Background information here. Our local buses provide several express shuttles between the university's park and ride and the university campus. On the way up to the university, these buses pick up at all the stops. Heading back, though, they don't drop off until they reach the park and ride.
The bus driver always says shortly before the last campus stop "You're on the 90X Shuttle, this is the last stop before the park and ride. Repeat, this is the last stop until the park and ride."
Inevitable, there's some moron who hasn't paid attention to what bus they hopped on, and isn't listening. After we've gone past the point of no return, they'll reach up and pull the cord.
SC: *pull*
SC:
SC: *pullpullpull*
SC:
SC: *pullpullpullpullpullpull*
SC: Hey, man, stop the bus!!!
The bus driver, fortunately, has a spine.
BD: This is an express shuttle that doesn't stop until it reaches the park and ride. I'll give you a transfer and you can hop a different bus back.
SC: Aww, c'mon, man!
BD: Nope, sorry
SC:
I love sweet pwnage by our bus drivers!
Bonus: Flipping the bird won't get you a ride
By the time these buses reach the university in the morning, they're packed. We're stuffed in their like sardines. Each year, they add more buses, and each year, more bodies appear to fill those buses. By the time these buses reach the south dorms, they've already picked up from the park and ride, the grocery store people use as a park and ride, several apartment complexes, and the off-campus student housing. So students waiting for a lift from the southernmost tip of campus will often have to wait for half a dozen buses or more until one comes along that has a shred of space left in it.
What confuses me, is that they're not that far away from the main center of campus. If they have to go all the way to the other end, then I understand a bit more, but really, in the time it takes for a bus to come along with room for them, they could have walked. At the very least, they could have walked 2 blocks to the next stop where half the people on the buses are getting off, and hitched a ride to the north end of campus from there.
But no, they just stand there like a lump and flip off any bus that doesn't stop. Yeah, that's going to make the bus drivers really want to do you favors.
The bus driver always says shortly before the last campus stop "You're on the 90X Shuttle, this is the last stop before the park and ride. Repeat, this is the last stop until the park and ride."
Inevitable, there's some moron who hasn't paid attention to what bus they hopped on, and isn't listening. After we've gone past the point of no return, they'll reach up and pull the cord.
SC: *pull*
SC:
SC: *pullpullpull*
SC:
SC: *pullpullpullpullpullpull*
SC: Hey, man, stop the bus!!!
The bus driver, fortunately, has a spine.
BD: This is an express shuttle that doesn't stop until it reaches the park and ride. I'll give you a transfer and you can hop a different bus back.
SC: Aww, c'mon, man!
BD: Nope, sorry
SC:
I love sweet pwnage by our bus drivers!
Bonus: Flipping the bird won't get you a ride
By the time these buses reach the university in the morning, they're packed. We're stuffed in their like sardines. Each year, they add more buses, and each year, more bodies appear to fill those buses. By the time these buses reach the south dorms, they've already picked up from the park and ride, the grocery store people use as a park and ride, several apartment complexes, and the off-campus student housing. So students waiting for a lift from the southernmost tip of campus will often have to wait for half a dozen buses or more until one comes along that has a shred of space left in it.
What confuses me, is that they're not that far away from the main center of campus. If they have to go all the way to the other end, then I understand a bit more, but really, in the time it takes for a bus to come along with room for them, they could have walked. At the very least, they could have walked 2 blocks to the next stop where half the people on the buses are getting off, and hitched a ride to the north end of campus from there.
But no, they just stand there like a lump and flip off any bus that doesn't stop. Yeah, that's going to make the bus drivers really want to do you favors.
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