it's true. the people riding the buses and trains to work, those are warriors. it takes discipline and determination to keep it moving every single day. one wrong push of the snooze button means you miss your first bus of the day. and boom, now you're late and your whole day is fucked. public transportation warriors can't let that happen. we're constantly racing against time.
we have to endure all forms of outdoor weather... rain, snow, hot, cold, whatever fucked up weather you can think of, the public transportation warriors are out in it, not letting it slow us down. whenever the weather's against us, we suddenly find ourselves not only in a battle against time, but against nature as well.
and then we gotta deal with each other. public transportation gets crowded. and there's all sorts of people out there. sure, a lot of them are the sane ones playing music through earphones at a reasonable level and staring out the window till it's time for them to get off at their stop. but in the midst of the crowds, there's some fucking lunatics you have to share your space with. and the crazies come in all different shapes, ages, and sizes. you never know when you're about to find yourself in an encounter with quite possibly the craziest person you'll ever meet in your total existence. warriors, we are.
and sometimes drivers, conductors, and other public transportation employees are dicks. their power isn't much, but it's enough power to mess your life up. say you get the same driver everyday and that dude hates you. what're you going to do about it? he can passive-aggressively give you shit everyday of your life, at the beginning or end of your day no less when you really don't need that kinda bullshit, and there's nothing you can do about it. you need that dude and he knows it. oh what little bit of power that can be abused by some assholes.
i'm not saying all employees are dicks. i definitely run into more cool bus drivers than not cool. but it's the ones that pull the d-bag routine that get remembered (unfortunately). they pose a threat to our basic survival in the urban jungle. we can't do anything about it. go ahead and complain. they're union. good luck. you can't punch a driver. you can do serious time for that sorta thing. you have to swallow your pride and eat whatever bullshit an asshole bus driver gives you. that blows, but it's sorta just one more part of your life where you have to stay quiet and take shit if you know what's good for you. it's tough, but hey, we're warriors.
some people say, 'when are you gonna get a car?' and i'm tempted to blurt out, 'never!' every single time. having a car doesn't interest me. it's a lot of sacrifice for convenience. all it's really doing is breeding laziness. i'm now suddenly saddled with monthly bills and paying for gas and basic upkeep just so i can sleep an extra 20 minutes and not have to deal with the lunatic passengers and the d-bag bus driver. and cars are awful. they're in a constant state of decay. however good your car is now, it'll never be that good again.
i run into a fair amount of lazy people with cars. and a year riding buses and trains would probably do them some good. when it's time to get up and go, that's it, you gotta move. and i don't know if that sorta thing sounds awful to other people cuz i'm so used to doing what i gotta do to make sure i'm there on time, that it's all second nature to me at this point. when it comes to the commute, i run like clockwork. so for whatever laziness i may be guilty of in life, no one can deny me this, when it's time to get out of bed or get off the couch and walk (or maybe even speed walk or run depending on the circumstances) into whatever elements outside, i move. i make it happen.
also, public transportation is waaaay cheaper than owning a car. so we're not pulling this whole warrior routine for nothing. the money we save is the reward of the public transportation warrior. that's why we're always ordering out for lunch at work while you're eating ramen.
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