NYC bus drivers rock

[lagilman]

It's 12:50 am and I get off the subway thinking "oh crap, if there's no bus I'm gonna have to walk home." Normally I don't mind that 7 minute walk from subway to apartment, but y'know, it's cold and I'm tired and I'd much rather catch a bus, but it's 12:50 Sunday am and forge--waitammint oh shit that's the #7 and damn the doors just closed and shit. I break into a run anyway because you never know.

I would not have been annoyed if the driver pulled out without looking because hey, he'd taken on his passengers and probably waited a minute or two, and he doesn't have to take the time to doublecheck, especially at 12:50 am. But he hesitates, and the doors open and I climb on and say "bless you."

And the driver, a middle-aged man, says matter-of-fact "there was a woman running for my bus." As simple as that.


I <3 NYC bus drivers.

Comments

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Good for him. That kind of bus driver warms the cockles of my heart.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Whatever the "cockles of my heart"are.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

Yay for the bus driver! :)

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Wonder how many really bad days he's averted over the years?

What a guy.

[lagilman]

I suspect he either knew or knew someone who knew someone who got mugged after missing a late-night bus. It had that sort of feel about it. My neighborhood is pretty safe as late nights go, but....

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Good for him!

[spiritworld25.livejournal.com]

I'm happy to hear you caught the bus....especially with it being cold.