A reader submission...
So as the school year began, it seemed as the drivers got shifted around. The 8 bus that I usually take was now being driven by a raging speed demon bitch. Let's look at some of her highlights:
- The very first day she drove the bus I took, a poor old man came on the bus and said to her, "This is the 8 correct?" To which she snapped, "WHAT DOES IT SAY ON THE FRONT OF THE BUS? DID YOU NOT READ WHAT IT SAID?" or something to that effect. For the win, the guy walked to a seat and said, "Wow, what a cunt."
- Another day we were behind a school bus that had quite a few kids on. Every time we caught a red light, the driver would proceed to honk and moan because the bus refused to run yellow lights. Sorry, the other person cares about the well being of their passengers who happen to be little kids.
- Our most recent story involves us getting off at FTC and crossing the little median to go to the stop (which is only a few feet away). We both saw the 8 pull out and come up to it's stop. No sooner did it pull up, leaving a few people on, it shut the doors and zoomed off. I don't even recall now if the bus bothered stopping. Any other day, it's like a 2 day wait before we're on our merry way.
Of course you contact SEPTA about the rude service and their response? "Next time, get the person's name and number on the side of the bus." Oh I'm sorry. What part of "the.bus.drove.off" didn't you hear? You would think the time the bus drove up would be good enough. Apparently that's just too much for Septa to keep track of...plus, we all know SEPTA runs on SEPTA time: We come whenever we damn well please, screw what the schedule says.
Luckily, we've been driven by a nice young man as of late.
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