I walked all the way to the bus stop today and then discovered that I had forgotten my bus pass, which means actually paying $2 to ride the ten blocks to campus, or however far it is, which sucks.  So, I got the money and decided, just in case the driver would be nice, to ask if i could get to campus today without it.  It’s my first day back on the bus for the new term and I was hoping he’d feel generous.  And, he was.  He not only let me on and was totally nice about it, but he also was feeling quippy!

He made jokes to me, and the next guy who got on without his pass because he was new, and the next set of people.  He asked the first one on, “Did anyone order a bus?”  The idiot had headphones on and didn’t appreciate the joke, but I thought it was amusing.

When we pulled into the campus he announced on the loud speaker “Alright, ladies and gentlemen, we are now leaving warp speed and entering CSU airspace.”

And, lastly, when I pulled the cable to make my stop he grabbed the loud speaker and said, “Okay, who pulled that cable?  Whoever that was I’m afraid you’re going to have to exit the bus at the next stop.”

These might not seem that funny, but if you rode the bus every morning in the land of headphones, scowls, and/or ridiculously loud conversations about nothing anyone else ever needed to hear about, you would be able to fully appreciate the lovely break this was.

Best bus ride ever.