Sometimes I take an angkot to work. They are these little buses that drive around on different routes and stop to pick up anyone who needs a ride on the side of the road. It costs a mere 2000 rupiah which is about twenty five cents. They are cheap, convenient and absolutely terrifying if you get the driver I got yesterday. My first red flag was when he nearly ran over a motorcyclist as he pulled over to pick me up. I got in anyway because I needed to get to work. This is when I took this picture of the inside to show you. The driver, who sported a faux hawk and hand tattoos, proceeded to swerve in and out of traffic like an absolute maniac, sniffing the entire time like he had just snorted a bunch of cocaine. As we were driving along a main road WAY TOO FAST, he completely sideswiped a guy on his motorbike. BAM! The guy went flying, the bike skidded on the road, I shrieked and the psychotic driver glanced back, kept on sniffing and sped up. Then he really put the pedal to the metal and kept continuously glancing in his rear view mirror to see a.) if anyone was following him and b.) if I was memorizing his face (at least that's what I assumed he was doing and yes, I was memorizing his face). I had this fear he wasn't going to let me out of the bus and I was relieved when he picked up a few old ladies but didn't even give them time to sit down before he sped off again like a lunatic. All the old ladies toppled onto one another like dominos. I got out as soon as I saw my work building. The horrible thing is no one does anything about it! No calls to the police, no chases after the guy. MENTAL.
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