I use public transportation because I choose to. Most people use it because they have to.
Here we have an apparently homeless man. Who had been a patient at some hospital, most likely my hospital. He was on the bus back to the hospital. With all of his posessions in two hospital bags. Dressed in hospital disposable pants, wearing hospital sox and wrapped in a dirty hospital blanket. He is most likely a “frequent flyer” in our Emergency Department.
There has to be a better way. There just has to be.
And, this is one of the reasons that I ride the bus. I don’t want to forget that I am one of the very privileged. Oh, I may have “earned” that privilege – but there was a hell of a lot of just plain luck along the way. Totally unearned, undeserved good luck.