Uncivil Bus Stop Behaviour
So, the older I get, the less tolerance I have, and the more I want to complain about certain things. I really need to get this off my chest, it’s causing me distress every morning on the way to work. Today my complaint is about the people at my bus stop not queueing up in an orderly fashion. Actually they don’t queue at all, they just mingle around the bus stop, push in and jostle for position as the bus approaches. This $hitz me so much!!! We live in a civilised society - why the f**K won’t they line up? I hate it when I’ve been waiting for the bus for a while and then someone just rocks up and gets on the bus before me and then there’s no more room and I can’t get on the damn bus. I wish I had the balls to say to them “Excuse me there’s a queue, so get in line” but I’m too embarrassed to be the “crabby” woman at the bus stop. Anyway there really is no queue to join just a disorderly mob! It also annoys me when I don’t get a seat on the bus when people who push in to get on first get the seat. Doesn’t anyone else feel this way? Are they happy to have people push in front of them after they have been waiting for 10, 15 minutes or more? Arghhhh! Who can I complain to? Sydney Buses? My city Councillors?
Simon Rumble said,
August 2, 2007 @ 11:55 am
You’d really hate Paris!
You’ve just gotta tell people to back off. It’s the only way. Get assertive girl!
patrice said,
August 2, 2007 @ 2:45 pm
get angry I say, then hit them with your handbag
bec said,
August 7, 2007 @ 10:25 pm
Seems that our colony lost it’s heritage. We need to re-learn the British art of queuing.
P said,
August 11, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
British people have bad teeth.
Duke said,
August 12, 2007 @ 7:44 pm
Oh man! We have the same issues!!!
Drives Duke Crazy!!
mel said,
August 18, 2007 @ 12:42 am
just join the crap. enter the crowd from the side. it always works. years of crowding on the school bus in the eastern suburbs has taught me a lot…. um.. only the unsw bus stop has lines!
harby said,
November 2, 2007 @ 8:17 pm
this isnt timely but if you read this complain to sydney buses and ask if an inspector could turn up
might help with overcrowding too
lex said,
November 8, 2007 @ 8:03 pm
well… you should live in the hills… we have queues!!! at the stop i get on at we even have a bus inspector every morning, making sure the queue isnt getting too long and that buses get away on time.
but because we have a line i get even MORE pissed off when people join the front of the queue, instead of the end, or when they just stand to the side not joining the queue (when you get on at a stop like mine and there are about 60 people in the queue at any time, this kind of behaviour is totally NOT on)
/end rant