StantonHyde
08-04-2013, 06:40 PM
Or "I Hate Resort Towns".... Park City was having its annual art show. I took the kids up for the day--they have a great kids section and my kids are old enough now to like the art. Plus there is plenty of ice cream etc to keep them somewhat happy. They have 3 main parking sites and then you take a shuttle bus to where the festival is located. They just use the park city buses so they keep the same route. Yes, the bus is crowded and you have to stand, which is always a little odd, but not impossible.
On the way back to the parking area, I thought I was going to lose it. There was one lady standing behind me dripping in diamonds who had her face so tightly screwed up that I just wanted to say, "yes, it sucks not to be in the Bentley, doesn't it?". There was a man standing behind her who was older and a laborer--he didn't smell bad. He had to get off at one stop. The bus stopped and he turned to her smiling and tried to get past her to get off. She just stood there like "it's not where I need to be, what else could be going on?". The bus driver shut the bus door and somebody had to yell to say that this guy needed off. When the door shut, the lady yelled "ow" because the bar bumped her bum. Seriously??
There were other adults on the bus saying things like, "ooh, I thought we were going to tip over going around that turn" "where are we going?". I explained to the DCs that this is a city bus and that we are going on the bus route--thus the reason we are stopping at places that are OBVIOUSLY bus stops--you know--signs, waiting huts, etc. I get that I might have to explain this to young children--and as soon as I told them, they got it. But to the adults??
I finally just off at the stop before mine and walked to where our car was because I was afraid I was going to smack someone. It's a bus--seriously, these people have NEVER taken mass transit in their lives? They don't get the idea that people get off at different places? They were very clearly city buses.
The Salt Lake Arts Festival is huge too and there are TONS of people--who are convivial and kind and chatty. And you see all types of people--I like the people watching the best. Next year, maybe I will skip the Park City fest...
On the way back to the parking area, I thought I was going to lose it. There was one lady standing behind me dripping in diamonds who had her face so tightly screwed up that I just wanted to say, "yes, it sucks not to be in the Bentley, doesn't it?". There was a man standing behind her who was older and a laborer--he didn't smell bad. He had to get off at one stop. The bus stopped and he turned to her smiling and tried to get past her to get off. She just stood there like "it's not where I need to be, what else could be going on?". The bus driver shut the bus door and somebody had to yell to say that this guy needed off. When the door shut, the lady yelled "ow" because the bar bumped her bum. Seriously??
There were other adults on the bus saying things like, "ooh, I thought we were going to tip over going around that turn" "where are we going?". I explained to the DCs that this is a city bus and that we are going on the bus route--thus the reason we are stopping at places that are OBVIOUSLY bus stops--you know--signs, waiting huts, etc. I get that I might have to explain this to young children--and as soon as I told them, they got it. But to the adults??
I finally just off at the stop before mine and walked to where our car was because I was afraid I was going to smack someone. It's a bus--seriously, these people have NEVER taken mass transit in their lives? They don't get the idea that people get off at different places? They were very clearly city buses.
The Salt Lake Arts Festival is huge too and there are TONS of people--who are convivial and kind and chatty. And you see all types of people--I like the people watching the best. Next year, maybe I will skip the Park City fest...