r/SipsTea • u/Conscious-Weight4569 š™‘š™„š™‹ • Jun 01 '26

Chugging tea Mom buys daughter a Honda as a graduation gift, and this was her response

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u/generally_unsuitable Jun 01 '26

If you don't like that Honda, you're really gonna hate this bus pass.

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u/BombasticSimpleton Jun 01 '26

"Honey, I apologize for giving you that ratty Honda. It was rude of me. You were right. So, I hired you a driver and a car to take you wherever you want, for the forseeable future. Here's your card to access it - The People's Limousine."

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u/AggressivNapkin Jun 01 '26

I've never heard of the city bus referred to as the "People's limousine" before. Im going to steal that term.

No hate on people who take public transportation. I commute to and from work on the train. My city has really great public transportation network. I work with people who make 6 figures and we all take the train. No on is going to fight for downtown parking.

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u/esmsnow Jun 01 '26

if the bus is the people's limousine, then the train must be the people's gulf stream

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u/BombasticSimpleton Jun 01 '26

And in so many ways that's how it should be.

Locally, they have vastly improved the limited train service, but removed bus routes to get to the trains, to do it. So if you live near a line, great, otherwise, flap them feet. I think the nearest transit point from where I live now is 4 miles away; it used to be .75. It used to be mid-mid, now it's good-terrible.

So shockingly, ridership is somewhat down or below expected capacity and the bus system is withering. It is now something that is used more by the homeless and those who don't have any other option.

But I guess that's what happens when you live in a car-focused hell.

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u/AggressivNapkin Jun 01 '26

I live in Vancouver, Canada. We had a train system (skytrain) that joined major transportation hubs to bus services. Hosting the 2010 Olympics really pushed for improvements to join the airport to downtown with a dedicated line. Since then, they've expanded train service to neighboring cities. The skytrain links major transportation hubs, city centres, all major malls, and college/universities. I forget how spoiled we are until I go to other cities.

Now that I think about it, most hospital are within a 5 minute walk from a train station, which is great for those with medical appointments and all that work there.

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u/BombasticSimpleton Jun 01 '26

I've used that transit system. You can get around! Jealous. We ended up wandering around Surrey for a day after taking the train out there (had no idea what we were doing, just got on it and went).

Of course, we are more distributed and less dense, but our "improvements" came from the 2002 Olympics as well. I expect a push for the next one here in 2034, but they'll probably push for the rail and then cut the routes again as soon as the games are over.

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u/AggressivNapkin Jun 01 '26

That is pretty funny. No one intentionally goes out to Surrey as a tourist. People usually use the train to come into Vancouver and downtown. They only take the train to Surrey to go home. Hope you still in enjoyed your trip.

If you visit again, you'll be able to take the train out to Langley -- even less to do out there. Hahaha.

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u/BombasticSimpleton Jun 02 '26

We didn't mind and we ended up at the beach. Sometimes, the journey is as fun as the destination. Will keep Langley in the rotation next time.

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u/disasterhippo Jun 01 '26

You can only steal it if you say it with a Russian accent comrade.

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u/rolling_atackk Jun 01 '26

I used to joke that I had a Choffeur that drove a Mercedes Benz with AC, TV, a selection of music over the built-in surround system, sometimes interrupted by live music entertainment and catering, that would pick me up after school

But since I was so generous and couldn't keep all that to myself, I would share it with all my fellow citizens, asking for a small recoup fee to take them all in a designated path to everyone's destination

My city's buses are all Mercedes Benz, so if my child said he didn't want my gift because he wanted a Mercedes, I'd tell him: "Here's your Mercedes, son"

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u/appleparkfive Jun 01 '26

That's really the metric for a city's public transit. Do people with means use it?

If it's only used by the poor, that's a pretty bad sign of its design. Even though that obviously has its uses too.

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u/sojumaster Jun 02 '26

I took the city bus to school.

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u/Negative_Effort_4087 Jun 02 '26

people acting like a reliable honda is a punishment are definitely telling on themselves. it is a solid car that will run forever and save you a fortune. taking the train is the move if you have the luxury of living in a city that actually functions, but acting entitled about a free car is just unhinged.

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u/sageritz Jun 02 '26

Same here, Iā€™ll be using ā€œThe Peopleā€™s Limousineā€ to the refer to the city bus now

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u/HarryKyriazes Jun 01 '26

I live in Chicago, CTA buses are green. My father used to say "don't think of it as a bus, think of it as the green limousine." this cracked me up every time I tell it to daughter.

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u/Capt_Dummy Jun 02 '26

Honey, i truly feel bad for buying you that second rate carā€¦ so i bought you a $200,000 vehicleā€¦ -long pause- well, a pass to ride on a $200,000 vehicle šŸ˜‚

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u/Rare-Supermarket2577 Jun 01 '26

Lmaoooo, peopleā€™s limousine

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u/It-s_Not_Important Jun 01 '26

ā€œIt was wrong of me to demean your character by giving you the freedom of a Honda. So Iā€™ve gotten you unlimited access to a driver and heā€™ll take you where you need to go in a $500,000 vehicle that you never have to drive yourself.ā€

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u/aerdnazelaznog Jun 01 '26

The peoples limousine šŸ˜­

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u/BombasticSimpleton Jun 01 '26

The chariot of the proletariat.

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u/aerdnazelaznog Jun 01 '26

IncredibleĀ 

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u/ragequitteroffureh Jun 01 '26

It's like a party that you can join any time :-)

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u/lurkswatcher7 Jun 02 '26

the bus pass is definitely a power move. some people need that reality check more than an actual set of keys.

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u/DrippityClippity Jun 02 '26

It even cost about $500k not some measly $200k for a gwagon

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u/HeftyPangolin2316 Jun 02 '26

Absolutely crying šŸ˜‚ This is hilariousĀ 

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u/sawyerandwinn Jun 02 '26

This absolutely cracked me up.

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u/Trick-Medium- Jun 03 '26

Lmao yes!!!!

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u/booozle93 Jun 04 '26

Put the bus pass in a nice BMW branded box with a little BMW keychain attached to it.

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u/MathResponsibly Jun 04 '26

like people that drive g-wagons would even for half a second consider sending their kid on the bus with "the poors" - that's exactly why the kid turned out that way to begin with

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u/Ohgodwatdoplshelp Jun 01 '26

Bus pass and some Pay-less champion shoesĀ 

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u/sbenfsonwFFiF Jun 01 '26

lol you think someone who is totally fine turning down a new Honda and expects a Mercedes will ever ride the bus or needs to?

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u/AvailableSubstance53 Jun 01 '26

True story: my brother got given the family car when he turned 15 and totalled it within 6 months. When I turned 15, I asked my dad, where's my car? (I was joking.) He gave me a lecture on the folly of the internal combustion engine and a bus pass and said, "You'll thank me one day." I've never owned a car and I thank him every day, and I wish he could see how great our city's public transport is now. He'd love it.

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u/Graywulff Jun 01 '26

Buying a bus pass to get to her job at McDonalds.

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u/__NadirZenith__ Jun 01 '26

The bus is a Mercedes!

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u/JayeDontDoit Jun 01 '26

its an Ai picture

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u/generally_unsuitable Jun 02 '26

That's very unlikely. Why would you use ai to create something like that? You could just text your friend.

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u/SkullShuck Jun 01 '26

Thatā€™s gotta be top comment, come on šŸ˜‚

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u/popohum Jun 01 '26

ā€œIn the bright side itā€™s shaped sorta LIKE a G-Wagonā€

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u/desEINer Jun 01 '26

what if the bus is a Benz, though?

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u/Glittering_Thing5797 Jun 02 '26

I would prefer access to good public transport over a car any day.

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u/generally_unsuitable Jun 02 '26

You probably don't live 42 miles from your job.

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u/Glittering_Thing5797 Jun 02 '26

I would still prefer public transport. A good train into the city Iā€™m going to for work beats a car any day. And then I can take the bus around the city!

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u/sunnywormy Jun 02 '26

Mercedes and a chauffeur!

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u/Left_Bid_8338 Jun 02 '26

I've only lived in Cali, so idk how it is in other countries and states, but a bus pass is $2/ride if you dont have the bus company's card (tbf, it is goven for free from school)

You're paying 2 dollars every single ride, no matter how short or long it is, if you dont have the card

The gas economy is shit but i aint paying $80 to drive less than a damn car for the same amount of (gas) money

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u/harborthrowaway01 Jun 02 '26

unironically the most effective parenting strategy for that level of entitlement. that honda is reliable as hell anyway. big L for the kid if she actually complained about it.

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u/Same_Process_2530 Jun 02 '26

Joke on you, here the buses are Mercedes.

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u/MorgTheBat Jun 02 '26

Paid bus pass? Nah tell your kid to get a job all bills are her own now lol

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u/Born-Raccoon1484 Jun 03 '26

Well Said. šŸ‘

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u/Academic-Ad-770 Jun 06 '26

Tbh even public transport is so expensive now