Our car has broken for two weeks now and I have been walking to my work.
That is fine! good for my exercise. However it is very inconvenient for shopping.
Today I had to go for shopping for a weekend visitor, and it was rainy.
I had never used the bus service here before, but I had known a bus stop was just in front of our house. I also searched about bus service on the Internet for a few days ago.
In this town, we have bus every an hour in the morning and the evening. And every two hours in day time. (What a rural area!; in my home town in Japan, we have bus every three or five minutes in the peak time, and every 15 minutes at off peak.)
We do not have the time table at the bus stop near my house (not only that one, but also all bus stops) and I was wondering when the bus coming.
We have the time table only at the main bus stop in the town. (I have just realised! Every an hour, so people in this town do not really need the time table.)
Anyway, I caught a bus at the main bus stop in the town and asked to the driver for making sure the bus was a right one.
He said "You sit behind me, and tell me or push the button." with smile.
We have only three kinds of lines and I was pretty sure the bus was right.
The bus started.
The bus drove like a loop, but not really loop. It was funny because the bus drove away to a small path and made U-turn and returned to the main street.
Most bus stops were passed because of no passenger, and sometimes people ran to the bus to ask for stopping.
Finally the bus close to the street which I live. Before that, the driver shouted "Is this the place that you were talking? This is a top of the hill!" I said "No, next one, I think." All passengers looked me (I felt so) and I felt an embarrass.
I got off the but at the next stop, and the driver said "Thank you, bye sweety."
It was only 30 minutes driving for the whole loop.
I could understand why they do not have time table for the each stop.
From next time, I have to make a guess when a bus passes in front of my house. And if I miss one, I have to wait another hour! (from my house to town, it takes 30 minutes...)
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