So on the bus today....
visual: LA bus. me standing at the front in the way as all the people board, phone ringing - I silence it even though I really want to answer.
What are the rules of the Los Angeles bus system? Bus etiquette or code of conduct, if you will....
1) Can I eat on the bus?
2) Can I stand the entire ride, even if there is an open seat?
3) If I am standing at the bus stop, do I have to put my hand up every time? Wouldn't they know and not just drive past?
3a) They drove past me.
4) Can I talk on my cell phone? Is that rude? Should I put my phone on vibrate? Hell, I'm not in a business meeting or an interview here! And it is a 30 minute commute (traffic pending), I could really get some work done on here.
5) Can you talk to the bus driver? Even while he is driving?
6) Is there a cool section on the bus? I still don't know the ways. Like in school when all the cool kids rode in the very back....no?
7) How often do they clean the bus seats? And, I mean the actual fabric. I think that should be on a poster somewhere, even if they are lying - put my mind, current clothing I am wearing, and bum at ease, please.
8) Are there bus police? I see METRO police cop cars - but I wonder, are they upholding the law for the bus drivers on the road? What about the law-abiding, 'going green' citizens actually ON THE BUS?
9) Why don't they post instructions? I still do not know how to transfer, or buy a day pass. Even though - when I actually do know all these things I will have transformed and morphed into the true bus-rider. Maybe I don't want those instructions - but for tourists?
10) Do people ever tip the bus driver? We do for taxi and limo drivers....
11) All I am asking for is some hand sanitizer please? At the bus stop or on the bus...anything!
12) There is some metro entertainment now with a flat screen in the front corner of the bus, can we change the channel? Give me a show I can enjoy. Virgin Airlines should do a public transportation system....
commuter: "hey, you takin' the PARTY BUS to work this week?"
other commuter: "Is there any other way! I'll sit by you, in the back right?"
OKAY! Now people would GO GREEN for that!
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I read the article this morning...and I agree...we sometimes become so caught up in ourselves we forget that another world is out there.
ReplyDeleteI started public transportation several years ago as my way of saying...screw the oil companies....
It has been a great experience as an artist and a people watcher I have had the time of my life...I've gotten back into reading, and have a wonderful private time to read as i choose or be social and make friends...depending on my mood....most of the time though I'm pretty private...I cherish those times early in the morning.