Recent PostsOn the Road – Rude Passengers, Return of the Dipshits, Bus Stop Idiots and More
October 10, 2026
Highlights and lowlights from yesterday’s excursion to and from Brampton:
1. Waiting for the GO bus at Fairview Mall was a guy with a long, straggly gray beard who was toting a suitcase. Despite the +7C temperature, he was wearing sandals on his bare feet.
2. Approaching the ticket machine was a young Middle Eastern woman who checked out the price to buy a ticket to Burlington, then to Union. Once finished, she just stood in front of the machine, forcing the black guy waiting behind her to ask her to move. Which she did, most grudgingly and just one tiny step to let him get in. Not one inch more. How considerate. Once graciously allowed to use the machine, he put $10 on his card, $3.34 of which went to covering the overdraft. I’m still surprised they allow you to run a negative balance. Perhaps they’ll soon start allowing you to apply for a larger limit, like they do with credit cards.
3. As we passed Confederation, I heard snoring nearby. And across the aisle was a black woman with a hood over her head who was leaning against the window, likely asleep as well. It probably would have come as quite a jolt if the driver had to stop suddenly.
4. After the rush of passengers got off at Burlington to catch the train to the Center of the Universe, one black woman went running down the stairs and gave the driver a long song and dance asking about how to get somewhere in Oakville. He kept telling her, “Next stop.” It seemed to stick after the third try, after which she finally took a seat.
5. As the driver left the Burlington GO station and waited for traffic on Fairview Street before making a right turn, a car pulled off and stopped right in front of the driver’s window, almost blocking him in. The passenger then rolled down his window and asked the driver of the bus with a big lighted “DUNDAS & HWY 407 CARPOOL” sign out front if he was going to Niagara Falls. Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before. “That bus hasn’t come in yet,” the driver replied. “You’ve got lots of time, brother.”
6. On the 407 was a propaganda message, “We support 1,800 Canadian jobs. Find out how at 407etr.com.” Brought to you by the Liberal Party of Canada and their provincial arm, led by Doug Ford.
7. Speaking of Liberals . . .
8. The connecting #40 GO bus that took me to Square One was nearly packed. I had a hard time finding a seat, in fact. Yet a Middle Eastern girl seated across the aisle left her purse on the seat next to her and only moved it after being asked by a black woman who was also in search of a seat. Again, how considerate. Once graciously allowed to use the open seat, that woman proceeded to bring up CanLii on her phone and look for some section of the Canadian Criminal Code, which she highlighted and sent to a friend.
9. Seated in front of that black woman was a black guy in dreadlocks checking out Seneca College’s website.
10. Seated to my right was a black dude who used his backpack as a footrest. Even though there are footrests available on the bottom of the seats in front.
11. Upon boarding the #502 Brampton Züm at the Mississauga City Center Terminal, I was surprised by the announcement that the estimated arrival time at Sandalwood was 59 minutes. Not by the time or the fact that there was such an announcement, but that it was made in English and not, say, Punjabi.
12. Seated behind me was the only other Caucasian on the bus, who was on the phone talking about how a cab ride would have cost him $200 and that the only time he took an Uber was because he was supposed to meet Jason, only to have Cole stiff him. “I was out all night, eh,” he went on to say. “I was OK until 4:30 this morning when I got a f---ing cold.”
13. Running for school trustee in Mississauga is someone named Thomas Thomas. Seriously.
14. Boarding at Derry was a black DWAM™. Yes, they’re still around.
15. That there is such a department indicates that its own growth needs to be managed more than anything else in the city . . .
16. Why bother with a public toilet when you can just drop your drawers and take a dump in a gas station parking lot? This is, after all, Brampton.
17. But the community wasn’t too friendly to this bicycle . . .
18. Another sign of “progress” . . .
19. Serving me at the City Side Cafe was an Indian woman who couldn’t have been much taller than about 4-foot-2. As she explained to another customer, she was opening this week because her colleague was on vacation.
20. Flying in the courtyard at Brampton City Hall were the Canadian and UN flags. One can only wonder why they bothered with the former.
21. Behind me on the southbound #502 Brampton Züm was a guy who said he spent last night in a shelter. He went on to say that his 87-year-old mother died after she fell and hit her head. “She had a good life,” he said.
22. Spotted in a strip mall in Brampton was “Happy Singh Street Eats.” A Tim Hortons brand? I wondered.
23. Spotted along Hurontario Street in Mississauga was the office for SHIP: Services and Housing In the Province. But what if they focused on the town instead of the province?
24. Boarding at Derry was a Middle Eastern woman wearing a dipshit mask, though she later took it off. And farther south was an Asian woman with a cane standing at the bus stop, also wearing a dipshit mask, though it wasn’t covering her nose. More theater.
25. Waiting on the platform at the City Center Terminal was a young Asian woman wearing sandals, showing off her blue painted toenails. But the pink dipshit mask she was wearing was also showing off her broken brain.
26. While I was in the food court at Square One, two DWAMs™ came down the escalator, and one of the cleaners was wearing a black dipshit mask. Did someone turn back the calendar by about three or four years?
27. Also at the food court was a family/gender inclusive washroom. How very welcoming of them.
28. Getting off a #56 GO bus at Square One was an Asian DWAM™ in her early 60s. See above point regarding turning back the calendar.
29. As the #12 GO bus was departing from the Dundas & 407 carpool lot, a woman came madly running down the platform after it. Unlike what would have happened with Winnipeg Transit, the driver actually saw her and stopped, thinking she wanted the bus. No, what she wanted was directions on how to get to downtown Hamilton. “Take the 40,” he said, no doubt disgusted.
30. Boarding at Burlington was a pair of Falls-bound heavyweights, one of whom had a big, smelly dog. With the dog and being disabled by choice, they were able to kick a Middle Eastern woman out of the priority seating so they could accommodate themselves and the stupid dog. Later, seated only two rows away and with no other seats in the back of the bus, the Middle Eastern woman, apparently so disgusted by the dog, disembarked at Confederation and decided to wait for the next bus. Part of me wanted to do the same, but I didn’t want to wait for a full hour.
31. Naturally, someone at Confederation asked the driver with a big lighted “NIAGARA FALLS” sign out front if he was going to Burlington.
32. A guy boarding at Grimsby made sure to ask the driver if he was going “toward Niagara.”
33. Some hotheaded dude at Beamsville asked the driver when the #11 bus was coming. Because buses are mobile transit information booths, apparently. So the driver got off and kept us waiting while he looked up the schedule on his phone and told the guy. The guy apparently didn’t like what he heard, so he decided to get on the #12.
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