I start work dead on rush hour at the end of the afternoon. I would walk, but it's quite a long walk and I don't really know the way yet, also I feel vulnerable walking alone when it's getting dark. It's OK coming home because my boyfriend picks me up on his way home from work. I would get a taxi, but they're so expensive, even for a short journey.
I ended up being an hour late to work because of the stress of the buses turning up late I got off at the wrong stop and didn't recognise where I was. I had to phone my boyfriend to come and help, and oh was he FURIOUS. He was swearing and shouting, making me upset. He was like that because he was worried I would get fired for being this late on my first week and so he was in a panic.
Before I got the job he did show me where to go and where to get off the bus, but it's so confusing, especially in the dark. The street the bus garage is along is so dark (not very well-lit). I did ask the driver, but he was deaf as a post and so I had to shout clearly, and on those buses the driver is in a booth thing so you have to talk through glass. By the way the buses I get to work aren't the same buses I clean as it's a different company.
It's even hard to find landmarks along this road, as everything looks exactly the same. The road before looks the same too. I have looked it up on Google maps, hoping I will memorize the right stop where to get off. I am worried about relying on buses again. If the city didn't have a high crime rate I would walk.
Once again I hate cars. If it wasn't for traffic, the buses would just turn up on time.
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