Why RantWoman loves the Bus part T

Spoiler Alert: RantWoman LOVES the bus because compared to taxis, there is MUCH less expectation that RantWoman will be able to carry on a coherent conversation about professional football. Also, payment is simpler: RantWoman buys a monthly pass and just taps the card on her hip everytime she boards the bus.

This reflection brought to you by POTLUCK.

Potluck involves various combinations of bus and car pool, but this round for medical reasons we were down a driver and the car pool travels were redistributed. RantWoman was happy to get herself there.

RantWoman prides herself on bus adventures on the way to various locations where a much loved potluck occurs. But Sunday, RantWoman needed to cook food. RantWoman has an injured arm. RantWoman was not even up to looking up the best timing for her needed routing. Plus RantWoman has some taxi vouchers related to a very pilot project. So RantWoman phoned a taxi. Rantwoman phoned a taxi after the Seahawks game, but for a route that would pass by the stadium.

Tis the season for app download glitches. Another app, another glitch while waiting for the taxi. RantWoman will revisit.

Cab driver asked RantWoman for her destination and we got rolling. Along the way, the game came up. Bear in mind, RantWoman's conversational capacity for football extends just about to who won? and Was it a good game? Taxi driver though also wanted to talk about the logistics of picking people up and competition for space with buses. Look, RantWoman understands a guy wants to make a living, but if the fastest way to move lots of people out of an area quickly is the bus, welll, RantWoman would suggest the cab drivers target some more distant pickup options. RantWoman did not explain this thinking to the driver; she just noted his point of view.

Traffic was MINIMAL on the route needed and soon the cab was in front of the house RantWoman was visiting. Time to pay.

Cab driver did not want to deal with RantWoman's voucher.

Total fare was modest so RantWoman was fine with just using her debit card. Out on the tip of Alki, some connectivity piece was not fine with processing devbit card payment.

So RantWoman resorted to cash. Luckily she had planned for possible need for cash, with some left over if she decided to taxi home and presumably into a zone of better connectivity. IN fact, RantWoman did NOT taxi home: RantWoman grabbed a space in one of the carpools that was headed to near the start of a favorite RantWoman bus line. Happy travels.