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I see you, with your first-world stainless steel coffee mug. You think you are better and safer than people with Tim cups. You think you have the right to drink coffee when less-fortunate commuters can not. There ought to be a fancy schmancy coffee mug tax on your bus pass. —Walmart Greeter
This article appears in Jan 7-13, 2016.
15 Comments
Are you kidding me?
Valid transit bitch.
The “no paper cup” policy is stupid. Halifax is the only city with transit to have such a policy. Get with the times!
If you lose hold of your shitty paper cup due to say, inertia and no seat belt, it is going to explode on the person nearest to you. In the event that this does not horribly burn them, they are likely to explode on you. You will deserve this.
Fortunately, that scenario is not allowed to take place, because you are not allowed to take your lazy, toss-away, “Lol, they’ll let me on with this” paper cup. I was 30 minutes late to work once because some self-entitled little shit like you thought he could take his coffee on board. The driver had none of that. Transit security and eventually police were called. It was super satisfying.
Reusable mugs may pop open when they hit the floor, but not on another person. Science?
Sounds like someone missed out on their coffee fix. You can get the reusable mugs for pretty cheap.
The only kind of reusable coffee containers that should be allowed on the buses are the Contigo brand. If you put the lids on properly you can turn them upside down, they can fall to the floor, or on someone else and you have not spilled a drop. Glorified coffee cups that most people think are ok to bring on are not. If you can’t turn it upside down without anything falling out it should not be allowed, period.
And yes we do have more rights than you if we have Contigo. Twenty five bucks for two. Go splits with a coffee drinking friend.
I’m assuming that all the “dislikes” I’ve gotten are from people who’ve never left Halifax.
^^^
Never discount the “dislikes”. They are gold where “likes” are simple copper. If you get a “dislike”, you got under someone’s skin: you made them think; you changed their narrow-minded/clouded viewpoint; you represent the change that is here/coming – the change they regret. Besides, they are the ones who won’t sign in and state their case, as you have; afraid the walls they built will tumble…
It’s hilarious that you are calling yourselves “less fortunate commuters”, when you are the ones bringing PAPER cups on the bus. You know, ones that you BOUGHT for about $2 and didn’t make at home for pennies per cup.
And the “no paper cup” policy is NOT stupid. Have you ever been on a bus? Do you see the garbage people leave behind as it is?
I have been on a bus. Multiple times. In multiple cities. You know which cities do allow you to bring a paper cups with scalding hot coffee? Ottawa, Montreal, Fredericton (Fredericton!), Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Boston, New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia (just to name a few). Last I checked, none of those other cities are suffering from epidemics of bus-related coffee burns, nor were the buses any dirtier or more litter-prone than the ones in Halifax.
We all know who our paper cup company shareholder is, folks.
Maybe the blame lies on “Jimmie’s”…
This post has to be a joke
I often wonder why, it seems smokers and Take-out coffee drinkers appear to be the ones who can least afford those habits.
If I were cursed in a future life, and had to make a living greeting at Wal Mart, I hope I would possess the basic math skills to choose a 3 cent home brew over a 2.00 paper cup.
If I were to faithfully put those savings aside , in time, I too could be the proud owner of my own pair of Contigo cups…..in time……greeters can still have their dreams…..no one can take away our dreams.