There is a rising concern over the city bus drivers and the bus conductors. Riding in the AC bus can turn out to be quiet a nightmare these days. Gone are the days when the AC bus was a boon to the commuters. Riding in the city bus especially the AC bus requires a great deal of bravery.
Why bravery?
Coz it requires you to battle a whole lot of things starting from the crazy crowd in the bus , to saving yourself from getting crushed, to avoiding attacks in the form of stampede, or getting hit randomly, you dunno when an elbow will land in a perfect blow on your face.( none of this is an exaggeration). This is the real plight of the city buses these days, and this does not end here. Now comes the real test for your patience- to what extent can you control your temper when the bus driver and the bus conductor start their verbal onslaught .
You have to sit through the entire ride listening to the conductor rambling about how none of the passengers co-operate in accommodating more passengers in the bus. Little do i understand on how we are supposed to move and create space for " more passengers" when the bus is loaded to twice its permitted capacity. And in such a crowded mayhem there is a high percentage for you to miss your stop , by the time you gather yourself from one end of the bus, manage to navigate through this chaos and reach the exit, your stop might have been long gone! And if you happen to be one of those poor souls to miss the stop that day,
1. you have to walk back or find some other means to reach your destination
2. Face the foulest of foul verbal aggression from the bus conductor.
After all this drama, by the time you reach your destination you feel like you have just ploughed, sowed, watered and harvested a 500 acre land at one go. That is the level of mental and physical exhaustion you land in.
We don't want GPS fitted , blah technology enabled buses, or cherries on top "good morning " from the bus driver or the bus conductor , our needs have always been simple and small- comfortable means of transportation with importance to safety of the passengers .
Not all AC bus drivers and conductors are bad, but sadly most are.There are people who do more than what is required by them, but it is a rarity these days.
Here is to all those people who seem to have lost all their courtesy- " please respect the job you are doing. We have a give and take relationship here where we need transportation and you need passengers to keep the registers ticking. Let us do this in harmony.Let us not make a simple bus ride look like a mission to mars.
Why bravery?
Coz it requires you to battle a whole lot of things starting from the crazy crowd in the bus , to saving yourself from getting crushed, to avoiding attacks in the form of stampede, or getting hit randomly, you dunno when an elbow will land in a perfect blow on your face.( none of this is an exaggeration). This is the real plight of the city buses these days, and this does not end here. Now comes the real test for your patience- to what extent can you control your temper when the bus driver and the bus conductor start their verbal onslaught .
You have to sit through the entire ride listening to the conductor rambling about how none of the passengers co-operate in accommodating more passengers in the bus. Little do i understand on how we are supposed to move and create space for " more passengers" when the bus is loaded to twice its permitted capacity. And in such a crowded mayhem there is a high percentage for you to miss your stop , by the time you gather yourself from one end of the bus, manage to navigate through this chaos and reach the exit, your stop might have been long gone! And if you happen to be one of those poor souls to miss the stop that day,
1. you have to walk back or find some other means to reach your destination
2. Face the foulest of foul verbal aggression from the bus conductor.
After all this drama, by the time you reach your destination you feel like you have just ploughed, sowed, watered and harvested a 500 acre land at one go. That is the level of mental and physical exhaustion you land in.
We don't want GPS fitted , blah technology enabled buses, or cherries on top "good morning " from the bus driver or the bus conductor , our needs have always been simple and small- comfortable means of transportation with importance to safety of the passengers .
Not all AC bus drivers and conductors are bad, but sadly most are.There are people who do more than what is required by them, but it is a rarity these days.
Here is to all those people who seem to have lost all their courtesy- " please respect the job you are doing. We have a give and take relationship here where we need transportation and you need passengers to keep the registers ticking. Let us do this in harmony.Let us not make a simple bus ride look like a mission to mars.
Love
Sanz
Sanz
