My Motor Coach Experiences
This weekend, I’m travelling to Ottawa by bus. You gotta love the bus. It’s cheap. It offers frequent departure times. You don’t have to commit to the aforementioned departure times - leave whenever you want. (Actually, it sounds like the perfect relationship - cheap, frequent departures, no commitment…) And then of course there are the characters you meet on the bus. I almost never get two seats to myself. Someone always sits with me because I don’t take up much room and I don’t smell (at least, I don’t think do). I did have a smelly guy crowd me out once - not good. I’ve also had a strange child fall asleep in my lap. That was after she told me there were too many purse ads in my magazine. And speaking of purses, someone tried to steal my 89 year-old grandmother’s bag at a bus rest stop. She’s my grandma, so you know how that story ends - not good for the would-be thief. :) Hopefully, this trip will be uneventful. Bye for now, my coach - make that my motor coach - awaits!
I’d love to hear your bus stories. Please feel free to pass them along. Your bonus code, worth 100 Jack Nation points, is STINKYBUS. It’s valid until November 23rd.
November 16th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Are you on the bus now? Did you bring a cooler? When I go on the bus it’s usually a hockey or soccer tournamet in the Soo or Jersey. I drink 12 beers there and 12 beers back… I hope I don’t stink.
Have fun in Ottawa.
November 17th, 2007 at 8:37 am
uh-huh….why is a bus the final resting place of the “great unwashed”?!??!….I don’t get it……here’s my gross bus story for you….
…..I used to work downtown, and I was making the usual bus to subway connections……one particular day, it was sooo hot and humid….. one of those typical “can’t-get-a-breath-of-air/humidity over the top” kinda days Toronto is so famous for…..so this woman gets on the bus……. it’s packed, no seats anywhere, so she stands in front of where I am sitting, and raises her arm to hang onto the overhead handlebar……..apart from the fact she stunk of garlic and onion, she didn’t believe in shaving her underarms, and had a sleeveless dress on…..as if THAT whole package was gross enough, then the sweat starts dripping off the hair, and landing on my skirt!!!!!!!…….EW, EW, EW!!!!!!!……I was late for work that day, cos I had to stop at a clothing store and get a new skirt….now that was at least 25 years ago, and I STILL get the heebie-jeeboes just thinking about it!!!!!…EEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!!!……TR:-/
November 18th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
Hey Carly!
Man!!! I’ve been on a couple of bus rides (you know..the one with that “anorexic dog” on the side of it?? Some seem to last like an eternity, e.g. the ski trip to “Barfallo.” We were all crammed like sardines on this bus with our equipment, and had done some “late night cocktails” the night before. Well, you could alway’s count on my sister’s boyfriend to get” overly pissed..” and drink the bar dry…So, on the way up to “Kissing Bridge”, I believe, we notice Scott turning a little “green” behind the fins…
We’re all making bets as to if he’s gonna hurl or not…OH!! And HE do!!!
Like a champ, tossed chunks on me, and my sister, several other people ..who couldn’t escape fast enuff….a LONG drive down the bus aisle,
out the bus window for half hour(I kid you not!!!) then finally made it to the bathroom, where he barfed himself asleep, for the next two hours.
He, when he woke up later, and realized where he was…was allowed to wear the “Idiot boy” hat for the day. My sister broke up with him, later, later that same day…
Then, there was some guy who tried to propose to me on the bus,(maybe he was drunk too..) So, I can relate..”Where HAVE all the good time’s gone…??” LMARO!!
Ciao, Suzi-Q. :))
November 19th, 2007 at 9:50 am
Hi Carly, if I knew you were going to Ottawa, I could have given you a ride. I’m a motor coach driver and I had to take a bus to Ottawa last week, empty. You could have had all the seats that you wanted, a washroom to yourself and had a front row seat for the video.
November 19th, 2007 at 11:38 am
If your grandmother is anything like you - I bet she took that purse snatcher out!