Anodyne
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
 

Home to the apartment.

Shower. Pack groceries, trekking poles, mountaineering boots, stuffed cat.

Off to Safeway for a disposable camera.

As I emerge from Safeway, the 9 Boundary sits idling across the road.

"I'll be responsible and not bolt across four lanes of traffic in the dark," I reason. "Plus the B-Line [express] bus should be along any second. So I'll be safe and at the shop that much more quickly."

[19 minute wait for hypothetically "once every 12 minutes" service]

The B-Line driver then proceeds to drive as if his bus is actually a big Yellow Cab: 30 miles an hour or slower, plus a stop at every light.

[6 minute wait at Granville]

In front of the Dennys just east of Granville, someone throws a stone the size of a baseball through the bus' side window, showering glass over half a dozen passengers and narrowly grazing one startled guy's head.

[10 minute wait for transit supervisor and security]

[10 minutes' worth of instant replay between passengers, supervisor and security]

"Sorry, this transfer's expired."
- posted by cjb @ 12:02 AM


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