17. You know your bus is late when: you can judge by the height of the sun how long you’ve been waiting for the bus, “Hey wait a minute. Where’s the sun? And how come it’s so dark? It was just morning. This bus can’t be that late!”

18. You know your bus is late when: going home sounds better then still trying to get to work.

19. You know your bus is late when: your legs start to give out on you.

20. You know your bus is late when: you have a meaningful conversation with one of the waiting riders.

21. You know your bus is late when: you start pacing wondering, “Where the frake is the bus?”

22. You know your bus is late when: you start screaming, “Where the frake is the bus?”

23. You know your bus is late when: you get arrested for trying to stop another bus and get the driver to take you and your fellow passenger’s home.

24. You know your bus is late when: your feet feel really sore and all you want to do is sit.

25. You know your bus is late when: you chat with the other passenger who seems to not be mentally balanced right.

26. You know your bus is late when: the bus shows up but is too full to take new passengers. “Holy Frake!”

27. You know your bus is late when: you would rather stand on the bus for the hour trip home than stand and wait for the next bus.

28. You know your bus is late when: you take out your I-pod and spend the next 3 hours dancing and having a good time waiting for the bus, any bus, to come.

29. You know your bus is late when: It snows, the bus pulls up with chains on its wheels and you are glad that… oh wait, no that’s a sanitation truck. “Shish.”

30. You know your bus is late when: the bus pulls up, stops, shuts down its engine, and the driver comes out explaining its time for his break. He’ll be back in a half hour. “Jeez.”

31. You know your bus is late when: the passengers are walking from one stop to another stop hoping to catch the bus but giving themselves something to do.

32. You know your bus is late when: you decided to take the subway.

33. You know your bus is late when: you decide to walk home. All 10 miles of it!

34. You know your bus is late when: you realize your bus is not going to come because you are waiting at the wrong bus stop.

35. You know your bus is late when: you realize you are looking at the wrong bus schedule.

36. You know your bus is late when: a passenger gives you news from the radio on your missing bus. “It seems it broke down uptown. They’re saying to take the train.”

37. You know your bus is late when: the bus pulls up being pulled by horses.

38. You know your bus is late when: the maintenance truck is following close behind.

39. You know your bus is late when: the tire looks like it is way to bald can anybody say flat tire in the making?

40. You know your bus is late when: your bus driver seems way too happy. “Yea I didn’t have to drive much today. I was stuck in so much traffic I took a nap!”