To the douchebags that are responsible for having me wait for the bus in the freezing rain today, I say this:
If your forecasting of bus routes and daily usage is equal to that of a weatherman/woman…may I recomend to you a new line of work. Playing “pin the tail on the donkey” unfortunately for you isn’t a union job, and with your compentancy, I’d keep you away from pointed objects such as pin.
Okay, maybe that’s a bit harsh, but if there are people shoulder to shoulder dripping wet on the bus without a seat, an intelligent idea may be to put more busses on the road, especially in bad weather days…or perhaps using/aquiring those big accordian busses. I understand if there is not a call for that size a bus on certain routes. I, on the other hand, was on the #1. Only the most busy and often used bus route in all of HRM. Fucking idiots.
Fact: A late arrival of one bus coupled with the early departure of another could cause difficulty for those wanting to do somthing absurd such as getting to work on time….or even better, catching a connection…of which, you guessed it, departed early as well. Thanks for the municipal clusterfuck as I arrive to work an hour late. Arseholes.
Not that it’s the bus drivers fault. If they can get another smoke in at the end of their route all the better to drive faster, slam on the brakes at a red light and send the standing masses flying. All that and the ability to rack up a kill count higher than my Halo 3 account?…Impressive. Besides, they’re being monitored be the Metro Transit police cars right? What is it that they do again? Ah yes, aparently nothing…moving on.
We wonder why other provinces consider us a backwater part of Canada. Something simple such as getting our citizens from A to B on time in the clogged arterial streets of Halifax should have someone apointed to it that can handle the job. Call me crazy, but I would think it would be less stressfull than an air traffic controller. Hell, I’d pay them with my tax dollars if necessary.
…wait…I do that already…and I pay a fare on top of that…fuck me twice why don’t you…and you guys want me to ride the bus more to relieve traffic and emissions? How much money is being spent for that Fast Ferry that can be used to add more busses/travel times to the awful exisitng Metro Transit service? Pricks.
In apreciation of a job well done, I think I’ll idle my SUV in front of City Hall and stay warm from the freezing rain, relishing in my multitasking glory by turning the heat up with one hand and flipping the bird with the other. And no it’s not a hybrid…fuck wads.
This article appears in Nov 20-26, 2008.
A couple of questions if I may.1. More articulated (a.k.a accordion, slinky, long) buses would be nice. Can Transit park them at your place? Their garage is kind of full at the moment.2. More buses on the road would be nice. Besides seeing question 1, would you like to train some drivers? Transit isn’t made of them.3. Arriving for work an hour late? Do what drivers do and take the bus BEFORE the one you need. That way, if something goes wrong, you’re not late. I say this because employers don’t really care about the bus. Sad, yes, but true.4. What about the non-smoking drivers? Or do you assume all 400+ drivers are smokers?5. There was a call for drivers last month. Did you happen to apply? I ask because you seem to have an interest in improving transit. Why not get your foot in the door?That is all.
Yeah, I was gonna say…People assume there’s an infinite supply of busses/drivers and that metro transit is the way it is supply wise just to screw over the passenger…there was a story on the news about the crunch in the fall when school starts and MT is usually running at capacity so…
Metro Transit really does suck, even on normal days. Our laid-back lifestyle apparently applies to the buses as well, which takes four time longer to get to a destination than if I had taken my car. Who need to get anywhere quickly? Yes, I want to see the backroads of the city every day. I’ll take my car, too, OP. And it the drivers aren’t smoking, they are flirting with the bus bunnies or reading the newspaper or chatting with the other drivers. Unions just allow people to be lazy and still bitch about all the work they do.