My one way relationship with the BU Bus

It’s the love/hate relationship we can all relate to

My relationship with the BU shuttle, isn’t very typical. Like all relationships, it has its ups and downs. This relationship has a lot of those moments.

You’re never on time

You tell me you’ll be outside Stuvi in five minutes, but 10 minutes pass and you’re still not here. Before I know it, I’ve been waiting for you for half an hour, and you don’t even apologize for being late.

I love how you keep me warm

After coming out of a difficult stats class, I know I can count on your for keeping me warm, even in the midsts of the crazy Boston weather.

I hate how everyone else wants you

I always look forward to seeing you, but everyone wants you, and I can’t have you to myself. You even sometimes just drive past me and leave me waiting.

I hate how you take vacations without me

Sometimes, it seems, you forget to take me with you when you go abroad. How did you get to the Caribbean so quickly? And how on earth did you get to Africa? We will never know.

I love how you help my aching feet

Boston University is a rather large campus, so getting from one spot to another can be difficult sometimes. If you have a class in Questrom, but you live all the way in West, that can be quite a workout, especially while caring a backpack full of heavy textbooks. So when I see you waiting for me on Silber Way, I get pretty excited.

I hate how dirty you are

I know it’s difficult to be so needed, but sometimes your lack of cleanliness concerns me. Why do you let people cough and sneeze all over you? And why do you let people leave there garbage everywhere? You don’t tell them anything, and you don’t even clean it up. Just gross.

I love how cheap you are

Yes, we pay a ridiculous amount in tuition, but the shuttle can get us pretty far into Boston. It beats taking an Uber to class or to Newbury Street (you can take the BUS to Huntington Ave, and Newbury Street is a five minute walk from there).

We may make fun of you, BU shuttle, but hey, free is free.


Featured image by Kalman Zabarsky for Boston University Photography.

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