The Wheels on the Bus
- So I just got home from my last day at my job, and I start the new one on Monday. Well, I guess you really can’t say it’s a totally new job, just that it’s at a different store, with different people and different potential. So as far as I’m concerned, it’s new, anywho…
- The job I just finished was at a store that was merely four blocks from my apartment. Now I’ll be working at a store that is about, well I’m not sure how many miles away, but it’s a 20 minute drive to get there. Only thing is, I don’t have a car. I haven’t for a long time now, but I’ve been close to work so hoofin it was the easiest way to get there. Not anymore.
- It’s mid month though, and since RTD doesn’t issue pro-rated monthly passes, I snagged a couple of 10-ticket passbooks. Now I have this fat wallet with passbooks sticking out of it, and I’m gonna have to figure out something to do with them. At least it’s only temporary, when I snag my monthly pass for July it’ll fit real nice in there.
- This whole thing has me thinking about the times when I’ve been a bus warrior. The good ones where you fully realize how stress-less it is to ride versus driving, and the bad ones when you missed the last bus, and it’s 1am on a Wednesday, so your only option is to call a cab. The people you see, the places you pass, riding the bus is an experience, and it’s one that I love. Looks like it’s You and Me, RTD!
i’m pretty sure rtd has $30 monthly passes. ask your job about ecopasses.
the pass I need is the $54 one, and my company for some reason doesn’t do ecopass, but thanks anyway.
Speaking from the standpoint of someone who rode the bus every weekday for 90 minutes each way, for about a year, I can relate. There are occasionally some frustrations, but overall, I found my life became much less stressful when I didn’t have to sit in traffic and get pissed at other drivers. I probably read a good 50 books or so on the bus, too, compared to the handful of books I read the year before. Good stuff.