Hack. Wheeze. Cough.
I write this in between coughing spasms. I've got a chest cold right now which, though winding down, still has my bronchial tubes in its icy grasp. And I just had to sprint to catch the 5:36 bus. Now I understand that you drivers have a schedule to keep, and that after all of the completely accepted bus delays caused by traffic, weather, ( Read more... )
From what you say below, you got on this bus... that's unfortnuate.
"I'm with you there. I feel you. I know it would have been terribly inconvenient to have left the door open, or stayed at the stop for ten more seconds, and I can certainly see how easy it would have been to completely miss all of the other riders yelling that there was another person coming."
There are always people yelling something. Let's have the bus drivers just sit there indefinitely. Why should they bother to try to leave as on time as possible anyway when everyone else on the bus can be made to miss their connections by some sarcastic whiners like you. Take some personal responsibility.
" At least the door opened when I managed to make it all the way to the end of the platform, so that makes it okay."
The door opened? Too bad.
" And I was luckier than the family that stood outside the bus, asking to get on and ignored for the full minute or so we waited to pull out of the park and ride lot."
Oh yes, let's have the drivers open the door at each and every intersection, stop light, stop sign and in the middle of every block for each and every moron who runs up and bangs on the door or runs into the street to stop the bus. It isn't THEIR fault they can't manage to set their watches correctly or keep a schedule. It's METRO's fault! Of course, the buses would be so much later but that's ok, because you'd still have something to bitch about.
"You should've been at the platform on time" was my greeting.
And you should have.
"A quick glance at my cell phone says it's 5:35."
Check your cell phone's time against the correct time and set it to the correct time. Recheck and reset it periodically.
"I want to ride the bus more often, I really do. My commute is 30 miles long by freeway, and traffic generally decides whether that drive is a hellish grind, or merely a waste of a half hour. When I'm driving, I can't really do anything else. The time is lost. Time on public transit can at least be spent productively banging out whiny livejournal posts or reading up my Dresden."
You're a bore.
" I haven't been riding that often lately, though."
Good. Keep that up.
" I want to ride the bus more often, but unfortunately it's seldom convenient, often unreliable, and on days like today, completely frustrating."
Please carpool, or can't you find anyone willing to put up with you that isn't forced to as part of their job?
" And look, there's my connection, pulling out just as we pull into the transit center."
If the driver hadn't waited for you, the bus would have made it through the light instead of sitting there while some family of morons banged on the door and it would have been on time and the other passengers who needed to make connections could have. THANKS A LOT, JERK.
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