I never intended this blog to be a maternity blog, or even
that I would be rambling around about being a mother, or the difficulties that
I am going through, but today I am really upset, and so I need to vent some
steam somewhere, and so blogging seems the perfect way to do so…!
Today, I shall complaint about bus drivers. At the moment I
don’t own any car, and so I use public transports to go everywhere. Firstly,
this seem to be the most ecological way of transport (that is besides cycling,
which unfortunately I am terrible at, so that’s not an option to me), and
secondly, we have pretty good public transports nearby, which do not justify
owning a car at all. Lastly, it’s way too costly to own a car around here… Our
money is better spent elsewhere, and the benefits aren’t that advantageous.
Before becoming a mother, I never gave a second thought
about the way bus drivers acted, or even how they were driving around (even If
at times I would stumble around because they were going too fast). But now,
when I have to carry my baby around and a pram and baby stuff and working
stuff, I am paying much more attention!
First of all, they drive way too fast at times. On one
occasion my pram almost turned over because of a sharp curve and the velocity
that the bus was going. The bus driver didn’t even give it a look, or ensured
that we were alright.
Furthermore, they never wait until the pram is safely parked
before starting to drive after we get in. I really hate that! Several times I
almost stumbled over because of it! Does it really take much of the route time
waiting a little bit before making sure that the pram is fully parked? Finally,
they never lower the bus to make it easier on the pram to get in. It doesn’t take
much, it just takes to push a button, but rarely bus drivers do so. I know this
should be applied on people in wheelchairs, or with reduced mobility, but couldn't this be extended to
prams as well? The issue here is that sometimes the gap between the bus and the pavement
is such that is really difficult to get the pram inside the bus but most of the times the
bus driver doesn’t care at all.
I could deal with this pretty easily if it was just for a
few journeys, but on a daily basis this is starting to take its toll.
Consider the extra physical effort on carrying all that
needs to be carried with a baby, being sleep deprived and then facing a (most
of the times) crabby bus driver that is unhelpful and then having to steady
yourself, and the pram so that you don’t fall over the bus! This is the beginning
of my day. Every day.
And then work.
And then my work is just pilling up. And my mental clarity of
is simply gone…
But I shall complaint about work some other time. One
complaint at the time. For now, rambling over bus drivers is enough….
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