Challenge #3
This time I decided to step over my fear of marshrutka-bus drivers and to ask for a stop for no reason.
Actually, drivers are not the friendliest people in the world, so it's quite terrifying.
It was not easy at all, I would say. It was morning, when everyone is smiling and happy to see you. Of course, not. People were angry and unfriendly, so was the driver. It's quite a distance between the town I live in and university, that's why marshrutka-bus sets off only when it's completely full and stops only at those places where people need.
And that was my moment of glory, when I asked for a stop at the place where nobody ever drops off.
Bus had stopped and I kept silence. After a while people and the driver asked me is everything fine or not and I answered that I asked for a wrong stop.
Remarkable, that everything was fine. People did not look at me as if I were an enemy, driver asked where I need to stop and said, that he will remind me about it.
Strange, but true.
Actually, drivers are not the friendliest people in the world, so it's quite terrifying.
It was not easy at all, I would say. It was morning, when everyone is smiling and happy to see you. Of course, not. People were angry and unfriendly, so was the driver. It's quite a distance between the town I live in and university, that's why marshrutka-bus sets off only when it's completely full and stops only at those places where people need.
And that was my moment of glory, when I asked for a stop at the place where nobody ever drops off.
Bus had stopped and I kept silence. After a while people and the driver asked me is everything fine or not and I answered that I asked for a wrong stop.
Remarkable, that everything was fine. People did not look at me as if I were an enemy, driver asked where I need to stop and said, that he will remind me about it.
Strange, but true.
Anyway, I'm glad you made it.
ОтветитьУдалитьI have been in this situation before! This was an interesting read. Many of us go through awkward and uncomfortable situations like these, but we never think to talk about it.
ОтветитьУдалить1.It was morning, when everyone is smiling and happy to see you, right? Of course not.
2. When the bus stopped and I kept silence.
3. After a few seconds went by, the driver and some of the people asked me if everything was ok. I finally responded that I asked for the wrong stop.
4. To my surprise, everything turned out fine.
5. The people on the bus didn't seem to be too angry at my mistake. The bus driver asked me where I needed to stop.