Usually there is a different bus driver every time I get on, I recognize a few of the drivers, but there is no consistency. For the past month or more, my morning bus has had the same driver. This lady is a little quirky and I've started feeling like the kid on the school bus that gets annoyed with the lame driver, who is just trying to be pleasant, but is really just lame. Let me tell you how it goes EVERY day.
"Good morning, how are you doing today?" and you think oh how nice she remembers me and is genuinely interested in how my day is going. Then the next person gets on and she says the EXACT same phrase with the same enthusiasm. Oh does she know them too? No, she just says that to everyone. As soon as the door opens she says it, even if the person isn't even in view yet, she automatically says it. Same thing when a person gets off the bus "Thank you, have a great rest of your day." She'll even say it when a person is going out the back door. She always says it so automatically, she doesn't seem to care if they hear or if anyone is actually even getting off the bus.
She also takes on the role of tour guide on most days. At each main intersection, she announces what the intersection is. Usually the bus has a recording that announces the intersection if there is a stop there. I've heard bus drivers announce these when the recording doesn't work. However, this lady still announces the intersection even when the bus voice does it right before or after her. Totally unnecessary. She has also gotten in the habit of announcing which buses cross at a particular intersection. "Campbell and Speedway, connects to the 4's and 5's." Referring the the #4 and #5 buses that go down Speedway. Seems sort of helpful until you are on the bus every day and hear it over and over. Sometimes she announces landmarks or even events. "University Mall. They're having a book fair this weekend."
Can you see where I start feeling like a kid on the school bus annoyed by the quirky driver? She seems nice at first, but then after a week you want to tell her to shut up, she said the same thing yesterday!
This week she put the icing on the cake by wearing mardi gras glasses and telling everyone "Have a great Mardi Gras!" I guess as long as she is keeping herself entertained...
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Its A...Bus Fight!
I guess it was bound to happen. There was a mini fight last week and another one this week.Two in a row oh my goodness.
Last week, right when I got on the bus is when the commotion started. There was this punk kid in baggy clothes lugging around his skateboard (yes I said punk kid lol). I guess he accidentally kicked this guy and tempers flared. The guy that was kicked is probably in his 50's and always has on nice respectable outfits and carries a briefcase.
They both stood up and started yelling at each other. There was definitely some pushing going on, but nothing too crazy when suddenly the older guy got up to his full height and yelled "I'm not afraid of you!!!" I said woaaaa. Then a big dude from the back of the bus came up and started breaking them up. The kid got off at the next stop as he was laughing to his friend. Who is at fault?? Punk kid or respectable middle aged briefcase man?? Before you judge, fast forward to this week.
Same respectable looking middle ager with the brief case was sitting across from a drunk dude and his lady friend. Some words or looks or I don't even know were exchanged and both guys got up and started throwing punches and going at each other. I was standing at the front of the bus and the fight was going down right where I was standing. One of them yelled "this is my bus!" and I couldn't help but snicker a little.
When they kept going at each other, the drunk dude's lady friend was the one who was trying to break up the fight, pretty ineffective and hilarious at the same time. Eventually every big dude on the bus got involved to try to break them up because they were not interested in stopping. I got pushed a little bit in all the commotion, but don't worry I didn't go down, lol.
Where was the bus driver in all this? He was confused. He slowed down the bus and was going really slowly then he was on the phone to headquarters to report the incident. The dudes were still being held apart. Finally at the stop the drunk guy got off with his lady friend, he had a big gash down his nose and requested to finish the fight outside off the bus, but unfortunately the briefcase guy didn't follow. As we drove away, we watched the lady friend fussing over his cut and helping him walk because he was pretty drunk, lol.
The bus driver said "I've never seen anything like this happen before." I was thinking...hmmm....except last week of course.
When Mother Hen and I got off the bus, we discussed how there is never a dull moment on the bus. Oh yes, never a dull moment.
Last week, right when I got on the bus is when the commotion started. There was this punk kid in baggy clothes lugging around his skateboard (yes I said punk kid lol). I guess he accidentally kicked this guy and tempers flared. The guy that was kicked is probably in his 50's and always has on nice respectable outfits and carries a briefcase.
They both stood up and started yelling at each other. There was definitely some pushing going on, but nothing too crazy when suddenly the older guy got up to his full height and yelled "I'm not afraid of you!!!" I said woaaaa. Then a big dude from the back of the bus came up and started breaking them up. The kid got off at the next stop as he was laughing to his friend. Who is at fault?? Punk kid or respectable middle aged briefcase man?? Before you judge, fast forward to this week.
Same respectable looking middle ager with the brief case was sitting across from a drunk dude and his lady friend. Some words or looks or I don't even know were exchanged and both guys got up and started throwing punches and going at each other. I was standing at the front of the bus and the fight was going down right where I was standing. One of them yelled "this is my bus!" and I couldn't help but snicker a little.
When they kept going at each other, the drunk dude's lady friend was the one who was trying to break up the fight, pretty ineffective and hilarious at the same time. Eventually every big dude on the bus got involved to try to break them up because they were not interested in stopping. I got pushed a little bit in all the commotion, but don't worry I didn't go down, lol.
Where was the bus driver in all this? He was confused. He slowed down the bus and was going really slowly then he was on the phone to headquarters to report the incident. The dudes were still being held apart. Finally at the stop the drunk guy got off with his lady friend, he had a big gash down his nose and requested to finish the fight outside off the bus, but unfortunately the briefcase guy didn't follow. As we drove away, we watched the lady friend fussing over his cut and helping him walk because he was pretty drunk, lol.
The bus driver said "I've never seen anything like this happen before." I was thinking...hmmm....except last week of course.
When Mother Hen and I got off the bus, we discussed how there is never a dull moment on the bus. Oh yes, never a dull moment.
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