I just took the city bus to work today - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

MikeWaters · 01-19-2006, 05:53 PM

quick observations. most were shabbily dressed indicating they were poor (I know you are shocked). Mostly black. Very crowded. An abundance of odors.

Why did I take the bus? Only one vehicle and I have a free transit pass. We'll see how long this experiment lasts.

cougjunkie · 01-19-2006, 06:55 PM

I used to ride the bus in Provo, and the one i got on happened to have about 20 handicapped people riding it. Everytime i got on there one of them would sit by me and start going nuts.

So me and my friend started riding together and sanctioning fights between them, the kid with the helmet always won. he would headbutt the other guys.

Gotta love Public transportation. One time i didnt tip a cab driver in Vegas and he told me he was going to kill me and that i was a dirty piece of $hit and a lot of other things, so i pulled out a few dollars, apologized and then said "you know what nevermind, go back to afghanistan you sand (insert grapevines favorite word here)" He jumped out of the cab and i hurried in to the airport out of fear of a carbomb or something.

tooblue · 01-19-2006, 07:47 PM

I take the bus to work every day ... When I worked in Toronto (downtown) I took the comuter train in and then often caught the subway or a street car.

Americans are pansies! Public transit here is similar to public transit in Eurrope ... it's generally clean and everyone uses it!

creekster · 01-19-2006, 08:26 PM

Quote:

Americans are pansies! Public transit here is similar to public transit in Eurrope ... it's generally clean and everyone uses it!
_________________

THey key is "everyone uses it." Here only the people that have to use it. As soon as they can find some other mode (except a bike, typically) they will take it. In EUrope and parts of Canada and elsewhere in thwe world, it is frequently the preferred method by choice. This increase the odds that the person next to you will have all his teeth making the whole experience more likely to be acceptable.

il Padrino Ute · 01-20-2006, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tooblue

Public transit here is similar to public transit in Eurrope ... it's generally clean and everyone uses it!

I hope the day comes that everyone in the US will use public transportation. It would be nice to have less traffic on the road when I'm driving my vehicle.

01-19-2006, 05:53 PM	#1
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,368	I just took the city bus to work today quick observations. most were shabbily dressed indicating they were poor (I know you are shocked). Mostly black. Very crowded. An abundance of odors. Why did I take the bus? Only one vehicle and I have a free transit pass. We'll see how long this experiment lasts.

01-19-2006, 06:55 PM	#2
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	I used to ride the bus in Provo, and the one i got on happened to have about 20 handicapped people riding it. Everytime i got on there one of them would sit by me and start going nuts. So me and my friend started riding together and sanctioning fights between them, the kid with the helmet always won. he would headbutt the other guys. Gotta love Public transportation. One time i didnt tip a cab driver in Vegas and he told me he was going to kill me and that i was a dirty piece of $hit and a lot of other things, so i pulled out a few dollars, apologized and then said "you know what nevermind, go back to afghanistan you sand (insert grapevines favorite word here)" He jumped out of the cab and i hurried in to the airport out of fear of a carbomb or something. __________________ LINCECUM!

01-19-2006, 07:47 PM	#3
tooblue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,016	I take the bus to work every day ... When I worked in Toronto (downtown) I took the comuter train in and then often caught the subway or a street car. Americans are pansies! Public transit here is similar to public transit in Eurrope ... it's generally clean and everyone uses it!