Disgusting and dangerous: a harrowing bus ride for me yesterday!

[mugs]

Originally posted by: I4AT

Originally posted by: OdiN
Well he didn't hit anything did he?

What's the problem?

lol, oh ATOT

Seriously, it blows me away sometimes. He didn't hit anything THIS time.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: pontifex
so why ride a bike if you're just going to take the bus?

Take the bike to the bus, just like taking the train to the plane.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: pcslookout

This is why you have a foldable bike or if you hate all foldable bikes you can get any bike to go down in size you can carry it with you anywhere you go.

:laugh:

For the first time I find myself considering the possibility that pcslookout isn't a complete idiot, and is in fact a sophisticated and somewhat inscrutable troll.

:heart:

 

[jaqie]

I dunno, he had a good point here, and if I had more money I may have gotten one of those.

 

[syee]

If you really want to get the guy off the road, I'm sure they could determine the driver if you gave them the route numer of the bus, as well as what time you took the bus. I'm sure they would be able to narrow down the drivers on that route and find out who was driving at that time.

 

[jaqie]

I thought about that, but the problem is I don't remember the time I took it x.x

 

[Bryophyte]

This is where cameras/camera phones come in handy. A video clip of that behavior would be pretty damning when handed over to his bosses, and would make a few people laugh on youtube.

 

[jaqie]

I have a kodak easyshare DX6340 (yes, a digicam from 2003) that I usually keep in my purse, but the batteries were almost dead. It can record (really shoddy) quicktime video, and I have a 512MB SD stick in it for capturing stuff... I have been waiting to have some extra cash to buy some new batts for it, it requires really good batteries to be of use for any length at all, so I usually buy lithium AAs for it (like came with it new) and it wont even power up on cheap AAs.

If the batts weren't almost dead I would have used it then.

 

[Bryophyte]

Originally posted by: jaqie
The batteries in my camera were almost dead or I would have used it then.

(edited out unnecessary details)

Isn't that the way it always works out? Whenever I need to use something, the batteries are dead.

 

[jaqie]

LOL no kidding.

 

[pyonir]

Maybe there was a bomb on the bus, and the terrorist told the driver that he must drive erratically and like a mad man or he would blow up the bus. You should be thanking the driver, he just saved your life.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I would have gotten off at the next stop, take the bus number down and then wait for the next bus. Report him when you got home.

 

[jaqie]

Hindsight is 20/20.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: jaqie
I dunno, he had a good point here, and if I had more money I may have gotten one of those.

I think jagec was referring to this part:

you can get any bike to go down in size you can carry it with you anywhere you go.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: jaqie
Hindsight is 20/20.

Need to learn to think on your feet and stop being a sheep.

 

[jaqie]

The last thing I am is a sheep. You obviously don't know me at all.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: jaqie
The last thing I am is a sheep. You obviously don't know me at all.

From reading your OP, you didn't do but be a sheep. Did you say anything to the bus driver? Did you get off the bus at the first chance you could get or allow the bus driver to continue to terrorize you with his behavior?

Though you don't have the bus number, have you contacted the bus service about the problem yet and given them as much information as you can? If they/you can't identify the exact driver, they may be able to send out a notice to everyone to act appropriately and drive responsibly.

 

[Schfifty Five]

So there is no way to look up the route you took online? At the very least you could call the bus station and let them know about this. Even simple information as where you were going and what the bus driver looked like will be better than nothing.

And you really don't remember what time you took the bus?

 

[jaqie]

I simply don't respond well to 'emergency' situations, never have. That is totally different then being a sheep, in my book. I have contacted them soon after one of the posts I made in this thread, you simply did not know that, and assumed yet again, quite a nasty habit you have there. It's easy to say "I would have" and such when you aren't in the situation, especially when you don't know all the facts.

 

[jaqie]

Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
And you really don't remember what time you took the bus?

Nope, not specifically.

Another detail I did not put in here is that I was feeling miserable at the time, trying not to puke because I had pushed myself too hard that day and it was a bit cold to not wear a jacket. I felt horrible in every way, but thought there was no reason to put this in this thread. That's also one of the reasons I did not post this thread until the next day.

 

[Gothgar]

awesome, I bet it was quite a wild ride

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: jaqie

Originally posted by: Schfifty Five
And you really don't remember what time you took the bus?

Nope, not specifically.

Another detail I did not put in here is that I was feeling miserable at the time, trying not to puke because I had pushed myself too hard that day and it was a bit cold to not wear a jacket. I felt horrible in every way, but thought there was no reason to put this in this thread. That's also one of the reasons I did not post this thread until the next day.

Well, even knowing if it was just in the morning/afternoon/evening would help.

 

[jaqie]

That's the problem. They had four busses on that route and there were two shifts. I know enough that it was somewhere across the two shifts, meaning eight people. The description of the guy I gave was enough that four of those were exact, and even then they blew off my complaints, didn't take me seriously at all.