So, a very talented friend of mine is having an exhibition of her art at a small town close to where I live. Its a 30 minute drive, but 2 hours on public transport, with 2 buses, one train, and a long walk under the summer sun on the way. Whatever, I'll sleep/read on the way, right?
so I show up at the bus station 10 minutes before the bus takes off, the bus arrives, and the driver gets off and turns off the bus. I think he's just going to the bathroom, to take a break, smoke a cigarette, whatever. Nope. He never returns.
I've now been standing at the bus station for an hour after the scheduled departure time, staring at the switched off bus, and fuming about how I have just lost 20 bucks because I missed all the other buses and trai (i had to buy the tickets beforehand), how now I can't get to the exhibition without being late for work, how I will have let down my friend by not showing up and supporting her, and how this wouldn't have happened if I just had a fucking car and wasn't a depressed mess who can't find energy to do anything until the very last moment, letting down everyone around me.
I don't normally get angry, but this whole thing has made me very upset.
That driver was probably "dead on the law" but it's fucked they didn't at least say something to you
I don't hold it against the driver, they finished their shift or had a scheduled break, but the point is that the bus should've left the station at the scheduled time, regardless of who's driving it. But nope, just a parked bus and no answers.
And a properly funded and staffed transit system would have more drivers available than needed so they’d have a driver to take over that route in this situation
What does that term mean?
Ah it's what we used to call it on the railroad to mean when you've gone over your FRA time limit for drivers, and can no longer drive for work.
Sorry bout that