*nods*

I sometimes have to suppress the urge to ask to no one in particular in a loud voice how the heck did any of these people score high enough on the SATs to get into a college much less this one. Riding the bus ain't rocket surgery.

The one that annoys me on the way back is I'm one of the last ones on. I have to stand. I'm short. There is a section near the front of the bus where I can't reach the darn bar over my head in any sort of comfortable way. A bunch of really tall dudes love to stand in the very front and will not budge for any reason. This is where there are lots of wonderful handholds for the short people. Or if they are in the tall people have it easy section they will stand so you can't get past them to the places behind the "in case someone on wheels gets on and has to be strapped in" section to the short people can hold on further back part of the bus.

Honestly, some days if they would let me just stand on the bicycle rack on the front of the bus it would be a lot easier.

Would it be bad to just demand the bus driver open the back door (we don't have to pay to ride) so I can get in where I can hold on without dislocating my shoulder or pack in like a sardine with the I have to be in the front 6 inches of the bus people?