Commuter Day 5

Friday Aug 14, 2009
AM: 49 minutes
PM: 57 minutes

This morning, luck was on my side. I left the house the usual time to get to the bus stop. As I was halfway to the bus stop, I saw the bus driving past the stop towards me. (It's a good thing I walk along the bus route on the way to the bus stop). The bus was 4 minutes early from when it was supposed to pick up. Luckily I was able to flag down the bus and get on at the corner, otherwise I would have had to wait 15-20 minutes for the next bus to come the other direction. I told the bus driver when I got on the bus, "A little early today, aren't you?" To which he replied, "No, only about 30 seconds." I wonder if he realizes what time he is supposed to pick up there? It's not a timed stop, where I catch the bus, but it does seem weird that he is the only driver that is consistently 3 minutes early, when every other bus driver on that route is 1-2 minutes late. Anyway, as I said, I was lucky to catch the bus on the corner, because I had no wait time, and was able to make it downtown in really good time today.

This afternoon's commute was more of the same. I don't think I spent a long amount of time waiting for the bus today. It was about the average.