NUS bus stop mannequin

Two weeks ago, I went to the prestigious National University of Singapore to attend something but ended up being their campus mannequin instead.

The route from my place to the destination was simple. Board 151, drop at Yusof Ishak House. Take Bus D, alight at 3rd stop and walk. So I got onto 151 and dropped at around 7.15 pm.Then came the wait for Bus D which completely pissed me off. I'm not sure how the actual intervals were like but every other shuttle bus has come and gone. Some even more than once. I did not managed to even see a Bus D the whole time I was in NUS. I noted one bus that stood out in particular, apparently suffering from a identify crisis. It believes it's a champion stallion on a racetrack, has NO wish to pick or drop passengers and does so grudgingly.

What this bus did was to switch to the outer lane and tried to drive past the bus stop as fast as possible. Two stunned students recovered fast enough to flag but it only managed to halt when it was high up on the slope - a full bus length ahead of the actual bus stop. And then it's off again, racing towards an imaginary finishing line.

I decided that it's too late to make it worth my while going. Either Bus D's intervals are seriously effed up or they just don't operate after 7pm and did not give ANY indication of such timings at the bus stops. Waiting for A1 was just as painful but at least I've seen it once while waiting for a more direct Bus D.

So I crossed over, this time waiting for 151 to go back home. During the long wait, I watch the Comfort bus pretend not to know there's a bus stop yet again. What's the point of a shuttle bus that speeds on the outer lanes at bus stops?

Comfort bus with asshole driver aside, the wait for 151 was worse than the wait for Bus D. After every other external bus made their rounds at least twice, Bus 151 finally showed up after 32 minutes, packed almost to the brim. About 20% of the people at the bus stop could board. Unfortunately, I was the 80%. I may sound spoilt but the fact that A LOT of people at the bus stop couldn't get the bus as well after so long means that there's something really wrong with the bus intervals.

I was seriously pissed at this point of time. I left the house to come to NUS and waited till its useless to attend the remainder. So far I've wasted an hour in NUS. All I did was to stand and pose like a dumb mannequin at the bus stop and all I want is to go home.

Just as I was ready to walk out to the main roads, the second 151 finally came at 8.26pm. This time all could board though just barely. I was one of the people standing near the entrance.

As the bus drove past the very last bus stop of NUS, I could see another 10 people there trying to flag. Can you imagine how much they would have to wait for Bus 151? Definitely more than my 46 mins. I wish them all the best in their modelling careers. Happy posing until the next 151 comes.