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Topic: You Know What I Hate....?

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Drew4UTk

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Re: You Know What I Hate....?
« Reply #210 on: January 31, 2018, 11:48:52 AM »
I have a level of abhorrence nearing the level of hate for 'rude school bus driver'.  

Rude School Bus Driver, or 'RuSBud' uses the tools available to them as a matter of communicating their intent or activities, and which is supported by law and vigorously enforced by popo's, for their own amusement.  RusBud throws out that little stop sign from underneath their left armpit to signify the fact trophies of the awaiting parents love are about to disembark from the vessel.  This by itself is not something worthy of disdain and shouldn't elicit a condition of angst.  However, what differentiates RuSBud from a normal school bus operator is what happens next:

RuSBud loves four lane roads, in which two travel in one direction.  RuSBud doesn't immediately flip the switch which retracts the stop sign and flashy lights into its non-activated position. Instead, RuSBud looks into his rear view and stomps on the throttle leaving the helplessly immobilized automobiles behind him.  RuSBud will then swap lanes, or haul ass not fifty yards ahead just to stop again at the next location of disembark while drivers slowly track him.  RuSBud does this on purpose as it humors his tortured soul who finds it necessary to share his displeasure with anyone he can.  If you are unfortunate enough to be more than three cars behind RuSBud, you are at least three stops from passing him, and that is only if RuSBud doesn't decide to swap lanes.    RuSBud needs to be stopped. 

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« Reply #211 on: January 31, 2018, 11:50:09 AM »
I'm a pretty laid back easy going turn the other cheek kind of guy in most situations- in vehicles, stores, restaurants, etc.

But in movie theaters I'm always tempted to throw down.

I think it's because when I was an impressionable young teen I witnessed my older brother confront some would-be hooligans in a theater and I watched them whither.

My bother who did drugs for years had crazy eyes and dubious judgement.

One night some teen boys sitting a few rows behind us threw some popcorn in our general direction and laughed.

My brother got up, went back there and went Clint Eastwood on them, threatening to rip them to ribbons with his bare hands and smear their entrails on the wall.  

He left them with the offhanded remark that he was sick of living and it would be a good day to die.

The kids slunk down in their seats and were on their best behavior for the rest of the movie.

CharleyHorse46

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« Reply #212 on: January 31, 2018, 11:58:08 AM »
What I noticed about school bus drivers is that there are really considerate ones who will wait until nearby traffic passes before flipping on the red flashing lights and sadistic school bus drivers who calculates the exact moment when the flip of his switch can bring the most possible people to a complete standstill.

Sadistic school bus driver also likes to watch to make sure young Todd and Julie have made it safely to their doorstep, found their key and let themselves in before ending the standstill.

BrownCounty

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« Reply #213 on: January 31, 2018, 12:29:24 PM »

Not sure I have this experience.  I would suggest in urban areas that being a bus driver is not top shelf employment.

Urban Bus Driver: I hate my life.  These kids are brats. And their damn nice big houses!  This traffic sucks.  Could it get any frickin' hotter in this metal bucket??  My girlfriend makes twice what I do.  Heh, let's see how many dickweed cars I can bring to a halt on this next stop..  Hehe...

Rural Bus Driver: Welp it's shore a nice day.  Dayum these young'uns are so funny.  Right there's T95's house, he's a good feller.  Come on out, 95!  I'm in no hurry.  <whistles>  Guess I'll grab me some supper at Allsups after work.  Them burritos they got is good eatin'.

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« Reply #214 on: January 31, 2018, 01:07:44 PM »
I think it would be fun to drive a bus in Buenos Aires.  For awhile anyway.  I wouldn’t want to be stuck driving a bus anywhere indefinitely, but I wouldn’t mind doing it for a month or two.

In BA, a dense city of 13 million, stop signs and traffic lanes are mere suggestions not often followed, and traffic lights work like a Christmas tree on a drag strip.  They go from red to red & yellow, and then to green.  Makes for some really exciting starts.

Buses don’t always completely stop at stops either.  They kind of roll past if there’s only a single waiting passenger and so you have to kind of time your jump into the open doorway as it passes by just right.  The driver does have to be a bit of a juggler as they’ll change money by hand as they drive for your fare.

A few bus rides in BA trains you how to be a more alert pedestrian.

I’ve been on a bus one time where our driver was racing another bus full of passengers through a residential neighborhood.  And I mean for about 10-15 blocks.  Our driver won, and no one died.  On another bus ride, on a hot day, the driver just suddenly pulled up to a stop and got out and asked a man who was spraying down his sidewalk with a water hose for a drink, which he gave him.

In other words, the drivers kind of make their own rules and a bus ride can be a complete adventure.  You never know what will happen.  Nevertheless people use them all the time.  That city is full of transportation options, including a gazillion taxis and commuter rail along with buses.  No one needs a car there.

utee94

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« Reply #215 on: January 31, 2018, 01:43:17 PM »
I've driven in Paris and around parts of Italy.  Sounds similar.  Consequently, I have no desire ever to be a bus driver in Paris, Italy, or Buenos Aires.  :)


But feel free to keep dreaming the dream, Cuz!

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« Reply #216 on: January 31, 2018, 02:13:12 PM »


My bother who did drugs for years had crazy eyes and dubious judgement.
caused me to think of Burnt Eyes
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« Reply #217 on: February 08, 2018, 12:30:12 PM »
Sometimes when I’m on an Apple or Android device, an ad will pop up while I’m in the process of touching the screen and it will excitedly respond to my accidental touch of their ad by asking if wouldn’t I just like to go ahead and go to the ap store to download their worthless crap.

That, in and of itself, is annoying but what happens next takes it to a whole ‘nother level of intolerable.

I unequivocally answer no (as if I might truly have a say in the matter) but what happens next?

It takes me to the ap store any way and THAT is what I hate today.

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« Reply #218 on: February 08, 2018, 12:39:29 PM »
if that shit is happening while accessing this site^, let me know... google has been pretty much ignoring the rules insofar as their advert campaigns go... i tried to set up explicitly to avoid pop-ups, but according to a couple others from here they've encountered them... one more and i boot google- they pay literally pennies a month anyway...  

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« Reply #219 on: February 08, 2018, 01:24:39 PM »
I'm hating people who don't shovel their sidewalks.   Seriously, one inch of powder.

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« Reply #220 on: February 08, 2018, 02:54:46 PM »

if that shit is happening while accessing this site^, let me know... google has been pretty much ignoring the rules insofar as their advert campaigns go... i tried to set up explicitly to avoid pop-ups, but according to a couple others from here they've encountered them... one more and i boot google- they pay literally pennies a month anyway...  
Nah man we coo. It elsewherez. Chill bro.

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« Reply #221 on: February 08, 2018, 02:59:02 PM »
I'm hating people who don't shovel their sidewalks.   Seriously, one inch of powder.
Sounds to me like you choose to live some place where the weather is bad.
Did you know many people live and work in environments where they never have to worry about snow on their sidewalks.  Never.  Not once in their life.
So many times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we hold the key.

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« Reply #222 on: February 08, 2018, 03:05:23 PM »
Did you know many people live and work in environments where they never have to worry about snow on their sidewalks.  Never.  Not once in their life.
So many times it happens that we live our lives in chains and we never even know we hold the key.
Not so fast there, Glenn Frey.  A few short weeks ago the ATX was getting pelted with snow while us panhandlers were high 'n' dry.  Didn't make no sense, but you never know.

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« Reply #223 on: February 08, 2018, 04:08:13 PM »
Didn't make no sense...
You hold on there, Pete Hogwollop.
We might get some snow, but do we worry about snow on the sidewalks?
No.
And I'll tell you why.
First off it doesn't hardly ever snow to begin with.
Secondly when it does snow, it's such an unexpected treat we don't begrudge it.  We don't stand at the window, shaking our fist, shouting at Mother Nature.
No, we put on 14 pairs of pants, put socks on our hands and bread bags on our feet.  We go outside and we stick our tongues out and run around the yard trying to catch a flake on our tongue.   We slobber on light poles and wonder why our tongue won't stick.  We sing "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" like a hoard of deranged Dean Martins and we make 9 inch tall snowmen with grass and leaves sticking out of them.
Thirdly, when it snows we don't use sidewalks or even streets.  After a good twenty minutes or so of wearing ourselves out pretending we're yankees, Russians, eskimos or penguins, we go inside, peel off the 14 pairs of pants and damp socks from our hands, drink hot chocolate, cover up with about 14 blankets and hunker down for about 16 hours.
Ain't nothin gonna happen that can't wait until the bad weather leaves and sanity is restored.  
Heck, sometimes our weathermen can scare our city officials so badly, we shut down everything across eight counties and it won't even snow.
Fourthly if we did have to go outside to go somewhere's the sidewalk would be the least of our worries.  More likely we'd be wondering why the outside faucet bib won't turn on so we can hose the ice and snow off our car.   We'd soon realize we're much better off tending to that faucet than going on any fool errand away from the house.
Fifthly, if there ever came a day snow piled up on our sidewalk and stayed there for so long that we couldn't even hose it off, then we would understand that God is telling us that we just move somewhere further south to a climate that's better fit for living creatures.
It's not that complicated.
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