I’ve read boring bitches about people putting backpacks and purses if vacant seats, but on wednsday I actually saw a SURFBOARD in a seat. Yeah, seriously, an 8 foot long SURFBOARD. How the driver allowed you on is way beyond me. Your lucky the bus wasn’t crowded, or you would have heard from me. And another thing.. where were you going surfing anyways? Sackville?? Absolutely ridiculous.
—WTF?
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Give him a break. He might have had the decency to move his surfboard if someone needed a seat, but no one did – surfers are known to be friendly
It’s not like you could put a surfboard in your lap.
The bus wasn’t crowded, so what’s your problem?
Did it inconvenience you THAT much? WOAH.
Take it easy OP. I’d rather have a surfboard on the bus with me than an octomom with a ten bags of groceries and 8 kids under the age of 5….
The surfboard is probably safer than some douche with a skateboard/longboard. At least there’s no wheels to hit you in the head.
um..how the hell is the guy going to get the surfboard to where he needs it…chill out man, sheesh. He has every right to have it there.
I saw a girl the other day get on the bus with an eight foot ladder.
Wtf….I don’t have a car and take my board on the bus all the time. And no…there’s no surfing in Sackville. Try Cow Bay?
yea, chill the frig out. Mabye they surfed in Lawerancetown, hitched into coleharbour and rode the bus home, or they could have just bought the fucking thing. there is alot more troubleing things in life than that.
its a good chance to have a chat with the person, i mean they are carrying a surfboard which is a strange thing to take on a bus and if its really crowded and the surfer is standing it could become stoogelike
So it’s O.K. to take a surfboard on a bus but not my stepdaughter’s folded up wheelchair.
This came about in July when my wife and I were told we were not allowed anymore to take the wheelchair on low-riding buses. My stepdaughter can walk to a degree dispite her physical condition.
We had in the past, folded up and out of the aisle.
Problem solved. Bought a car.
Plastic driver guy. Please explain this one.
Oh yeah. SUV baby carriers!
OP you suck. I would rather sit next to a surfboard than next to you.
I’ve seen people carrying all sorts of unusual things on the bus… bundles of shingles, tools, a patio umbrella, huge paintings, etc. As long as the stuff isn’t impeding the flow of people on/off the bus or taking up a seat that a person needs, I don’t see a problem with it.
So who are you to tell people what they can or can not bring on the bus. If parents can bring strollers, and people can bring suitcases etc why not a surfboard? he needs to get around just like everyone else.
If the bus wasn’t crowded, there is no problem. Also, if the bus was crowded, the surfboard takes up very little room if held vertically, so you’d never hear a peep from me. People bring all kinds of weird crap on the bus, some alright (unicycles, bolt cutters, breathing oxygen, etc…) and some not (leaky bags of recyclables, disposable cups containing hot liquid, etc…) The bus is a public place, and you’re going to see this so enjoy the diversity rather than say WTF!
Senor, the folded up wheelchair is news to me as I know a senior couple on Quinpool who folds up their chair so they can ride the 20/32, or even the 6 (a low floor route). They fold up the chair and are never in the way, as I’m sure you weren’t either. There was a memo a couple of months back telling us that folding chairs were kosher for strapping in, which tells me your case might have been one of a few that month. If your daughter wanted to fold it up, I honestly wouldn’t mind, it saves me from strapping in a chair and most importantly, it’s what your daughter wants when riding.
I know you have a car now, but I’d seek an official ruling on this one so it doesn’t happen to others, like the aforementioned senior couple on Quinpool who are really nice people. If it were me, I’d accept a folding chair. They are smaller than SUV/jogging strollers.
dr. fever is the douche of all douches
I totally agree with People Are Stupid.