be home!