Morning

The driver said he was new to the route when I asked why we weren’t moving. I had to ask if I had somehow missed my usual bus and caught the very last one because the driver was farting around wasting time for who knew what reason. He responded that the bus was to leave at 6:45. I corrected that the 2nd-to-last bus was to depart at 6:40. He then recognized that he had been looking at the wrong part of the display and was new to the route. The newness really showed as we came off the freeway at 600 South and he failed to turn left at 400 West. Instead, he took us East to State before turning north. Trying to make the best of it, I got off at 300 S. State and made the extra distance. It was a bit of a pain but I could use the edxcercise. It is days like today that I am glad to have brought my bike along. The bike helped me make short work of an otherwise awkward bus experience.

Afternoon

2nd to the last bus was LATE once again. This time by 9 minutes. Traffic was cooperative on the freeway and the driver was able to make up all the time but one (1) minute. And by the time we made it to 7800 South we were one (1) minute ahead of schudule! You have to appreciate the disclaimer on the UTA schedules. It reads, ‘Timepoints are approximate and may vary due to road and traffic conditions.” They should probably append to that, “and driver inexperience, GPS difficulties, leaving the station on time, etc.”