By now, I feel pretty confident in my ability to navigate the Tacoma and
Seattle bus system. Or at least I thought I was, a recent bus expedition
proved otherwise. I was trying to get to point A, in this little scenario.
Point A being a place that I have managed to get to via bus in the past, but
this time, I had printed out directions, because for some reason I thought I
needed them. My first mistake was standing on the wrong side of the road.
After the bus I should have gotten on, passed me going to opposite
direction, I took a deep breath, re-established my patience, and stepped
onto a bus that I knew very well was not the correct one. I ended up
basically being driven around to Tacoma, hitting up point E, point V, point
K, etc., before finally completing to circle, and landing at my
destination&lsqauo;in short, a trip that should have taken 10 minutes, took 40
minutes. But, I got to know Tacoma a little more intimately, realized I¹m
better off without directions, and had the fact that every bus trip presents
a new adventure, reaffirmed.
Tara, Student
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