I jumped my fare for the first time on Friday night. I had waited 30 minutes for one of three buses that were supposed to come every 10 under a poster that claimed that waiting times for buses are NOW SHORTER (than what, the time between now and the conversion of the Jews?), I was instantly shoved into the armpit of someone I would usually cross the road to avoid and remained that way for the entire journey. I only heard the oyster beep once during the entire 25 stop journey.
Also, how does the driver know when the bus is too full? How does he know if everyone who needed to get off managed to extricate themselves from whatever smelly oik they had been tangled up with? The answers appear to be a) when the suspension cracks and b) he doesn't, if you don't manage to claw your way out in 15 seconds, you have to go to the next stop
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Date: 2006-02-21 12:08 pm (UTC)Also, how does the driver know when the bus is too full? How does he know if everyone who needed to get off managed to extricate themselves from whatever smelly oik they had been tangled up with? The answers appear to be a) when the suspension cracks and b) he doesn't, if you don't manage to claw your way out in 15 seconds, you have to go to the next stop