Ok, let’s get down it. First off, anybody who says they enjoy riding on public transportation are LIARS!!!

People I must warn you, don’t get on a bus if you don’t have a set of headphones to escape to. Nothing is worse than listening to somebody’s nonsense (and may I say keep that embarrassing info to private area conversations) of how you’re going on a date with this guy you met on facebook…are you serious? Why would anybody want to let strangers know that they like to date other strangers? Oh wait, I think I may have just answered my own question with that very question.

As the days, weeks, months, hours, and seasons pass by, I continually have to ask myself: “Saphira, why the haven’t you gotten your driver’s license yet?”
It’s the convenience of my downtown living… I can walk everywhere. But there are those weekly, yes weekly, commutes to here and there where I need to hop on the OC Transpo.

It’s bad enough to have to shell out 3 bucks to sit in an already defiled from the last persons bum soil seat, crying babies, preteens who think it’s cool to yell out profanity to make them feel like superstars. BODY ODOR that’s unimaginable, and riders that think its ok flatulate silently. Just because we can’t hear it, doesn’t mean we can’t smell it… Do not forget the cheesy couples who think its “romantic” to canoodle on the bus!

On top of that you have the groggy bus drivers who grunt at you when you say hello. They don’t help senior citizens on and off the bus, either try to kill you while on route or speed off without you. All the while looking directly at you in your eyes with a little glimmer of evil; “Yes! another sucker misses their bus ride!” Do you know how many jobs I’ve almost lost because of evil bus drivers?

One thing I must point out though, in between the not so nice drivers I must make a note that these days OC Transpo drivers are getting younger and hotter! And hey, that’s ok with me, it’s the only upside to paying 3 dollars to ride. Then it gets me to thinking, if that was one of the reasons why I ride, does that make me a “John” in the world of bus-riding????

Whatever it is, I’ve made the decision to really get on this driver’s license band wagon. I’m eons past having it; and eons beyond eons over public transportation.

Truthfully Yours,
Saphira Daenyx

Do you agree with Saphira???

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