I seriously hate the city bus!! I missed the bus and I'm going to be late for work! Why can't busses just wait?!

I was so close to the bus stop and a bus just passed by! They said it was the 8am bus and it passed already. It came at 7:57am. Too early. Now I have to wait for the 8:15 bus. I won't get to work until after 9am. I left the house on time! God! Pisses me off. I hate being late for work. I wanna throw a fit but I can't because I'm 25 and people will look at me. Nobody cares.

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Graylight · 51-55, F

1. If the bus waited for everyone with a 'legitimate' excuse, it would never reach its destination.

2.'On time' for an 8am anything means getting there at 7:50.

ElizabethBabe1994 · 26-30, F

@Graylight I was almost there! My boss said it's my own fault that I'm late not the bus and take an earlier bus. She is TOUGH.

NativeOregonian · 51-55

@ElizabethBabe1994 Your boss is right, always take the earlier bus. There are way too many speed demon drivers, transit unions and the cities refuse to punish them. There is no other choice.

ElizabethBabe1994 · 26-30, F

@NativeOregonian It's not my fault that the bus was too early. I left the house at 7:50am.

NativeOregonian · 51-55

@ElizabethBabe1994 I am not saying it is your fault. I learned early on when I was taking TriMet in Portland to always be at your stop ten minutes earlier than scheduled because drivers are known to speed to compensate for those stops that have a lot of people.

MasterDvdC · 61-69, M

@ElizabethBabe1994 Yes it is your fault. If the bus was scheduled to) leave at 8 then you should already have been there at 7:50 instead of just leaving the house. And your boss is right. Take an earlier bus.