As part of our NYE celebrations, the government made public transport free all night - including putting on all night public transport across the entire network. I assumed it would just be for city-based public transport, but my mate mentioned it was for the entire network, and that if we got the train out at certain times, we'd have connecting buses to get us home. Bonus!
Anyway, get the train out to my local interchange, and wait around for the connecting bus to get me home. A bus turns up for a nearby route, and the driver says he's doing a combined route for my route and the neighbouring route. The driver explains how he's going to do it (essentially one serves one side of the road, the other serves the other side), but there is a small section that won't be covered.
Of course, there's one bogan who says he wants to get off in this area, which the driver accepts and says he'll do. I'm thinking if he goes directly that way I'll just get off close enough to my place and walk the last block of so home. To my surprise, the driver heads towards my stop - so I'm thinking yay!
Get to my stop, and bogan kicks off - carrying on about his stop and why was the driver going this way. I got off before I heard the drivers response, but I'm thinking dude, you've got a free trip home for the night. The driver said it's a combined service, and made his plans for the trip fully transparent to us. Plus he's giving up his NYE celebrations to get you home safely. Show some gratitude and class.
Anyway, get the train out to my local interchange, and wait around for the connecting bus to get me home. A bus turns up for a nearby route, and the driver says he's doing a combined route for my route and the neighbouring route. The driver explains how he's going to do it (essentially one serves one side of the road, the other serves the other side), but there is a small section that won't be covered.
Of course, there's one bogan who says he wants to get off in this area, which the driver accepts and says he'll do. I'm thinking if he goes directly that way I'll just get off close enough to my place and walk the last block of so home. To my surprise, the driver heads towards my stop - so I'm thinking yay!
Get to my stop, and bogan kicks off - carrying on about his stop and why was the driver going this way. I got off before I heard the drivers response, but I'm thinking dude, you've got a free trip home for the night. The driver said it's a combined service, and made his plans for the trip fully transparent to us. Plus he's giving up his NYE celebrations to get you home safely. Show some gratitude and class.
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