It’s the least cool
method of travelling yet millions use it every day. If you don’t then these are
some of the things you’re missing out on…
# Bus stops are located in places where anyone waiting will
have to put up with maximum rain, wind or Sun.
Tellingly they stopped calling them bus `shelters` some years ago.
# Bus timetables are merely there to reassure passengers.
They bear no relation to the actual time a bus might show up. When they do show
up they are in pairs meaning double the wait for the next one.
# A bus will go past the stop if you don’t make some
attempt to flag it down. It will also go past if there is another bus there
even if it’s a different route. There is no point whatsoever trying to run
after a bus to get it to stop though people do try and sometimes flap so much they might take off and therefore end up overtaking the bus!
# Each generation of people is slightly taller. Each new
set of buses has smaller seats. Should both these trends continue there will
eventually be a pivotal moment when some people are too tall to fit onto the
bus at all.
