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So, I commute to work via bus (about 50% of the time right now), and it can be dull or very interesting. Normally, I try to listen to podcasts while riding, but sometimes the drama on the bus was more interesting. One lady got on at a stop, and her pass did not work. SHe kept tapping it to the reader trying to get it to work, but kept getting rejected. Finally, the driver told her to stop, because the 14 times it did not work were not flukes. That did not stop her. Finally, the card was rejected in the system, so she will have to spend another two dollars to get a whole new card on top of the reloading fees. On top of that, she had to borrow a few bucks from ther passengers to pay for her fare. Then, when the bus finally got to the last stop, and everyone (but me and one other guy) had disembarked, the other guy blocked the exit of the bus and started yelling at the driver for being rude to him. Very broken English too. The driver had the time to sit and absorb this abuse, but he knew I was trying to catch teh train and be on my way. However, the guy kept ignoring the driver's instructions to get out of the way and let me off the bus. the guy kept going and going though until being escorted gently off the bus by the driver so I caould also get off. I still missed the train I was trying to make. (They are on a three minutes schedule this time of day, so no big deal) Adam