2/16/08

The Package



Anyone who rides the Chinatown bus from New York to Philly on a regular basis is familiar with the random drop-offs and pick-ups in Camden right before you cross the Ben Franklin bridge. I have always wondered how the bus driver knows to stop to pick up the random guy standing at this intersection or that gas station and how the guy knows to stand there and wait for this particular bus. On the bus today back to New York as we stopped at some corner on a busy street to pick up a guy most people would not stop for, it all made sense. This guy has a package. Like many other riders must wonder on a 3 o'clock bus on a Tuesday afternoon and there are only 4 other people on the bus how does this company make any money? Well now we know. But also I wonder how this package never gets robbed?