Whiny Bus Rider

The Whiny Bus Rider trying to not catch COVID in Ottawa, ON

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Big big shout out and thank you to the bus driver of #85 Gatineau 6637 for being AWESOME and waiting for me to cross the road. You are my BUS HERO! 🥰 @OC_Transpo

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Will the 10am #85 Bayshore show up on time at Pimisi? Or was it super duper early again? @OC_Transpo It’s 10:08 and I’ve been here since 9:56.

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Bus drivers with @OC_Transpo who do a time stop a the second-to-last stop (the last being a major transfer point) are sadistic people.

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Why don’t @OC_Transpo bus drivers need to wear masks? I’m looking at you late driver of route 85 bus 6623.

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Masks are difficult. @OC_Transpo

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Ah, nothing like riding the #Otrain in the morning with a fresh cup of Timmie’s coffee #maskless @OC_Transpo

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

First day to new job:
✅ Sunshine
✅ @OC_Transpo bus on time
✅ 13/15 passengers wearing a mask

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

But will you enforce it?

[OC Transpo @OC_Transpo]

Next week provincial mask mandates will be lifted in several locations. Face masks are still required when entering buses, trains, shelters, stations, Para Transpo minibuses and contracted taxis. https://t.co/SyhSD8WmNb

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

My new position is a one-bus 15 minute commute, or an easy 3.5km by bike or foot.

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

It’s my last day ever taking the #96 (former 116). I quit my job: number one reason was I could no longer cope with the commute. I’ll be taking @OC_Transpo locally from now on.

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

This guy. I asked him if he’s like a mask; he laughed. I told him he was rude. Oh the adventures on the #96. @OC_Transpo

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Me: I’m going to take the #80 tonight
@OC_Transpo: Ha ha ha, we’ll send the #80 around the Auriga/Antares loop backwards tonight!!

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Over the past two years I’ve asked this woman countless times to wear her mask properly. I give up.

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Masklessness abounds on the #OTrain these days. People don’t care. @OC_Transpo

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

I told him it happens frequently with that @OC_Transpo bus, and if he wants to catch it at 5:08 he’s got to watch both sides of the street.

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

I didn’t take it yesterday, but a man got on the #96 Hurdman tonight complaining to the driver that yesterday’s 96 Hurdman went around the Antares / Auriga loop backwards, missing him.

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Great news! My bus was 9 minutes late so I caught it. Yay?

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

It’s great that I left 20 minutes early due to train delays and still managed to miss the once-every-half-hour bus connection by 1 minute. Yay 29 minutes to enjoy the views at Hurdman Station!

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

🎶 Trying to get to work
On the other side of town
But I’m stuck in a tunnel
‘Cuz the train is broken down! 🎶
Ooh oooh, I’ve got the #OTrain blues… 🎶
@OC_Transpo

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Next bus at stop 340 West Hunt Club? 23:15pm (that’s six hours).

[Whiny Bus Rider @WhinyBusRider]

Ah, another new-to-route 96B @OC_Transpo driver, who skipped West Hunt Club at Merivale & went down MacFarlane instead; did the Antares / Auriga backwards…. missing stops and people. #Whoops