March 06 2002 4:00 PM
In this day and age, it seems just as easy to turn your back on another person, as it is to
give them the benefit of the doubt, and show them some humanity, some compassion.
Today was a prime example of the former.
Now anyone that lives in saskatchewan knows how damn cold it can get here, and today was no
exception.
With temperatures hovering around -20, with an added wind chill of -10 or so, it was rather
frigid to say the least. Anyways, after a brief visit at my moms, I had to catch the bus
back home.
Now our transit system works were the buses come and go at any given stop at every 20 mins
or so. I made it to the stop, with plenty of time to spare(I always go early so I don't miss
the bus, and it gives me time for a smoke). My transfer still had 20 mins left on it, more
than enough to catch the next bus.
FORTY FIVE minutes of freezing later, the smirking bus driver shows up, obvlivious to the
fact that he just left me waiting in the cold and to the fact that he is VERY late(which
regina transit is notorious for). I get on, assuming he will admit that he was late, and as
a result my transfer is no longer good, but allow me on anyways.
Instead, he denies it, and refuses to accept my transfer. After some arguing, I got off the
bus and stormed home.
Now I don't see why it's so difficult for him to just
one persons Ignorance. It's not like he suffers any
loss through this, he still gets paid. Does half an
hour make that much of a difference? Would my measly
$1.50 make that big a difference to a company that
makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year? When
did one person get the power to decide who should have
to suffer and freeze in the cold?
