A Resounding EFF YOU to Capital Metro

I actually didn't oversleep this morning - a rare thing on a Monday.

I got out to the bus stop, waited the apparent minimum of 10 minutes, then hopped on the 1M to head the 1.5 miles to work. Now, I would've just walked, but that would have made me 15 minutes late and it was cold.

At the normal spot i signal I want to stop, where Guadalupe and Lamar merge ~49th street, I pushed the little signal button and the bus dinged. the sign flashed "stop requested"

the bus driver didn't stop at the next stop - 51st. I protested. Several others yelled "stop requested", he said he'd stop at the next one.

We passed the next stop. Several more people said "STOP". He said he'd stop at the next stop. At this point a few other people are hitting the stop signal, which isn't going off because it is still flashing that a stop has previously been requested.

This continues til Lamar/Koenig, where he only stops for a red light. Someone yells that he'll get off here, it is a bus stop after all. I exit the back door, 4 others pile out the front. Some poor guy gets his bike off the rack and is almost run over as the bus driver speeds away before he is fully out of the street.

now, here it is. 8:05 am, making me late, and I'm a mile north of where I'm supposed to be.

I call work. I walk south the mile. A single southbound bus doesn't pass me in the 20 minutes it takes to walk there in the wind/cold.

I still have no idea what the fuck the bus drivers' problem was. I didn't get his bus # since he left so quickly and I didn't see it. I emailed in and complained, citing the bus route, description of the driver, and what time we exited @ Koenig.

I am Jack's Homicidal Urge. and I had a horrible, no good, very bad day. I'm sore from the unexpected walk after i restarted strength training this weekend. i'm tired. and i'm angry.

so, in short. FUCK YOU CapMetro. I'm not buying a metro pass next month. i'll start walking to/from work and only using you if it is pouring rain. it is easier than waiting for your buses that never follow schedule, never run on time, and have drivers from hell.