First, I have concluded that Mondays are TV nights. (Heroes + Doctor Who) Fridays too, if I'm not half tired, my aunt and I watch RMR, 22mins and Air Farce.
So, on my way to the bus station today, (Hurdman) I saw like 7 or 8 buses on the Transitway headed to the station all stopped over on the bridge above the street here. So I wait for the light wondering "Hm. That's odd...why aren't a single of them moving?" (During rush hour, the buses zoom about, not stay parked on the Transitway) and by the time I got to the station, I noticed that not only was that bridge blocked, but all the "streets" where the buses come and go---all 4 directions. There were police and transit police directing the buses and passengers and such.
Actually, the entire side of the station where the buses go downtown-bound and beyond was sectioned off with yellow tape--including the shelters. Two buses were parked there and there were police and a bus towtruck. Buses had to let off passengers at odd spots and to get downtown, they used the side that would normally be for buses headed east or southbound as a 2-lane (one each way) "street" and officers trafic directed and stopped buses in the middle and ushered groups of commuters to the other side (fields, really). But uh, not too cool for those who had finals this morning. One girl I talked with said she made it in the nick of time despite having left super-early. Actually, the scary bit is that on the PA system, the lady at HQ put out a message saying for busdrivers at Hurdman to not let their passengers off in the middle of the transitway (Though apparently, one bus dropped off it's passengers because it was in an even longer line-up and everyone had to walk from Train(I suppose where you see Hurdman) to Hurdman) I think I heard her mention something about hazardous. She was being pretty serious. Dunno.
Really scary though. People suspect there was an explosion, a murder (quite frequent on this one bus route---118---as of recently), or something big-bad. So, hopefully something pops up on tonight's news about this because Hurdman is like the "Central Station" of the transitway. All the buses going east, south, north or coming from the west stop at Hurdman because it's their last stop or a stop-over. (Plus, there's alot of buses here) So if something's wrong here, it screws up the system a bit.
I have also concluded that Ottawa buses have some of the strangest most colourful passengers. Ever. Like the man, whom I've dubbed, "Canada-should-get-out-of-Afghanistan-b/c-there's-nothing-wrong-there" or rather "I'm drunk and I shall randomly talk to you and shout at you in a passive way" or "Can I have money please" guy from South Keys (he sounded like he owed some guy $$ though judging by the way he spoke on the phone) or "I may look disgusting, but can I use you as a pillow" guy or "I like to curse under my breath constantly" guy etc. etc. oh and there's also the "We r teens and we like to swear becuz its kewl" group or the people who whine and moan about the frequent 95s during rush hour "whiners of the 95" (No matter how many 95s come during rush hour, they're always full. Geez)
OC Transpo, that's how I roll. :P
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I've had nothing but good experiences with saskatoon transit, but everytime i say that to any of my friends they look at me incredulously and don't believe me. apparently i've been very very very lucky. because they all have stories about scary-bitchy bus drivers who yell at them for nothing. *shrug*
Oh, I've only run into one bad bus driver and he's finicky of people standing near the yellow line (the "Stand behind the yellow line" rule, is actually enforced here)
Ottawa bus drivers, the majority of them in general, are evil. If you're running like no tomorrow and they see you, they do not stop, they speed off.
I mean, they are super-helpful and the post-rush-hour drivers are really nice. But the rest? Meanies.
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