Talk about a nightmare scenario. Today, I decided to take the city bus and leave the car at home. Doin' my bit to help the ozone and all..or maybe just save money on gas, it's all the same.
Anyways, back to the bus. I get on and it was already almost completely full, and running about ten minutes behind. The driver was trying to cut corners to make sure all the riders made their transfer points downtown, when up ahead, looming in the distance what do we see? About 35 10 yr old children and their teenage communtiy center wranglers waiting at the next stop. The driver slows and tells the teen in charge there isn't enough room, but by that time about a quarter of the kids have already crammed passed him and found seats. The kid looks around nervously, and says, "I think we can all fit". The driver sighs and motions the rest of the little ones on, where they proceed to scream, run and shove into every nook and cranny they find, even if they have to shove and create those crannies themselves.
The bus is a cacophony of screaming, laughing children and groaning, bitching, late adult riders, some of whom are trying to get to work. So the driver floors it, and calls ahead on his radio to tell the other buses to stay at the stand a few minutes more, he's on his way. We pull up and what do you know? They're all still there. The riders let out a collective sigh and even crack a few jokes with the kids.
Then, of course came the travesty of unloading all of those children. They literally took so long getting off the bus, that by the time the last little body dismounted, three of the seven buses had left!
As I was going downtown it didn't affect me
I do feel for the others though. Let this be a lesson, never pull over to tell a herd of children you don't have room for them.
Hoosier~
well girl the rains are down as it is this time of the year and we are in the start of hurricane and flash floods but all in all we are making it. Wishing you an wonderful week without the herds teehee