I took the bus to a favorite shopping haunt across the river yesterday. The T has reduced capacity to about 50% and masks are required for all riders and employees. Buses are requested to bypass stops if they are at capacity and the local tracking app tells you how crowded a given bus is so you can decide if you want to get on it. The "no bags on neighboring seats" rule has been suspended.
The ride there was great, not crowded in the least and passengers were distancing. A few 'day pass from the mental hospital' types not masked, but everyone was behaving. The stores I visited are handling reopening guidelines very well.
The ride back...oy. The driver was actually exhorting people to crowd on and use every available seat/space; a few idjits actually ducked under the barrier and plopped themselves in the seats up front. I had some odiferous maskless dillhole in the seat next to me trying his hardest to take over my seat as well. To hear a fellow passenger put it: "50% capacity does not mean you can fill that 50% up 110%." Quite a few angry tweets were fired off to the T I'm sure.
The ride there was great, not crowded in the least and passengers were distancing. A few 'day pass from the mental hospital' types not masked, but everyone was behaving. The stores I visited are handling reopening guidelines very well.
The ride back...oy. The driver was actually exhorting people to crowd on and use every available seat/space; a few idjits actually ducked under the barrier and plopped themselves in the seats up front. I had some odiferous maskless dillhole in the seat next to me trying his hardest to take over my seat as well. To hear a fellow passenger put it: "50% capacity does not mean you can fill that 50% up 110%." Quite a few angry tweets were fired off to the T I'm sure.
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