There is a huge bus. It's written on the bus: suffering bus. We are packed like sardines in it. Bus seats are full of. It's burst at the seams. Our driver is a portly, jabberer man. He says he knows all the ways. He says he would provide us to reach the target from the shortest way. He is smiling. We hope so. We hope the bus is not as bad as it seems. The driver starts to praise the bus. Six forward speed, strong differential gear, tires are well qualified... He adds there is also a super audio system in the bus. He puts a roma music to tape. When the driver starts to drive, passengers keep silent.They have no strength left to speak. The driver enters the left line and then the right line. We go shimmying.
The driver wears a suit. He also wears a tie. He has close shave. He looks passengers using driving mirror. He makes fun of passengers poor situation. It's nice to be a driver in the bus. You sit on your seat alone. Passengers stand on the bus. "Happily i am a driver. If i am not, i would live a dog's life like them." he thinks. The way is long; it's sometimes motorway, it's sometimes unimproved road. It's generally rough. We are the ones who suffer but the driver feels very comfortable. Helper of the driver announces: "Rueful passengers of suffering bus! The teas are on the house." People feel very bad. However the driver continues to praise his seat. He sometimes tidders his seat with a great love. He calls out to passengers withour looking at them: "Do you feel comfortable?" Everybody wants to say the real situation but they afraid of the driver. If the driver get angry with them and force them to get off the bus... What can they do then? They say together "We feel very well, there is no problem.".
However the reality is different. They think about reaching to last stop and call the driver to account. It's not possible to say anything to the driver's face. He is an angry man. They are afraid of him. One of them try to say something martially. "No, we are not comfortable. Here is too crowded. We are suffering." The driver stops the bus and force the passenger to get off.
After a while, they start to go on a straight road. The driver checks the brake. He see the brake to fail. "Forget it" he thinks. "There is an emergency brake in the bus." After the straight road, a downgrade starts. Passengers warn the driver to be too fast. The driver smiles. "Don't be afraid of... There is an emergency brake..." People relax a little. The driver still jokes with them. "You, rabbits". "Look at here. Here is the buton of the emergency brake. When i push the button, the bus will stop at the moment." People start to shout at him: "Let's stop it, there is a gulf 2 miles ahead." The driver still smiles. He put a roma music to tape. "Let's dance a little bit. You will feel better then" The driver pushes the button of the emergency brake. However the bus doesn't stop. It speeds up. The driver hits the button but nothing changes. Then the automatic announce starts: "The driver! You had to push the button 2 miles behind. You are too late. You could say goodbye to eachother. God rest all passengers."
The End
*The President of Kağıthane ROMDER
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