Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
Would it ease your suffering a little bit to know that, instead of the "comfy" F/J bus
with actual seats, Y passengers have a half-hour of
standing while the driver takes the starts, stops and corners at speeds designed to knock them off their feet? Or that, as a woman of average height, I have to extend my arm full length to reach the overhead support?
I really really really hate arriving in Y at a remote stand.
I was thinking about that. I'm 194cm tall and the normal procedure of banging my head on everything on the bus while everybody else keeps stomping my feet isn't that great, either. Even short rides are miserable and the thought of a half an hour ride doing a sardine imitation in a regular bus is enough to send me seeking for a piece of rope and a strong tree.
Besides, it hurts my elbow that someone is banging his/her head on it constantly throughout the ride.
If that ever happens to me when flying economy (which itself happens fairly often) I will stick to my strategy reserved for unmanageable situations: I'll just throw myself on the ground and scream and kick until an acceptable solution is provided.