Today, I waited nearly one hour after church for the #22 bus to arrive. (It's supposed to arrive every 20 minutes.) And when it finally came, it was absolutely packed... claustrophobic-like standing-room only. While riding the bus, several things came to mind.(1) If you're a youngish person who is sitting, you should give up your seat for elderly people.
(2) If there are two seats (side-by-side) available, you should sit closer to the window so that someone else can sit next to you. If you just sit in the aisle seat, you don't allow another person to sit in a perfectly empty seat.
(3) If there are available seats next to you while others are standing, you should either take a seat or make room for others to take those seats... too many standing people makes the bus feel even more crowded.
(4) There's a small plastic and metal box near the bus door that says something like, "In case of an emergency, break box and pull handle to open door." How do you break the box? It doesn't seem obvious.
I guess those were just totally random thoughts, but that is what happens when the bus is so packed that you can't even read or pull out your iPod.
3 comments:
Hey, I noticed that you've been bloggin more than usual these past couple of days... sooooo, I think it's time for you to come back to Cali so we can talk over breakfast at Julienne's!
Love ya!
Tammy
I miss realllllyyyy good transportation. I'm not sure how transportation is like in Vancouver, but I totally understand how you feel. In Hong Kong, a lot of times, similar situations happens as well.
You know what you should do?
1. Get a phone that can play music. With the box, you get a nice headphones with it so you can keep the phone in your purse and music on with a switch of a button.
2. Find a set of headphones that compatible with the ipod so that you have switch on the music on the headset. So that you can keep your ipod in your purse or bag.
3. Take out the ipod out before you get on the bus. =P
-Cecilia-
I just returned from Hong Kong a few days ago. Again I am impressed by the public transportation system. I walked down to the subway train platform and the train had just left. I looked up, the sign displayed the next train would arrive in 2 minutes. The downside is there are crowds everywhere especially in Mongkok, where I stayed.
Alice
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