Why not to use the bus
I am sure you are all aware that His Tonyness wants you to take the bus to work and what ever else to help keep pollution levels to a minimum. I can understand why he wants us to do this but I do not understand why he thinks we will. Here are a few reasons why I will only use the bus when I need to.
Cramped
I do not know if you are tall enough to notice, but I am 6 foot tall and I cannot fit into the seats of the bus. I understand that there is only so much room, but I need more of that room to fit into the seat. I end up taking to seats because I have to sit side on blocking anyone from sitting next to me. One of my mates was 6 foot 5 last time I asked how tall he was, and watching him trying to sit in a bus seat is really funny.
At peak time before 9 am and after 6 pm, when most people would be using the bus is when they are at their worst. Not only are rows of seats to close, but the seats next to each other are too. I do not travel often at these times but when I do I hate it I cannot fit my backside in the chair when there is someone next to me, it is just not possible. Also with the UK rapidly increasing waist lines this problem is only going to get worse.
Smokers
I hope you have never experienced being sat in a bus with someone smoking pot at the back. I have and it is horrible, the smell is awful and it gets stuck in your clothes so you carry it with your for the rest of the day. Being 19 it is also hard to explain to the police why you smell like you have been smoking pot.
I also have it in for smokers on the bus. I have not seen anyone smoking cigarettes on the bus but sitting next to someone who does is pretty bad especially if you are going a long way.
Time
I live right at the end of a bus route and I have to go all the way around the area I live before I get to my house. I have timed how long it takes to get to town both in my car and on the bus. I can get down town in quarter of an hour in my car but it takes three times that on the bus.
Boredom
This leads on from being cramped and the time it takes, being bored is my pet hate about being on the bus. On the bus there is nothing to do, there is no TV to watch or music to listen to. In a car you are driving and you do not notice that the time is passing as much if at all.
I have noticed that some people have been successful at stopping their boredom by playing on noisy things like phones or iPods. Why is it that people with these things cannot hear this thing that is stuck in their ear and have to turn it up so load that everyone else can tell that you have an iPod?
Litter and Graphite
On busses there is always someone who has signed the back of the chair in front of you or left what looks like a half eaten pasty on the floor. Have you ever had the experience of being stuck to your seat because some dick head put some chewing gum on the seat? It is really bad especially on the older busses.
That pretty much rounds up why I really do not like the bus, the only advantage I can think of is that it is cheaper than the car. It costs me £2 to get to and from town by bus, it costs about £3.50 in the car but going be car is so worth the extra cost.