China!
The buses in China are universally shit. Crowded (I mean face-to-armpit crowding), smelly, sweaty, crapholes. The Chinese don't queue, they just form a sort of cone shaped mass, barging past each other to get on board. Similarly to get off, there's no "excuse me" or "are you getting off here too?", just an elbow in the back. It is a bastard society.

Anyway my real story relates to the other week, it was late and I saw what was possibly the last bus of the evening sitting at the stop. I was across the other side of the road, but luckily it was clear (they also drive like shit here), so I began to run. And fuck me if the bus didn't start up and pull away. Drat! Of course I did the sensible thing and ran round the corner of the road, not thinking about the useless Chinese drivers that would be lining up behind me to turn me into minced Yeti, came alongside the bus and scared the pants off the driver as I banged on the door.

He was quite nice though, slowed down and let me on, so it was worth it in the end :)
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Thu 25 Jun 2009, 14:31, Reply)