Some "reliable" transportation....
Monday, March 13, 2006
Hmm well shall I start this "shooting"? ok well today went to college early to attend the earlier Stats class so I could discuss the psychology project after class.... after class went and eat and celebrate Reuben's belated birthday. Then went back to college to discuss the project....
The search for a table was kinda hilarious... but lazy to talk about that.... after discussion stayed back till around 3 then left college and waited rather impatiently for the bus. Waited for about 20 mins I guess... pretty good considering I thought it would take 30mins for the next bus too come since when I reached the bus stop the place was empty *that means I missed the first bus*.
by the way it was a Rapid KL. Not a metro which is a far ncier bus although some of them bus is kinda dark cause of the adverbs outside. So hopped on to the bus paid my money and found a spot towards the back.... Man the bus was HOT... the air was really stuffy too... air cond spoiled I guess... windows were opened partly and the driver left the door open to let air come in.... for me it was no difference cause the air was still stuffy and humid and hot. Typin it has already made me uncomfortable. hehe...
Actually I wasn't really irritated by the hot air in the bus.... I have been to worst Rapid KL's. Rapid KL buses that have leaky air conds, Rapid Kl's that leak everywhere when it rains, Rapid Kl's that are hot such as the one above... stupid air cond not working... The worst Rapid Kl I have been would be a Rapid KL that has faulty air conditioning which leaks and emits NO air. and dirty obviously... ALL the RAPID KL buses are dirty.... I think the cleaner ones are those that ferry people from the lrt station... those air clean and nice ....
Ok so it was hot... 15 mins in the ride I was reaching mt stop.. so I rung the bell... *so the bus driver would stop at the stop*... but oh when we were reaching the stop... he didn't stop... I rang again and again and he didn't stop at all... he stopped about 1 km away.... at the next stop.... Not like the bell wasn't working or anything... I heard it ring although I was at the back... even the people in the bus heard it ring.. *cause they were looking at me when i was ringing the darn stupid bell*
I was darn pissed off by that stupid bus.... got off and tried to look for the number to lodge an "aduan" and surprise surprise.... the piece of information was covered with dirt from the buses' smoke and fuse.... I so regret not looking at the stupid buses' number plate.... stupid fella.... actually it's the bus driver's fault.... Yeah it's kind a hard to cut in but me as the consumer I have the right, I mean I opay for the services so I should get what I paid for. Besides, the place which I was suppsoed to stop had a person waving to the bus driver so he could stop... and guess what again.... "totally ignored the man"....
Now the government raises the fuel price and ask us to use public transportation right... How are we supposed to use them when they are so unreliable... Now I'm actually pointing fingers at RAPID KL... the "21C" in particular.... RAPID KL promised us bus takers that there would be only 15 mins waiting time.... the longest time I waited for a RAPID KL 21C was 1 whole hour and a couple more minutes.... I mean ONE WHOLE HOUR and a few more minutes.... 4 RAPID KL's should ahve come by that time... and not to my surprise... it came packed with people bursting from it's doors.... how is anyone suppsoed to go in... ok fair enough maybe it was during peak hours.... during non peak hours the most I had waited was 40mins.... wait 20 mins more and it's an hour.... I mean all my time is wasted on waiting for the darn bus.... some days it comes real fast with a nice clean bus with air conditing.... some times it comes late with dirty buses... I don't mind as long as I get to my destination....
Now the worst thing that can happen to a bus passenger is well accident obviously... apart from accident the worst thing is missing ur stop... I mean the next stop might be 5 km's away... the bus ain't gonna stop midway for U.... so what are U gonna do? walk 5 km? thankfully my next stop is a km away and me mum was around to fetch me.... hehe... *actually I wanted to walk back but she insisted so I didn't mind a ride home... *
apart from that the RAPID KL doesn't have a time sheet where they tell when a bus will come and stuff like that... actually I saw soemthing like that in a RAPID KL bus before.. my guess is the bus was new.... but I couldn't quite make out the time sheet... I mean it had all thedestinations and price and all... but it only told like when it's departing from the first station and what? we're suppsoed to guess what time the bus reaches us?
I used to be a fan of the RAPID KL cause that's how I go home... now it jsut sucks.... yeah it's the only way I can go home but I don't enjoy the ride anymore... if U can't take me to my destination how can I be happy about it? Now the METRO however is a different story.... the METRO is clean and nice.. the seats are comfortable... the air cond is actually freezing cold which is good.... verything seems so perfect about it... just so comfortable.... but unfortunately the METRO only comes round once a while... not as often as the RAPID KL... so what can I do... jsut hope on and hope the darn bus driver would stop at the destination I am goin down....
Ok time to leave now.... I wanna find the telephone number so I can complain....
Robbstar froze at 8:10 pm
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