Back on the bus...

When I looked at my old blog (not my first blog, but my second blog, which is older than this blog, hence my old blog) I tended to write a lot about muppets on public transport. I’ve been pretty good at refraining from that recently; I guess refrain may be a product of age and wisdom. Or because I didn’t have much to whinge about.

BUT NEVER FEAR, I have two public transport issues to discuss! And one comment that’s a bit more feel good

1. Sitting on the aisle with a space next to you – This is a huge issue. If you can’t sit next to someone on public transport, you shouldn’t be allowed to be in public. Full stop. If you have a mobility issue, sit in the designated seat, if not move over. I find this monumentally annoying. One guy I regularly see on the bus is a bit of a ‘champion’ of what I refer to as the ‘Aisle DISGRACE’, so much so that he pushed in front of people to get onto the bus the other day then did an Aisle DISGRACE at the front of the bus, I wanted to punch him in the head. He might have killed me (he was a skin head of sorts, probably angling for a fight), so I didn’t, but boy did I think of it. Thought of it good.

2. Holding on – I often think this is a bit of natural selection, but I’m often amazed that people hold on poorly when on the bus. What do I mean by this? Well it’s quite simple – they hold on with the hand closest to the front of the bus. Why is this silly? Well it’s obvious – the most dramatic force, save for a side collision, is going to be braking (suddenly or otherwise), which will throw weight towards the front of the bus. If you hold on with the hand towards the back of the bus, your arm is stronger. It’s simple – most people do it, but last night on the bus home four or so people nearly went through the front window because of sudden breaking because of what I call ‘Holding on DISGRACE’. Their front hand was DISGRACEFULLY inept at trying to keep them secure, what a disgrace. Obviously if there is only frontal handles available this is another story, but I think that’s rare. DISGRACE. I’ve include quite the image to further demonstrate this.



3. The Newtown bus I was on had a lot of pretty girls on it. More than your regular Parramatta Road Service. DISGRACEFULLY attractive you could almost say, some pretty people. I will test this again tonight, I guess also in an attempt to see more pretty people on the bus again. Nice way to end this post don’t you think, sad sad HAPPY. Graceful.

I’m sure that now I’ve cracked the ‘transport gripe’ fountain open again, it might turn into quite the reoccurring theme! Watch out NSW Transport, watch out!