One Of My Usual Unfortunate Events.

I usually take Transnasional from KL back to PG because I don't have to go to Pudu. I hate Pudu. I used to have nightmares about people getting raped and killed in Pudu. Transnasional has another counter in Hentian Duta which is a much smaller station so it's less packed.



Hentian Duta is only a stone's throw away from Stadium Duta and the roundabout to Segambut.

I forgot to buy my ticket from KL->PG for the past weekend. By the time I got there on Sunday noon, Transnasional 5.30pm bus is all sold out and the next one is at 11pm which is too late for me.

Then there's those counters there selling tickets. These counters don't own any buses. They sell tickets to different different bus companies. So when you buy ticket from them you actually have no idea what bus you will take until when the time comes.

I have no choice but to grab the 5pm ticket from them. When I reach there at 5pm, I showed the counter my ticket and the lady there took my ticket and showed me to the bus parked next to the counter and say NAIK SEKARANG. I asked which seat and she say FREE SEATING.


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Turns out it's Mayang Sari I took. The bus is sickeningly slow.

And the worst part is, at 11pm, I realized that the bus has passed Butterworth and doesn't look like it has intention to head to the bridge.

So I went to the front

'Bang, bus ini tak stop kat Penang ke?'
'Stop kat Penang?? *disgusted face. Bus ini ke Sungai Petani!'

WTF

After further asking and complaining

'Kaunter semua itu tak ada kaitan dengan bus driver. Kaunter-kaunter itu semua mau habis jual tiket dia saje dia tak kisah pun mana kau nak pergi. You kena tipu dah lah nie'

YES THANKS DRIVER FOR TELLING ME I KENA TIPU AT THIS POINT.

'Okay moi saya letak awak kat tepi bus stop sana you sendiri cuba naik teksi ke apa la balik Butterworth'

ERRR..IT'S 11.30PM AT THAT TIME. CAN U NOT THROW ME AT THE ROAD SIDE?

Then there's another malay man passenger pity me or what. He helped me negotiate with the drivers (2 drivers) .

'Kesian dia lah encik. Seorang perempuan nie bukan lelaki. dah kena tipu nie lewat malam macam mana nak balik butterworth'

YAH NOW U ALL REALIZE I AM A PEREMPUAN RIGHT.

So after much negotiation

'Ok kita nie memang tak akan balik ke Butterworth. Apa yang saya boleh buat. hantar semua passenger ni ke Sungai Petani. Lepas tu saya tolong amoi tengok ada bus sana balik ke Butterworth yang boleh kau tumpang tak'

Well. Not like I have a choice so I went through with the 'plan'.

Reached Sungai Petani at 12 midnight. The driver dropped all the rest of the passengers at the roadside (apparently not at the bus station) and then the driver ushered me to the road side and then he just stop all the passing buses and asked whether they go to Butterworth. -_-"

Turns out one of the Indian buses is heading to Butterworth so the driver shooed me up. THere's only less than 5 people in the bus and they're all... Indians.

I finally reached Butterworth at 12 plus and used whatever remaining phone battery I have left and called....the savior Kevin Leong to pick me up and he drove me back to PG.

I only got home at 1 something. A total of 8 hours plus on the road. FML. I wish I can go back to the counter and burn them down.

So, NEVER EVER BUY YOUR BUS TICKETS FROM THOSE COUNTERS THAT DON'T OWN BUSES. IF U HAVE NO CHOICE THEN MAKE SURE U ASK THE BUS DRIVER WHERE THE BUS IS GOING.

Oh the most fucked up thing is..the driver say to me 'Lain kali beli Transnasional' *faint