A Puerto Rican Day Parade Memory. East side downtown bus. Driver having trouble dealing with traffic. So he got off.
Not a classic story but what elevates the tale is that, as far as I know, he never came back.
This story does raise three questions:
1) How long does it take a busload of New Yorkers to figure out the driver is not coming back for them. (In the early 90s about five minutes.)
2) What percentage of the passengers know how to open the doors on those models? (Zero)
3) How long does it take a busload of New Yorkers to figure out how to open the doors? (A lot longer than you think.)
Lesson learned: if traveling on a popular parade day, take the subway.
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