Another One Rides the Bus (EP) Puns

A quickie from earlier today. Posting from mobile.

I fucking hate riding public transit. So much so that I maintain a flaming money pit of a car just to avoid ever having to ride the Povo-Limo and having to assume I'll be a half hour late or an hour early no matter when I time my connections. If the driver decides he wants to stop and have a chin wag with the guy at the 7-Eleven that's apparently his time and not mine. The one saving grace is the train, but its construction and drunk pedestrian season, so it's a bit of a crap shoot when it comes to whether or not that train is running on time or you have to grab a shuttle bus around the issue.

I preface with that because this morning there was an issue on the tracks downtown and parking down there is prohibitively expensive, so I had to park my car four blocks from a terminal, walk in, and catch the train downtown only to find out that that I'd have to grab a shuttle bus to get to where I needed to get to on time. Yay for me.

So I take the train one stop into downtown and shuffle off to the shuttle bus stop along with a couple dozen other disgruntled people, including EM and her EK. EM was complaining to anyone who happened to be listening that one of her personal friends was going to be running in the next Mayoral race and he'd get the trains running a hell of a lot better than the current mayor who she didnt so much mention by name but simply with a string of slurs right in the middle of a very diverse group of people. EK was whining like a dog with it's dick caught in a wringer and making the whole situation, which was already miserable and two steps away from devolving into a free for all at the sight of a shuttle bus, that much less enjoyable.

And then it happened.

EK spotted another kid, maybe three years old, quietly playing with a stuffed dog that had seen better days. EK marched over, snatched the stuffed dog, and sauntered back to his mother's side like he was grabbing a free newspaper from a rack. The kid he stole it from immediately loses their shit and starts wailing like a banshee. The kid's mother (PM: Perturbed Mother) looks down at her kid, then where the kid is pointing, directly at EK, who has realized something is about to go down and is stepping behind his mother. PM wheels her kid over and taps EM on the shoulder as she's complaining to someone about the state of things with liberals in charge. I happen to be about four feet away and contemplating hoofing it to my destination as

While not his first song; Another one rides the bus definitely helped put Weird Al Yankovic out there and make a name for himself.

I’ve always wondered what Freddy Mercury and the other members of Queen thought about the parody of their song. Did they ever say anything about it? And if they did did they like or dislike the parody?

Now. First off, I wasn't there when this happened, but my Grandmother told me everything about it. This is my first post like this so please don't mind if I get something wrong. This story isn't a long one but it's 100% real. I am aware of all the fake content on this subreddit, so please pay respect 🙏. Enjoy!

Quick backstory: My grandma lives in a rather populated area, but since she doesn't use a car, she always takes the bus. She always has new stories about specific people on the buses, but this one stood out the most.

My Grandma (who I'll be referring as GM by now), was driving home as usual on Saturdays, when ED and EM get on the bus (the children don't really matter). Since the bus driver was really aware of people getting on the bus, he asked them gently if they already had a ticket or if they needed one. The thing they said next was just stupid.

ED: "We don't have a ticket but we'll step off two stations later!"

Busdriver: "I'm sorry sir, but you and your family have to pay the full price, no matter how long you are going to use the bus."

While he said that, he was pointing at the ticket prices. The tickets weren't that expensive, so the problem would be solved easily. But it didn't stop there...

ED: "It's not that far, what's the matter?"

Busdriver, still in a polite and monotone voice: "The matter is, that it's illegal getting on a bus without having a ticket. All the other passengers paid for their tickets aswell."

ED: "But we don't want to pay for a ticket! Now let us take the bus already!"

Then the busdriver simply said: "No", which really ticked off the ED and his wife. In a clearly aggravated voice he said: " YOU are letting all these passengers wait, so let us take the damn bus!", to which the busdriver replied: "It wouldn't take me so long if you would just buy a ticket!"

ED together with EM: "But we have children, they deserve better!"

Busdriver: "I don't care, others have children aswell and they were willing to pay for tickets. Either you buy a ticket now or leave, or I'll have to call the cops!"

And so he did. After a couple of minutes police arrived, while the parents were still complaining aubout how the busdriver was being rude and other stuff. The busdriver remained calm and didn't react to them anymore. The entitled parents were sent out of the bus and had a talk to the police officers. My GM didn't see them using that bus line afterwards.

Hey r/VoiceyHere!

I found this sub about a week ago and had just realized, I have an entitled parent story as well. So please enjoy!

First off: This is a story my grandma told me, so it could be possible that I may not tell it correctly, but I'll try my best. But now let's get started!

The cast: ED, EM, EK1 and EK2 and busdriver

My grandma doesn't have a car, so she always takes the bus, when she's out shopping etc. There are a lot of weird people on buses, and in fact, one even stole my grandma's money! This event however, stood out the most and is very outrageous. So my grandma was traveling home after buying her groceries, and suddenly, on one stop, the evil force that are both the entitled parents and their children, get on. Without greeting the busdriver or showing their tickets, they were trying to wander past the busdriver, if he wouldn't have been so aware.

Busdriver: "I'm sorry, but I need to see your tickets, before getting on."

ED: "We don't have any tickets, but we won't be traveling far."

Busdriver: "You can buy a short distance ticket, if you want to, or get a membership, but then you'll still have to pay for now (for explanation, a membership lets you use the bus whenever you want to, but you have to pay a monthly rate).

EM: "But we don't want to! It won't be far, just let us take the bus for free this time!"

Busdriver: "I could do that, but then I would get fired... "

EM: "I don't care, If you'll get fired or not! We have children, so we're in the right!"

Talking about children, EK1 and 2 were starting to get annoyed, since they had noticed, that something wasn't right.

EK1: "Mommy, what's taking so long? I thought we'd be home by this time!"

EK2: "Yeah! How long is this gonna take?"

EM: "Sorry, sweetheart, but this rude man won't let us take the bus, so blame it on him!"

Busdriver: "Again, I can't let you take the bus for fr—

gets cut off by ED

ED: "C'mon man, you're causing a delay, just leave us alone!"

At this point, everyone was giving these entitled parents death glares, because they were the ones causing the delay. During all this the busdriver remained very calm an polite, but still wasn't going to let those people get their way.

Busdriver: "Either you leave now, or I will be forced to call the police on you."

ED: "You are being extremely rude and are going to lose your job after this!"

And that was the last straw. The busdriver locked all doors, so they couldn't leave, and get away with their actions. Po

Hi all, this is one of my first posts on this subreddit, so sorry if I break a rule.

I don't usually ride the bus, but when I do, it's always one hell of a ride. There's always something weird bound to happen whenever I hop on one but this time was super aggravating, I had to post somewhere about it. Found this subreddit a while back so I thought this might be a good place.

Around 8am today, I hopped on the bus to get to my car dealership where my car was being serviced to pick it up. I paid my fare and took a seat. There was about 5 others on the bus as well. A few stops later, we come across our CB all lonesome at a bus stop. The driver stopped for him and opened the doors, and as soon as he got on, the entire bus reeked of cigarette smoke. Keep in mind the bus is a no smoke zone, so he was probably having one before the bus arrived. He gets on and tells the bus driver he has no money for the fare and if he could get a bus ride to the nearest plaza. Driver told him that next time he gets on, it's 1.50$ (bus fare) which is already unfair because the rest of us already paid our fare, and he looked like he could obviously afford it (he had designer clothes on). He then takes his seat at the very front, where most of us cover our mouths due to the stench.

Was almost to my stop when I hear the conversation between CB and the driver. It went like this:

CB: "Hey ma'am, I was wondering if you could hold route X for me at the last stop"

Driver: "Route X you said?" Driver takes her walkie talkie out to let command know "Hi, I was wondering if I could get a 3 minute hold on route X at Street & Street?"

CB: "No, I want a longer hold on it, I want to stop and eat something first"

Everyone looks up, clearly he had money for the fare if he had money to go eat, so we all looked at each other in confusion.

Driver: "Sir, there's no way I can do that, the most I can put a hold on a bus is 5 minutes, and that's only for elderly or disabled"

CB: "Seriously what the fuck! I just gotta eat before I get to where I need to go"

Driver: "Please calm down, there's nothing I can do"

CB: "Shut up bitch, just get me a fucking 20 minute hold. That's your fucking job"

Driver: "I don't appreciate the way you're talking to me"

CB: "Whatever bitch, just tell them 20 minutes that's it"

Person 1: "Hey, don't fuckin talk to her that way dude. You already got on for free, don't start demanding shit"

CB: "Fuck off asshole. Shut the fuck up."

Person 2: "If you have mon

I'm right now in the same bus, traveling the same route. Only this time I'm on my way to meet my then non-existant girlfriend who lives in that same part of the city. Things are going better for me and they will for you too. Hang in there, I'm sending love to everybody

Backstory/context: I was buying last minute groceries for my mom, but I had to do it fast because my grandfather was about to pick up other family for sports.

So I'm just about to come up to the register with my two items when this morbidly obese cheeseball of a Karen came up and complained about the price of bread and meat of all things.

She was saying that it costs too much and that she left her child in her car and:

"Can't this young man let me come ahead"

while pointing at me. I respond with

"No, I'm in a hurry."

She did not take no for an answer and tried to push ahead of me until I spoke up again and told her to stop or I would not refrain from pushing back (not the best idea, but it came to mind) She then tried hitting me with her handbag as an answer. I backed down as I saw she wasn't going to and I'm not too confrontational, while this encounter took place my grandfather had driven off, so I decided to take the bus.

That is where I met Karen 2, her child and her husband. I sat down and waited for my stop and two minutes later, Karen and co. arrives. They sit uncomfortably close to me and their child is loudly chewing chocolate when her mother notices that I have food with me. I am given the death glare and she says:

"Why did you bring food on the bus, you can't do that."

I point out that her child is eating right now and you can in fact bring food, but not eat food. The Karen's husband says confidently that chocolate is not food but a snack and they proceed to stir up a lot of shit and in the end I got off two stops early because I don't give a shit anymore.

I know that it's not as insane as the other ones, but it feels nice to get off my chest you know.

Also sorry for any spelling mistakes and formatting issues.

I feel weird trying to yell into your cockpit to say thanks in those new streetcars.