Rant: The 7:15 AM express bus used to be a quiet zone. Now it's a phone call conference room.

For about two years, my morning ride was a peaceful 35 minutes. People read, slept, or looked out the window. In the last six months, it's totally flipped. Now, without fail, at least three people are having loud, full-volume speakerphone calls about work stuff before we even hit the freeway. It's like a rolling office. The change seemed to happen right after that big tech company opened its new campus near the last stop. I guess a bunch of new riders brought their 'multitasking on the go' habits with them. The driver put up a 'please be considerate' sign, but it's just paper over a crack. Has anyone else's regular route had its whole vibe ruined by one big change like this? What did you do?

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joseph_roberts10d ago

That would drive me up the wall too.

emerycarr12d ago

Ugh, that sounds like my worst nightmare...

shanegibson12d ago

Tell me about it. I had to deal with that exact thing last month and it was a total mess for weeks. The whole process just drags on forever with no clear end in sight. Honestly felt like I was stuck in some kind of bad reality show. Never want to go through that again.