The Bus Shift

I have been traveling in city bus to office for more than two months now. I deliberately chose to travel in city bus and cancelled my company bus pass end of last year.

I always enjoy bus travel, especially sitting in the window seat, looking outside and listening to music all the way. But this is not the reason for the shift, because I do this even in company bus.

The main reason was that there was no thrill, no adventure in life. So I atleast I wanted to add some spice to it. Changing buses and sometimes traveling routes, trying different permutations and combinations of bus routes from my home to office... There is a lot of uncertainty with all these which I love very much.

One more important difference is whenever you get into office bus everyday all you get to see is "shit-yet-another-day" kind of faces, atleast that is what I get to see in my bus route. But people who travel everyday in crowded government buses surprisingly look very excited with a good attitude to start the day.

The only problem is the bus timings as no bus in Chennai runs according to any timetable. Again, uncertainty, which is a different experience. Hail the Deluxe and A/c buses which give you utmost comfort especially after a tired day in office.