I write this as I'm sitting on the bus...
Public Transit sucks because:
#1. The bus is never on time. The one you were supposed to catch is early and you woefully watch the half empty bus take off without you while you try racing up the block in vain to catch it. The next bus is 5 minutes late and crammed packed.
#2. Personal space is non existent. I don't like it when people that I don't know touch me. When the bus is full with standing room only and your wedged between a tall sweaty man and a short lesbian you'll wish you had decided to drive into work that day. Even though parking costs $6-$15 depending how close to work you want to park.
#3. It smells bad. Actually, this should be number one, but this list is more chronologically written than importance written. Lots of people with lots of different weird (and mostly bad) smells in a confined area with the windows securely closed is NEVER a good idea.
#4. The buses break down, A LOT. And the bus driver takes it as his personal responsibility to keep you on the smelly, cramped, nasty bus where it is "safe". I'm sorry Mr Bus driver, but you're not the boss of me and it's not your lawful duty to keep me on the bus. I'm going to walk to the next stop.
#5. It smells REALLY bad. Like baby vomit and filth.
#6. Strangers decide that they want to talk to you. I work in customer support, so I'm sorry but the last thing I want to do is talk to ANOTHER stranger.
#7. People complain loudly. People talk on their phones loudly. Its like a yelling contest.
My bus is parking now so I'm not going to proof read this. I'm going home. It still smells.
UPDATE: I just got home and ate. Now that I have food in my tummy I am a lot less irritable. Also I'm not surrounded my that noxious smell that was causing me to involuntarily dry heave. I realize that my argument as to why public transportation is awful is not very sound or logical. I know I can do better, but it's been awhile since my last post. So I'm just going to leave this up here as an example of my I'm-hungry-and-on-my-way-home-don't-mess-with-me self.
