Transport, and especially public transport, is an extremely complex thing, and like any phenomenon associated with society itself, it is very multifaceted. Probably, each of us has our own stories related to traveling by public transport, and these stories do not always end well.
Indeed, almost everyone, somewhere in the back of their memory, has a funny or sad story on interaction or confrontation with a bus driver. It can be either a noble knight or a crazy racer, like that driver of the Knight Bus from the Harry Potter books. But mostly, the driver acts as kinda chaotic evil which the author of the story has to conquer.
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Blogger thinks bus drivers who see the passenger running to the bus stop, close the doors on purpose and leave are certainly chaotic evil
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For example, like the husband of this Tumblr blogger, whose post not only gained more than 200K notes but almost instantly acquired sympathetic comments and similar memories as well.
In fact, the story itself was a response to the assumption that the bus drivers who re-open the doors when someone runs up to the stop are neutral good and everyone else is lawful evil. Moreover, the one who saw the passenger running to the bus stop, closed the doors on purpose and left is certainly chaotic evil.
"Time to bring back my husband's legendary bus story"
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The man saw the bus arriving to the bus stop and waved to the driver to wait for him
So, for the first time in two months, the original poster's husband had a chance to use public transport. He arrived the bus stop five minutes earlier, saw the bus arriving (also in advance), and waved to the driver to wait for him.
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The driver slammed the doors in the passenger's face and set off
It took him some time to cross the street with rather heavy traffic, but as soon as he got to the bus stop, the driver slammed the doors in his face and set off.
The man eagerly rushed after him but quite soon realized that a person was not able to outrun the bus. So he resigned himself to his fate and despondently sat down at the bus stop to wait 45 minutes for the next one. But no such luck!
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Two cars almost immediately stopped near the bus stop and offered to chase the bus
Two cars almost immediately stopped nearby and offered to help the unlucky passenger chase that bus. The second driver was especially insistent, so they agreed and hit the road.
The driver's last name was Wayne and in the best superhero tradition, he rushed OP's husband to his destination, and then left. A few moments later the same bus arrived...
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After catching up, the man walked aboard, approached the shocked driver and said calmly: "I'm taking this bus!"
The hero of our story simply couldn't stop himself from walking aboard, approaching the shocked bus driver, who looked as though he had seen a ghost - and saying calmly: "I'm taking this bus!"
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Bus drivers often behave terribly rudely, as commenters say
Commenters, of course, also could not help but share their own stories. And the drivers seemed to be chaotic evil too. For example, the one who, seeing a passenger standing alone at a bus stop, just did not even think of stopping and drove on.
In another commenter's view, school bus drivers are definitely agents of chaos. But the wittiest comment concerned the very driver who closed the doors in the face of the hero of the initial story. So, according to the comment, he should have asked: “What took you so long?”
We strongly hope we don't have to wait as long for your comments as some people wait at the bus stops. So feel free to share your own stories and just remember - anyone who leaves a comment is automatically lawful good!