Irish immigrant life: understanding the general situation of Irish buses

Irish immigrant life: understanding the general situation of Irish buses

For those who are going to immigrate to Ireland, they can get some general information about Irish buses before emigrating.

Ireland was inhabited as early as 7,000 years ago. The first settlers were mainly hunters from the island of England, which brought them the culture of the Middle Stone Age. In the 6th century, a wave of Celtic invaders from Europe began to come to Ireland. Although the Celts never unified Ireland politically, they unified Irish culture and language. During this period, after many invasions by Scandinavians and Britain, Britain gradually began to rule Ireland for 800 years in the12nd century. Now the traffic rules in Ireland also follow the British system, which is contrary to ours. On the left, the driver's seat of the car is on the right, but cars with the driver's seat on the left can also drive here. When I first arrived in Ireland, I accidentally drove into the driver's seat as soon as I opened the door. At that time, I was stunned for a long time, and my brain was rapidly changing from left to right. Unexpectedly, my friend smiled and said, will you be my driver?

It took me more than two months to get used to the traffic rules here. Accustomed to the right-handed principle for more than 20 years, the left-right principle of memory marking architecture, and my sense of direction, I once lost my way in Dublin, Ireland, n times; The panic, madness and aphasia that followed caused my vision to drop sharply, so that I took the wrong bus several times-because buses with the same number, such as No.40, No.40a, No.40b and No.40d, all like to stop at a stop sign. If my eyes don't turn a few angles, I will accidentally get on the wrong bus. If you don't tell the driver where to get off in advance, almost no one will help you announce the stop. However, fortunately, all the Irish drivers I met were very kind and would send me to the right stop sign. When I got off the bus, they would give me a bunch of words and give me a bus timetable in his car, which means that if you make a mistake again, you can sit back. Generally speaking, taking a bus in Ireland is not crowded, even free. If passengers want to get off at the next stop, just press the electric bell at hand and remind the driver when it is approaching. Passengers never forget to say thank you to the driver when they get off the bus. I do as the Romans do, too, but that time I added "very" and "you are so kind and lucky to meet you", and the driver's master wished me "good luck next time".

Buses in Dublin are all double-decked, while other towns are single-decked. They belong to different companies. Besides, most of the buses here are on time. If they arrive early, they will stop at the stop sign. Except Dublin, buses in other towns are paid in cash. Generally, no matter how many stops, it is about 1.60 Euro, and the ticket is an automatically printed note. As far as the capital Dublin is concerned, there are many kinds of tickets, including paper IC cards, one-day tickets, three-day tickets, weekly tickets for students, monthly tickets and so on.

In Ireland, taking the bus is mostly leisurely, even during the rush hour in Dublin, it will not be crowded. Because, in Ireland, if you accidentally get in someone's way or meet someone who wants to say "I'm sorry", sometimes both of them will say "I'm sorry" at the same time. Everyone is polite and reasonable, and no one interferes in anyone's business. I feel very comfortable, or I can call it a harmonious society.