On a given day you are on a public bus, and you are not occupied by pressing matters, observe a fare collector snake in and out of his moving transport. Watch him expertly move about, stop at every bus pew and collect fares from passengers. You wonder, yet get awed by how he could memorize amounts to properly charge passengers for distances they are going, ticket them, and make correct changes. Be amazed how he could do all tasks while also spotting through windows for potential passengers at upcoming junctions. Listen to flowery words he uses to convince bystanders to take his bus and not the one behind or the ones coming that very way his driver takes. Listen to him shout out and tell passengers to move back and around the already tightly-filled bus so that he and his driver could get more bodies packed into the vehicle. Think about how he does his tasks day in and out. It would not be hard to sympathize with his seemingly nonchalant, yet equally challenging drive to keep his wits intact!
Sunday, July 26, 2015
Backbones: Bus Driver’s Sidekick
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On a given day you are on a public bus, and you are not occupied by pressing matters, observe a fare collector snake in and out of his moving transport. Watch him expertly move about, stop at every bus pew and collect fares from passengers. You wonder, yet get awed by how he could memorize amounts to properly charge passengers for distances they are going, ticket them, and make correct changes. Be amazed how he could do all tasks while also spotting through windows for potential passengers at upcoming junctions. Listen to flowery words he uses to convince bystanders to take his bus and not the one behind or the ones coming that very way his driver takes. Listen to him shout out and tell passengers to move back and around the already tightly-filled bus so that he and his driver could get more bodies packed into the vehicle. Think about how he does his tasks day in and out. It would not be hard to sympathize with his seemingly nonchalant, yet equally challenging drive to keep his wits intact!
On a given day you are on a public bus, and you are not occupied by pressing matters, observe a fare collector snake in and out of his moving transport. Watch him expertly move about, stop at every bus pew and collect fares from passengers. You wonder, yet get awed by how he could memorize amounts to properly charge passengers for distances they are going, ticket them, and make correct changes. Be amazed how he could do all tasks while also spotting through windows for potential passengers at upcoming junctions. Listen to flowery words he uses to convince bystanders to take his bus and not the one behind or the ones coming that very way his driver takes. Listen to him shout out and tell passengers to move back and around the already tightly-filled bus so that he and his driver could get more bodies packed into the vehicle. Think about how he does his tasks day in and out. It would not be hard to sympathize with his seemingly nonchalant, yet equally challenging drive to keep his wits intact!
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