Mass Transit

The summer semester went so well. The bus was always on time.

All of those good times have been erased from my mind by fall '10 mass transit. The once faithful bus is not so faithful anymore.

Well, I take that back. The bus is pretty faithful, just not to the bus schedule. Typically ten minutes late or more. I had decided to tolerate it. What else could I do?

Yesterday, mass transit failed me on a new level. The bus was miraculously on time. I saw it turn the corner and breathed a sigh of relief. I stepped up to the curb, pulled out my ID card and readied myself to get on the bus. BUT the bus was not braking, the bus was not slowing down. The bus was driving past me.

What in the world had just happened? Had the bus really just driven right by me? What was I supposed to do now? Apparently this was why the bus was on time. The driver was driving right past people waiting to board.

Then the bus braked. hard. A half a block away.

I walked over and got on. The driver says, "oh, I didn't see you there. Was there a car in front of you?"

"No. I don't think so. Parking isn't allowed in front of bus stops."

There were two girls on the bus. One of them backed me up and said, "no. she was in PLAIN sight."

The other looked at me and mouthed "he's CRAZY."