First of all, I'm not blaming them. It's not like they were petitioning and protesting about it, but I suspect that the bus company's decision to let them all on for free is the reason why the rest of us have to pay ludicrous fares.
I mention this because when I was coming home from work today, the bus driver, who was one of those smart arse types who obviously thinks driving a bus is a really big deal, said the fare to where I was going was more than the money I had given him. Unless the fares have gone up again since this morning, he was wrong. But I was contemplating this, and I noticed that it seems that about half the people who use the bus aren't paying for it. I also noticed that a good few of them are obviously using the bus to get to and from work (unless the shops are now giving out briefcases instead of carrier bags). And I wouldn't be surprised if most of them earn more money than I do. And another thing. It's not just the buses around the city they can get for free. They could conceivably, if they wanted to, sail back and forward on the train between Belfast and Dublin all day long for nothing.
And as if this isn't bad enough, there are these signs beside the front couple of rows of seats that ask you to give them up to old people!
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