No More Bus Rides for Me
I promised myself that I will never ride any public transport bus. Today, I've had enough! Just to make it clear, di ako maarte. I'm a perennial commuter. I'm a fan of public transport since college.
Isa kong miyembro ng HonDa (as in on the dot umuwi). I was never the one to stay behind at the office. Even when I was still in St. Paul, I made sure I get out as soon as log-out time comes. I just wanna get home fast after a hard days work.
The MRT starts to operate at 5:30am. My work ends at 4:45am. So the past few weeks I've been taking the bus on my way home thinking that I can't waste my time waiting for the MRT station to open. But the bus wait and the bus ride seem to be getting worse each day. Sometimes I have to wait for the bus for about 20 minutes. It'd be okay if the bus would leave right away and drive fast. But no, buses seem to have this policy that they won't leave a bus stop unless it is at least half-full or worse, it's jammed with passengers. Every bus stop is an opportunity to pick-up passengers. I do understand the need to pick-up passengers, it's how they make a living. But man, wala namang pumapara eh! Kailangan talaga gugulin yung oras dun?! Worse points are Guadalupe, Crossing, Ortigas Ilalim, Cubao Ibabaw and Nepa Q-Mart. Imagine! If they stay like 10 minutes in these stop points, that's like 50 minutes of my life wasted! Plus other stops when passengers get off from it.
This morning was really the worst. The bus stopped in front of my office at 5:10am. It started moving at 5:20am. Then it stopped in front of Glorietta to encourage a group of construction workers to get on. It took a few minutes to convince the workers (I think they were more than 20) to come inside the bus. I was thinking "yey puno na, di na to titigil para magpasakay pa ng pasahero". It went past Guadalupe. But no, the construction workers got off at Crossing which left the bus almost empty! Oh no! By the time we reached Cubao, I could see that the sun was about to rise. Whew! I was getting impatient and it was showing on my face. As I've said, I'm one person with low EQ. But it wasn't only me who was getting irritated. I heard one passenger say, "Anong petsa na?!". Another said, "Umuwi na lang kaya ako kase mukhang gagabihin ako sa daan". Di ba naman!? To make matters worse, when I was about to get off the the bus, sabi nung conductor, "sa susunod kung nagmamadali ka, mag-taxi ka". Hmph the nerve! I just had to give him the finger. I know that's bad. Sorry na! I was really pissed. Record-breaking, I got home at 7am. I just had to check my butt if they had fused together.
I will never, ever ride the bus again. Enough of the bad smelling curtains, bad tv signals, cheap radio stations, endless Queen concert videos with Freddie Mercury jumping up and down on stage in skimpy shorts or Axl Rose of Guns N Roses in white cycling shorts, pirated movies, time-wasting bus stops and arrogant drivers and conductors. Ride the bus again? Kill me now!
Isa kong miyembro ng HonDa (as in on the dot umuwi). I was never the one to stay behind at the office. Even when I was still in St. Paul, I made sure I get out as soon as log-out time comes. I just wanna get home fast after a hard days work.
The MRT starts to operate at 5:30am. My work ends at 4:45am. So the past few weeks I've been taking the bus on my way home thinking that I can't waste my time waiting for the MRT station to open. But the bus wait and the bus ride seem to be getting worse each day. Sometimes I have to wait for the bus for about 20 minutes. It'd be okay if the bus would leave right away and drive fast. But no, buses seem to have this policy that they won't leave a bus stop unless it is at least half-full or worse, it's jammed with passengers. Every bus stop is an opportunity to pick-up passengers. I do understand the need to pick-up passengers, it's how they make a living. But man, wala namang pumapara eh! Kailangan talaga gugulin yung oras dun?! Worse points are Guadalupe, Crossing, Ortigas Ilalim, Cubao Ibabaw and Nepa Q-Mart. Imagine! If they stay like 10 minutes in these stop points, that's like 50 minutes of my life wasted! Plus other stops when passengers get off from it.
This morning was really the worst. The bus stopped in front of my office at 5:10am. It started moving at 5:20am. Then it stopped in front of Glorietta to encourage a group of construction workers to get on. It took a few minutes to convince the workers (I think they were more than 20) to come inside the bus. I was thinking "yey puno na, di na to titigil para magpasakay pa ng pasahero". It went past Guadalupe. But no, the construction workers got off at Crossing which left the bus almost empty! Oh no! By the time we reached Cubao, I could see that the sun was about to rise. Whew! I was getting impatient and it was showing on my face. As I've said, I'm one person with low EQ. But it wasn't only me who was getting irritated. I heard one passenger say, "Anong petsa na?!". Another said, "Umuwi na lang kaya ako kase mukhang gagabihin ako sa daan". Di ba naman!? To make matters worse, when I was about to get off the the bus, sabi nung conductor, "sa susunod kung nagmamadali ka, mag-taxi ka". Hmph the nerve! I just had to give him the finger. I know that's bad. Sorry na! I was really pissed. Record-breaking, I got home at 7am. I just had to check my butt if they had fused together.
I will never, ever ride the bus again. Enough of the bad smelling curtains, bad tv signals, cheap radio stations, endless Queen concert videos with Freddie Mercury jumping up and down on stage in skimpy shorts or Axl Rose of Guns N Roses in white cycling shorts, pirated movies, time-wasting bus stops and arrogant drivers and conductors. Ride the bus again? Kill me now!
posted by rhaych @ 7:51 AM
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