This weekend in transit realities:
Cranky?
Bus driver as RantWoman boards her last bus of the
day, “How are you?”
RantWoman: “I am well, but I can do cranky if
needed.”
Bus driver laughs, which is exactly what RantWoman
needs.
ORCA mania for senior visitors
ORCA gripe for seniors who frequently visit Seattle:
RantWoman encountered a visitor outside her faith community. Visitor and wife
are in town while his wife completes some kind of professional certification
exam. Visitor was just walking around the neighborhood and rantWoman struck up
a conversation, a most wonderful conversation about various interests including
the social values embodied by transit.
But visitor was also slightly unhappy. He has a
Reduced Fare Permit in Spokane. He has an ORCA card in Seattle but no way that
he knows of to use his ORCA card AND take advantage of reciprocity for other areas’
senior / Disabled passes. He said he was able to get a senior discount to buy
an all-day pass for Link but that a bus driver told him the all-day pass is not
valid on the bus.
Huh?
RantWoman lost patience trying to check what
ORCAcard.com says about day passes and has no info about what bus drivers are
told, but huh? To RantWoman it makes sense that people who buy a day pass want
to be able to use all modes of transit where payment by ORCA is possible. So…
ABCESS
It’s Sunday, which means it is time again for
seniors who might like to see each other andtransit dependent people who would
like to see beloved seniors to meditate about ACCESS or as one beloved senior
who refuses to use it calls it, ABCESS.
RantWoman has a couple much loved elders who both
live two different buses away from RantWoman. They both need ACCESS and should
not try to bus. RantWoman would be thrilled to see both of them at the same
time on Sundays. RantWoman and others are glad to hang out with Beloved Elder.
However RantWoman is NOT thrilled to regularly collect data about ACCESS rides being
out of pickup window, need for multiple calls, postponements, and other
features of fabulous customer service.
But onward to the next week.
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