To respond to Debby Blaine's complaints about the Centre Area Transportation Authority bus drivers: If you ride the bus (and are paying any attention at all), you will notice that someone is always running for the bus.

If the driver waited for every person that ran for the bus, it would never be on time, and then you'd be complaining about that. Why should the bus driver cater to the guy who hit the snooze alarm one too many times at the expense of all the other people who are patiently waiting?

In case you didn't know, that is why bus schedules exist -- so you can be at the stop in time to catch the bus. There is a sign hanging in the University Park post office that says: "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part."

You know when the bus comes: If it is vital that you catch it, be there on time. If you are going through life, expecting complete strangers to cater to your own particular needs, you're in for some disappointment.