Being A Bus Driver Makes You An Asshole

So I'm waiting for the bus and a guy comes up to me asking for change...he needs 30 cents so he can get on the bus. I don't have any money because I'm poor as hell, but I wish him well. So he goes to ask a few other people for 30 cents. The bus arrives and I get on paying my way. I'm the last of 3 people on the bus. I basically had just dropped my money in the slot and the door just closed and the guy comes running up saying "HOLD UP WOAH WOAH." We hadn't even pulled away yet and the bus driver doesn't open the door or stop or anything. He just pulls away as the guy is pleading for the bus driver to stop.

What a fucking asshole. Then as I sit down I hear him audibly say "We're already 4 minutes behind" and then he mumbles something else about him not stopping. First of all, public transit serves the people...hence it being called "Public Transit." It does no good not to pick people up who want to use the bus and who have the money. Secondly, already "being behind" doesn't really mean shit. The bus driver was just being an asshole...and its not like him waiting 10 more seconds would have mattered. The guy trying to get on wasn't chasing the bus down as it pulled away...he basically missed getting on by mere seconds and the bus driver was a dickhead. Lastly, the man trying to catch the bus was an unkempt man and not an attractive stunning woman...so I have a feeling that we would have had different results if we had different people. In conclusion, what a fucking dick.

I Have Looked God In the Face

So much drama on the bus. I was riding the other day and we pick up two rather scraggly looking guys. One guy has his bus ticket and scans it in and sits down. The other doesn't. The bus driver and the other rider are at an impasse. He continues to mumble and shuffle through his pockets looking for his ticket while the bus driver continues to state that "IF you don't pay you don't ride." So the bus is sitting at the stop and not moving while we all wait for this stunning showdown to finish. And we wait....and wait. For about 5 minutes this guy who I would guess is homeless...or just poorly groomed is looking for his bus pass.

An irate rider of the bus sitting in the back decides to break the tension with a well placed "Get the fuck off the bus." He repeats this phrase a few times. Finally the bus driver tells them to get off the bus. The two men don't get off the bus. We sit for another minute. "Get off the fucking bus" can be heard several more times. The two men finally depart but not before one of the scruffy men looks to the back of the bus and says, "Fuck you fag...I will kick your ass."

Another day in the life of Metro Transit. Keep in mind I have ridden the bus maybe 9 or 10 times since June. My riding-to-insane story ratio is pretty high. I am thinking I have to start riding more and just bringing a video camera.

You Don't Have to Pay To Ride The Bus

It is cold out right now. I rode the bus today. This one guy got on the bus though and sat down and just straight up didn't pay. I was impressed. The bus driver asked him if he was planning on paying and he said "yeah." Then he didn't. I guess the bus is free from now on...I'm just not going to pay.