To those who just stand motionless when a bus approaches. Please just indicate if you do not want that bus. How many times have I been on a bus and see it pull up, stop, open the door, only to have you stand there like a frozen piece of art. If you don’t want it wave it on BEFORE it stops. It may help speed up our so-so transit system. —Tired of Wasted Stops
This article appears in May 26 – Jun 1, 2011.
Yeah and if you wave the bus away and they stop anyway to let someone off you look like a doosh to the people on the bus, lol.
I find if you just stand back a bit the bus won’t stop. I’ll always come forward to the curb when I want a but to stop. Usually works.
When I was in ottawa you’d literally have to flag them down on the transitway with a huge ass “STOP I WANT TO GET ON” neon sign. And somehow hold onto something so you don’t get blown away by the busses that go 100123324234mph on those things.
Hay’d anyone else hear about this dude’s idea of breaking up the train tracks from downtown-ish to bedford/sackville for either two commuter lanes or a transitway for busses? I think that’d be a great idea.
Ya beat me to it, Kitty. I was just going to say the same thing about looking like a douche when the bus stops anyway. I saw one lady at a bus stop a while back practically break out into interpretive dance to wave the bus by but he had to let someone off and stopped anyway…she looked a little red in the face, both from the effort exerted and embarassment…I laughed.
I always just take a step back.. if the bus driver thinks I want to get on, that’s their problem.
Nothing pisses me off more than when people wave the bus on when I am standing there and that’s MY bus.
“Nothing pisses me off more than when people wave the bus on when I am standing there and that’s MY bus.” – I’m with you on that one, Naveed. That’s just plain ignorant.
but, if they moved, even a little, that would require a thing called a brain, or how about common sense. both would be an asset to the rest of us, waiting to board.
Just a shake of the head or a wave of the hand is all that is needed. If I have to let someone off, and I can, I will pull past you so you know I “got it”.
OP, you must have forgotten that bus-minions have no brains and thus why they just stand there motionless. They can’t do two things at once and they are trying to figure out whether to blink or breathe next.
People don’t use the word dolt enough. Thank you!
I personally enjoy numpty, thunderfuck or fucktard but I agree dolt is not used nearly enough
douche and/or douchebag is also enjoying a big resurgence in popularity.
“Congenital cretin” – one of my faves >: )
i like pillock or wanker. ie: piss orf ya wanker
Hey Painey, howze the back. Looks like the larger of the 2 eaglets is starting to come out in feathers, but the little one still has the “turkey wings” ♥
ice ice baby^^not too bad thanks. there is a big difference in the size of the two wee babes
ohh good one paingirl. I love brit slang….”Oi! Yer ‘avin’ a loff. Sod off ya bloody git.”
too much python and corrie st but i don’t cur^^