How many times have you heard your friends or yourself talking about the terrible bus ride you had earlier on? Plenty isn’t it? Evidently, the driver and the passengers affect your bus ride. No arguments please.
So let us take a look at the different kind of drivers first.
The slow coach – the driver’s motto in life would most probably be “slow and steady wins the race”. He tries his best to stop at almost every traffic light, slowing down when approaching the traffic lights in hope that it’ll turn red. When approaching the bus stop, the speed slows down in a smooth momentum, letting you feel like you are traveling on a Mercs Benz. Yes no doubt he is doing a great job as a responsible driver, ensuring your safety. However, you really hate this driver especially when you are rushing against time. But what can you do? Nothing much except to curse under your breathe.
The reckless driver – he is the kind of man you have mixed feelings about. You love him and hate him at the same time. This driver is in more hurry than anyone else in the entire universe, never stopping his vehicle for more than a minute. When the traffic light turns yellow, he steps on his accelerator hard and try to make it through. When he knows he will fail to do so he shoves his left foot on the brake, making the bus come to an entire halt with passengers swaying back and fro. Sometimes you feel like you are on a roller coaster out of control. You love him because he will never fail to let you reach your destination on time and, usually he lets you reach earlier. But you hate him because he is putting your safety at risk and the jerky bus ride he provides you.
Well, lets just say tat you just can’t have the best of both worlds.
Here is a more interesting part, the different kind of passengers.
Wailing babies – these passengers puts me off totally. Trust me, whether you like babies or not, you will really get pissed if the baby keeps wailing at the top of their voice. Being a not-baby-kind-of-person, it is only natural of me to want to walk over and stuff the baby with an apple to shut him/her up. But I cannot possibly do that. All I can do is to glare at the parent in hope that he/she will be ashamed and shut their baby up.
Smokers – the most hated public figure. These people are your usual uncle or ah bengs who seems to have unlimited resource to spend on worthless cigarettes. Once there was this man who boarded the bus. He walked pass me and boy o’ boy.. he smelt smoked. I cannot help but to think that he ate a whole packet of burning cigarettes.
Boys – they are the incorrigible bunch. They never fail to play their hand held gadget while on the ride to their desired destination. Not forgetting the fact that they shake violent when playing and shouting “YES!!” or “Arr!! NO!” every now and then. But these boys can be quite entertaining when they start swinging their arms in excitement hitting their weary looking mother, giving them a shock.
Shrieking children – these kids are a hell bunch of terror, they yell as if they are pulling each others hair off. These children start off by giggling on stop in their seats. Not long after (usually less than 5 minutes) you will find the entire bus filled with screams. Most of the time you wish you could have the courage to walk over and give them a tight slap to shut them up. But face it. You can’t. You are afraid of the consequences. So the next time you board a bus, have your ear plug on.
Sleeping monsters – they are the easiest person to spot. Special characteristics: nodding heads, snoring, dripping salvia. It can be quite irritating if you happen to sit beside on of these monsters. Nothing much to say about them unless they happen to sleep walk!
To put it across simply, bus rides now days are just horrible.
