So, what’s the difference again?

Today, another headline in the newspaper captured my attention. A bus had an accident and one of the passenger died. So, whats new? Well, in this incident, witnesses claimed that the bus driver was speeding AND TEXT-MESSAGING when the accident occurred. WHAT!!!! That is the worst case of lost life ever!!!!

So this brings me to my topic of wonder for today. Not too long ago, the government decided that in order to increase the level of public transportation, the FARE for public transportation need to be RAISE. GREAT CONCLUSION. It the advent of fare raising, many of the owners of taxi and bus company as well as their unions made it into prime time news and promised that with this rise of fare, public tranportation will be SMOOTHER and BETTER. Well, not half-year after that numerous public transport-related incident occurred; rape by the taxi driver, buses accidents, taxi over-charging, etc etc. EH??? Wait a minute, aren’t those incident ALSO happened BEFORE the fare rate increased? Sigh~

Now, even with the increased fare, if you see closely, NOTHING have changed!!! The buses are as crappy as ever; the broken seats, the chewing gums, the AMAZING time schedule (just to name a few). Back in my hometown, the fare from my house to the town using a bus (that seemingly can be displayed in a museum) is around RM1.50. YES!!! that is EXPENSIVE considering how close the town is and also the condition of the pathetic bus.

Oh, I forgot. There are some changes. First of all, I’ve noticed that there is increase in number of rude bus drivers (especially so in the Shah Alam district). I have personally faced several of them. Allow me to re-enact what happened; There are around twenty people waiting at the bus stop (some for more than an hour), the bus is late (again). Then the bus arrived. We board into the bus and realized that the bus is almost full (no choice, got to stand). THEN, the driver suddenly said “Woi!!! masuk belakang lagi la!!! Tak sekolah ke??”. At that moment, there was no room to more our fingers, let alone more further back. The driver continue to utter those words until suddenly I felt very angry because of it and I replied with a shout “Mana boleh nk masuk dalam da!!! Penuh la GILE. Bas datang setahun sekali nk sumbat penuh2!!!!” and then the driver shut-up.

Another incident happened when Iwas on my was back home. This time around, the bus is empty and I managed to get a seat. Oh, before I forget, I was waiting a full One and half hour for that bus. As the bus passes by several stops, suddenly the bell rang. The driver stopped the bus and open the exit door. But no one exit from the bus. I guess they must’ve pushed the bell at the wrong stop and decided to stay on board. Then to my own surprise, the driver suddenly went berserk (WARNING: Inappropriate language, viewers’ discretion in advised) “CELAKA, PUKI KAU!!! AKU DA LA PENAT DRIVE HARI NI, KORG MAIN2 LAK DGN LOCENG. NAK TURUN, TURUN LA. ANAK HARAM MANA YG TEKAN2 LOCENG TADI???!!!” Can you imagine that? A public servant using a highly inappropriate language in PUBLIC TRANSPORT!!! I mean, come on. You’re not the only one who is tired. EVERYBODY IS!!! We’ve waited for a long time for the bus after a long day in our study/work/office etc. If you wish for us to be considerate to you, YOU mus be considerate to others as well.

Before I end my entry, let me re-cap one thing. If you browse through my posts in this blog, the very first entry was about problems with public transportation. And that was written almost THREE-FOUR years ago!!! Fare rates have been increased, Oil prices also have been increased, Tolls also increased (Not to mentioned the everyday-grocery stuffs that increase along with others) in this three to four years and yet almost NOTHING have been improved. People might say that I’m complaining to much but hear me say; I pay for that and I want my share to be given as good as it can.

Would you like to pay RM4.50 for a rubbish?

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