Anything Goes

What’s this? Some sort of symbol? Naaah, it’s actually the route number of jeepneys here in Cebu that caters the Lahug-Ayala-SM route. It’s very convenient for me because I don’t have to go to Ayala and line up in their hot, humid terminal going to SM whereas I can just stop over at SSS and ride the 04L jeepneys going to SM right away. Just this week, their routes were changed. Now every time I wish to go to SM, I would have to go to Ayala first and line up in their terminal. Aside from the fact that it’s very hot and humid as the jeepneys all line up beside each other and when you’re inside you get not much air from the outside as all other passengers are cramped up inside waiting for it to be full (whew this is a pretty long sentence), other irritants are there as well like people (especially the driver!) smoking. It’s even worse if it’s not a jeepney you would be riding in but a multicab. Those kind should be banned and dismantled. They’re just a waste of space on the road. Plus, you really can’t choose which you will ride on because if it’s a multicab that’s on queue, and you wanted a jeepney, then you would have to wait for the multicab to become full and wait till a jeepney has its turn. At least with the 04L route, even if there are lots of multicabs with that route, there are many jeepneys around as well. I recently asked a hmmm, he probably was a traffic enforcer under SM’s employment, asked him why the 04L’s route was changed. He said this was to ease traffic. Wow! Did they even think how big of an inconvenience this would have to people? The higher ups can easily recommend and suggest this so called solution because they have their own cars and they’re rich. They should ride jeepneys like us so they can experience the long ride home. If there’d be no 04L jeepney that would cheat its route in the evening, then people would be forced to ride the long way to their destination instead of let’s say, riding the short route going from SM to I.T. Park. This is just plain irritating …