People of every age use the bus station. Some people use the bus as a means to get to work, retired people may use the bus to take that long awaited trip they've been waiting a life time to take, young college students use the bus to go home for the holidays. People who do not want to waste money on rising gas prices are frequent users of the bus station. Whether it's a one-time trip, or an everyday thing, a diverse population of people uses the bus station.
As I was eavesdropping, I noticed that every one seemed disconnected from one another. They were sitting on opposite sides of the station and barely talking. The only talking that was really going on was a woman who was talking on her phone even though she was there with someone. The woman was talking about Social security and how living expenses cost too much. The man and woman proceeded to have a disagreement and the woman tells the man to “shut up.”
There was a lady who I talked to briefly that had never taken a bus from a station. She was going to work to fill out papers. My guess is that she was just recently hired and plans on riding the bus to work on a daily basis.
We also talked to the man at the counter and he mentioned the Gary Job Corps as a frequent user of their bus station.
The time I spent at the bus station helped me realize that you can learn a lot from people by where they’re going and where they’re coming from.
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