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Stayed late at work by accident and busted my hump trying to catch my "backup" bus that gets me home relatively early. Waited here since the PTV app said "arriving in 5 minutes" then it counted down and said "Now" for about two minutes, then ticked over to 21 minutes. No bus went by in either direction.
Also this bus stop I'm at doesn't have a bench or anything.
Oh, I just remembered I missed my normal bus to work this morning, too. Looks like I've got a case of the Mondays!
Buses are the biggest trolls of the PTV network. That includes the "smart" buses. I've had the exact same thing happen to me before too, in the cold dark rain. Don't miss it at all.
Once a colleague was dropping me off at a bus stop early and we saw my ("smart ") bus just about to leave well ahead of what the app said, and when I explained how unreliable the things are my colleague just gunned it and beat the bus in heavy traffic to drop me off a few stops later so I would definitely get on that bus.
Dumb bus*
Ugh I hate that. Happened when I was waiting for a tram to Caulfield on Saturday. It's like ticking down and then ... Nothing.
Also I wish there was somewhere where we can tell ptv to get seats or whatever at bus stops. My local one doesn't have a seat, which sure sucks but eh, but trying to get on the bus is annoying and they can only lean down so far. Feels like I'm taking two steps to get on it.