Happy Earth Week...your bus route is canceled

Not the best news in the world. "Due to lack of ridership, we are forced to eliminate your route". OK, so we only have 15 people riding currently, but shouldn't it be the responsibility of the bus company to advertise and promote the routes and make them appealing to as many possible riders as possible? Apparently not. They're subsidised, you know. Free money from The Government (that's really you and me, by the way).

"Hey Riders, you need to get some more people to ride or we'll have to cancel your route". They didn't ever mention this to us. I guess it didn't cross their mind.

"Hey Riders, we need to increase your fare or we'll have to cancel your route". Nope. Never even brought that up. We haven't had a rate increase in YEARS. I'd gladly pay more to keep our illustrious bus and route. Not an option.

"Hey Riders, we're going to add a couple more stops along the way so more people will want to get out of their cars and into the bus". I don't think so, Tim. Never suggested. And what's one or two more stops?

"Hey Riders, did you notice the new billboard on the way to work? No? You were asleep? No biggie. It said 'Come ride the bus, save yourself at LEAST $300 a MONTH! Yes, you can ride the bus to work and buy a NEW CAR with your savings!'". That would be too smart. Advertising never works. Oh, wait...YES IT DOES!

"Hey Riders, our other billboard that you didn't see said "Hey you...yes you all alone in your car. This is Earth Week. Come try the bus for free this week and see how much stress you can shed. Did you know that some commuters suffer more stress than a fighter pilot going into battle? No? It's TRUE. Come relax with us!". Um, nope. Didn't hear that one either.

"Hey Riders, we're going to have to combine your route with another one so we don't have to eliminate your route all together. Hope that's OK with you". SURE it's OK. We're good with that. Just DON'T MAKE US DRIVE IN! But didn't hear that either.

"Hey Riders, your route is canceled effective May 31st". THAT we did hear. In writing. On RED paper...ALERT...ALERT...DANGER WILL ROBINSON...DANGER.

Enough rant. Today is Pot Luck day. Not much to celebrate. I even forgot to ask for cookies from the Chocolate Chip Cookie Fairy. DOH!

If you want to know how YOU can help us keep our route, leave a comment. I'll post the number you can call if I get 3 or more offers for help. We're considering Call3 or News 10 On Your Side too.

Does it sound like I'm FIRED UP? Well I AM!