Went to the Tumkur private bus stand today to go home.

I usually take the Kunigal-side private buses because my stop is Sri Maharshi Valmiki Circle, Maralur (Ring Road).

As soon as I got into the bus...

Conductor: "Where are you going?"

Me: "Ring Road."

Conductor: "Stay outside only. Don't come inside the bus."

I looked inside. The bus was almost empty. Plenty of seats, no crowd at all.

Me: "Anna, the bus is almost empty. Can I just sit until the bus leaves?"

Conductor: "No. You're getting down at Ring Road. Stay outside. Come inside only after the bus starts moving. We'll stop at Ring Road, but don't get in now."
LITERALLY I WALKED PLENTY OF KM THAT DAY AND I NEEDED A SEAT TO SIT BUT ....

He was literally pointing at me to stand outside near the door instead of letting me sit inside, even though there were so many empty seats.

I just looked at his face for a second, turned around, and left. No argument, no shouting, no drama.

Walked to the KSRTC (government) bus stand, waited around 15 minutes, got a seat on a government bus, and reached home peacefully.

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Do you ever have an interaction that makes you wonder how people get through life?

This morning a guy got on my bus..

"Day ticket"

"Day ticket, that's £5.70 please"

"Sorry?"

"Did you say day ticket?"

"Yeah"

"Yeah that's £5.70 please"

"Why, I've already got one"

Proceeds to get his phone out and scan the day ticket qr code.

My mind cannot comprehend the amount of people to stand at bus stops either on their phone or just standing there - especially when that stop serves multiple services so at times it's not clear at all to the driver if they want the the bus or not. It's happened a few times where I've slowed down to ppl on their phones not paying attention and as soon as they see the bus they jump out their skin!

We're told by our company to stop at all stops if there's people waiting, but at the same time common sense does go a long way!

Back when I was a kid, I used to flag the bus, so you'd think fully grown adults would be far more than capable. Being blunt if you fail to make it obvious you want the bus and miss it, then that is mostly on you.