If you happen to be riding a New York City bus in the near future, look up towards the front of the bus at the advertisements near the ceiling. In addition to discovering how to get your foot problems healed instantly and where to sign up for eye donation, you are also informed of a new program the MTA has recently instituted. If you are a NYC bus driver with an accident-free record for the last three years, you get a badge, and we bus riders should look for the badge on our drivers. I personally found this entire idea disturbing. So there are THAT many bus drivers who have gotten in an accident in the last three years that the ones who haven't need an award? And if I do get on a bus, and I notice my bus driver is not wearing a badge, then what? Do I get off? Do I tsk tsk as I insert my Metrocard so they know I disapprove of their driving? And if they DO have the lucrative badge, are they expecting a congratulations?
And then it occured to me as I was pondering this what it would be like to be an MTA bus driver - I imagine rather stressful if the accident statistic is that high. But I began to wonder if perhaps the applicant pool for bus drivers might be smaller than for other jobs, and maybe they have jobs open?? Plus how cool would it be to get a badge? I thought about applying for such a job for about a mile, but then I realized you probably don't get a badge until you've actually been there for three years, so I threw that idea out. Oh well.
On that note, since I'm not going to be a bus driver, I need to get back to scouring Craigslist. The next post will be more exciting. Pinky promise.
'Til tomorrow...
CarrieJ
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