Post by Moanyparx on May 16, 2005 12:49:26 GMT -5
Ok, so the weekly moan thing didn't work out.. But i'll do them as often as i can... So here's a new one. Dublin Bus.
Now..you know what they say, you can't pick your family... well instead of a family, imagine if you will a bus service.. Confused?
I have a huge problem with bus service.. Being a heavy user of Dublin Bus, for the last few years i think i know it's ticks and tocks pretty well. It is a confusing system that is devised by mad man and operated by fools.
I'll go through my reasons...
- Price increase - Every year they increase the fare by like 5c.. It's a bit mad in my opinion. I dunno.
- Fellow passengers... This really depends on the route you take. I usually get the 20b and the 39 :
20b = Pretty decent clientelle, but if your getting a bus between 7 p.m and 10.30 pm beware. Ya know those annoying kids with all the emo gear and shit ( hey, we all went through that phase ) well they're always upstairs sniffing glue and talking about the jackassesque madness they get up to. But it's harmless and they keep to themselves...
39 - As a general rule, someone has to be always smoking on the 39 in order for it to run. This is my understanding coz they're is usually a gang of people smoking at the back.. This is extra annoying when its wet and raining out and the bus stinks like a pack of cigarettes that was raped by a dead fish.There's no hope of reasoning with these people either coz lets be honest, they're pissed out of their minds.. Another annoying yet charming foible of the 39... Plus the 39 is fucking packed.. and takes over and hour to get me to work.
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Timetables : Dublin bus have this ingenius way of operating to a time table.. When i say ingenius, i actually mean " MIND FUCKINGLY ARSED ".
Here's what i've learned.... 20b will always be 3 minutes late up until 7 o clock... after 7 o clock it's usually 5 minutes early... What makes this even more fun is missing your 10.10 bus, and having to wait 30 mins for the next one.
Now..you know what they say, you can't pick your family... well instead of a family, imagine if you will a bus service.. Confused?
I have a huge problem with bus service.. Being a heavy user of Dublin Bus, for the last few years i think i know it's ticks and tocks pretty well. It is a confusing system that is devised by mad man and operated by fools.
I'll go through my reasons...
- Price increase - Every year they increase the fare by like 5c.. It's a bit mad in my opinion. I dunno.
- Fellow passengers... This really depends on the route you take. I usually get the 20b and the 39 :
20b = Pretty decent clientelle, but if your getting a bus between 7 p.m and 10.30 pm beware. Ya know those annoying kids with all the emo gear and shit ( hey, we all went through that phase ) well they're always upstairs sniffing glue and talking about the jackassesque madness they get up to. But it's harmless and they keep to themselves...
39 - As a general rule, someone has to be always smoking on the 39 in order for it to run. This is my understanding coz they're is usually a gang of people smoking at the back.. This is extra annoying when its wet and raining out and the bus stinks like a pack of cigarettes that was raped by a dead fish.There's no hope of reasoning with these people either coz lets be honest, they're pissed out of their minds.. Another annoying yet charming foible of the 39... Plus the 39 is fucking packed.. and takes over and hour to get me to work.
-
Timetables : Dublin bus have this ingenius way of operating to a time table.. When i say ingenius, i actually mean " MIND FUCKINGLY ARSED ".
Here's what i've learned.... 20b will always be 3 minutes late up until 7 o clock... after 7 o clock it's usually 5 minutes early... What makes this even more fun is missing your 10.10 bus, and having to wait 30 mins for the next one.
the dream will never die.... 
where is everyone?!! yis are all boring... 
and then i'll have little to do but dazzle all.. em... three of us.. with my wit and humour and insightful posts ;D