We've all rode the 80 from the Union to the top of Bascom Hill. Don't lie. You've done it. You've heard that girl talk on her phone to her friend about how she just totally ran 3 miles...but then proceeds to exit the bus after a single stop.
For my non-place, I did just this- but further than the top of the Hill. People simply enter and exit this bus, rarely making eye contact with anyone around them or saying anything. If you sit next to someone when there are empty seats elsewhere, you must be new. Even in the front of the bus where there are three seats, people almost always have an empty seat between them (and lets be serious, that empty seat looks like no one, even Nicole Richie in her anorexic stages, could fit there!)
So, we ride along and people enter and exit the bus. Rarely are courtesies extended to people who were at the bus stop first (No CUTTING!) or elderly people, or even people on crutches. It's a first come first serve basis favoring those that can be stealth and move in between the rushing hoards and sneak in the back door without the bus driver knowing (they WILL kick you off for that if it's not been a good day).
Finally, as people exit the bus, there are a few bus drivers that will wish their passengers a good day. Do you answer? Most people don't; whether they have an Ipod blasting directly into the ear canal, or they are just plain rude, people often don't acknowledge this address. But don't lose faith yet. There are a few polite souls who still thank the bus driver when de-boarding.
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i had gotten to the bus stop well before the 15 other people that were waiting as well, but of course i was the lone person who did not get to go on that bus due to so many people on the bus already. you mentioned that there are no courtesies, and that is so true. i hate it when people do that!!!
What I found interesting about the bus is that when they started having the 85 it took people almost a whole semester to realize that it went up the hill and over. I would be sitting in the 85, half empty, driving past students waiting for the 80. I really do think its crazy that people take the bus just to go up the hill, but we all do it.
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