Follow That Bus!
As I’m waiting at a red light in the left turn lane, I look lazily to my left to see a smartly-dressed older woman tottering as fast as she can to the street corner in her kitten heels. The light turns green, giving us a turning advance, including a bus two vehicles in front of me.
The bus passes the next bus stop and I look in my rearview mirror as the older woman finishes crossing the road and stops on the corner, deflated. I stop at the bus stop and wait for her to walk to the stop to catch the next bus.
Me: “Come on, get in. We’ll go catch the bus.”
Woman: “What? What do you mean?”
Me: “Come on. I’ll get you to a stop in front of the bus.”
The woman’s eyes light up and she pulls the door open and climbs in.
Woman: “Really?!”
Me: “Yeah, let’s go!”
Traffic is bad so we’re together for fifteen minutes while tailing the bus. She tells me that her husband has headed to the airport to pick up her sister and she wants to surprise her by being there, too. By missing the bus, she’ll miss the next SeaBus, which means she’ll be behind by half an hour and unlikely to make it.
Me: “Oh, the SeaBus? I’ll just take you straight there. Then you’ll have lots of time.”
Woman: “Oh, dear, no. I don’t want to take you out of your way.”
Me: “No, it’s no problem. I was just getting home from work, anyway.”
Woman: “Well, thank you. I hope I’m not taking you too far out of your way.”
I give her a quirky smile.
Me: “The SeaBus stop is in front of my house.”
She thanked me over and over, but it was barely even a thing for me. I was done with my work for the day and happy to drive around a bit on a chilly afternoon.
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