Don’t you just hate commuting?
For someone whose dad (or whose dad would always ask someone else to if he couldn’t) would always drive her to school, to the grocery store, to a friend’s house, or even to work, bus and jeepney rides are no fun. It’s not like I’m not used to going back and forth somewhere through public transportation, it’s just that it has been a long time since I had a 30-minute to an hour bus ride all by myself.
In less than two months time, it’ll be my fourth year in college, in LB, and I have commuted for not more than ten times only. And when I am there, I only live through almost four 5-minute jeepney rides a day. So you see, I am just kind of disoriented (or re-disoriented if there is such).
Lately, after work (as an intern), I have been commuting to our house, since my time of dismissal does not tie in with my dad's and my mom’s driver’s schedules. Just this afternoon, I hinted at a bus and it stopped 20 steps away from me. In my wanting to go home as early as possible, I walked the 20 steps and tramped up the bus. To my disappointment, all seats were occupied and a few more people were already standing. Again, I had no choice but to endure the muscle pain. But, that ride almost killed me. So I was almost enjoying the rumbling of the bus engines when another bus sped up and the two buses veered at each other. The passengers (and I, who was gripping really tight to the wing of the chair beside) were all in panic within a minute of the buses almost slamming into each other. The other bus took the lead and the drivers stopped acting like freaking madmen, at last. And so the stir among the passengers broke off. I thought I could already cool down until I saw a man checking out my behind. What the fuck was that?! Thank God, in a moment, I reached the terminal.
Yes, the terminal, which means I had to have another ride, a jeepney ride this time. So I thought the Bad Day part was over. I thought I would never have another encounter with ill-mannered people. But I proved myself wrong when the only passenger I was with handed me her fare, and I was sitting at the edge of the jeep, just right in front her!
These experiences I had are just few of the life-threatening and horrible experiences normal passengers witness every waking day of their lives. Every day, there are commuters who hurt themselves while they walk off the bus and the bus doesn’t even slow down; commuters who end up in the ER because of a drunk driver; commuters who are traumatized by the insults of drug addicts; commuters who <insert own experiences here>; and so on and so forth.
So, who hates commuting? I know, I do! The most reckless and the rudest people I have met in my life are the people I met in bus and jeepey rides.
2 comments:
sigh... i dislike commuting too! one time my sis and i rode on a jeepney to Marikina, and the driver was speeding off like crazy. suddenly there was a loud bang and we were suddenly jolted from our seats (some of the passengers were thrown to the seat beside the driver - our jeepney hit a big truck... grrrr... and the girl in front got hurt. i was shaking after that incident.
btw, i answered your inquiry about your SmartBro probs.... it's best to see their nearest branch though.
hahaha! i am not a fan of commuting as well but what else should i do? i have no choice. i have my own experiences as well, may funny, may nakakainis din but then sa almost 4 years akong nagcocommute and dahil may community thing rin kami e i've learned to be streetsmart somehow. and i have to agree, halos lahat ng rude people e nakakasabay mo sa mga commuters. hindi lang rude, may maniac, may mga get-a-room na tao, may lasing pero kahit papano may friendly pa naman pero BIHIRA. haha.
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