Time: 830pm
Date:8/9
As the bus approaches the bus stop, I tried to flag it down as usual. The bus slowly pulls to a stop and I can see the passengers who wanted to alight standing near to the exit. Usually the doors spring open almost instantaneously BUT this time, after perhaps like 20s, the doors still remain shut. I thought it was another case of a super unreasonable bus driver who refuses to let me up because I didn't flag early/obviously enough (Tonnes of such cases!). However, this time I was pretty sure I am not the one at fault and therefore knocked gently yet adamantly on the door for him to take notice of me.
The stoopid uncle NEVER looked at me no matter how persistent my knocks were! Okay, I know it is not a beauty standing there but for goodness sake! You are the driver at work now! Can you please show some basic courtesy to me!! After perhaps another 20s of wait, the source of all these stupidity revealed. It seems that one of the passengers who was about to alight did not pay for the bus fare and hence the stoopid bus driver didn't want to open both the doors. And when I did finally manage to alight the bus, not a single apology or a smile or a look from the uncle. Hello Uncle!! It is not as if the whole world owe you money ok?!
What turns out to be the most ultimate is that after I had alighted, there was an elderly uncle who wanted to get onto the bus. As the bus pulled over at some distance away from bus stop, he had to spend some time walking to the bus. All these while, his hands were outstretched, making a clear indication to the stoopid uncle to wait for him. The next moment I turned back my head to check it out, I knew that my intuition was right. The stoopid uncle had driven off. Leaving the elderly uncle in a shock.
Discouraging sight of our public service sector. Totally disgusted.
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