Short bus story (although the bus was actually long)

[northface11]

I left school (for the second time today) at 8:45 pm.  The articulated bus, which is wittily called the B-Line, says it has a load limit of 120 passengers, but that’s just a suggestion.  We leave the bus loop with space for maybe three in the stairwell.

There’s one stop on campus before we’re out into Vancouver, and like twenty people get on.

Comments

[quellefromage]

But your hatred of buses has dimmed slightly, right? At least that one bus. Congrats on the seat!! Woot!!

[northface11]

But your hatred of buses has dimmed slightly, right?

I'm not admitting anything. Nothing at all. Seat this morning, again, at 7 am.

[big_pink]

She got a seat!!!! The BEST part about the B-Line is when it whips around that corner at Alma, and you're standing in the articulation. I always got real friendly with my fellow riders then and planned accordingly (not so hard when it was going to a campus; slightly less palatable as it neared the Skytrain station). And bus drivers only come in two varieties: assholes and nice guys. The ones that would cheerfully mow you down, and the ones that stop to let you on when you're only thinking vaguely about taking a bus. I'd love to sit in on their 'customer service' training session, just to see what the bus corp's filling their heads with.

[northface11]

Oh yes, the twin corners at Alma are always an experience. I like sitting with my back to the side of the bus, and a couple of times, I've accidentally slid off the seat entirely on those corners. Um, and caused mass hysteria.

"Customer service"? I don't think Translink understands the phrase. (But, yes, occasionally there are nice drivers. I was on a trolley east on Broadway once recently, going to MEC, and I pulled the cord to stop just before the store. The driver called back, "You headed for MEC?" I said yes, and he dropped me off at the front door!)