SURREY — A 25-minute delay of the 319 bus at Scott Road Station last night has left a local man completely eviscerated after he had no choice but to spend the entirety of his wait loudly complaining to everyone he met.
Although John Frippman, 37, would end up making it home in “fucking twice as long as it should fucking take if only TransLink weren’t so fucked up,” according to family members he was completely depleted of his usual violent rage.
“He just wanted to sit quietly and watch TV” his wife Joan told The Peak in a shaky voice. “He didn’t even have the energy to take any anger out on me or the kids!”
She went on to explain that John used to always get home early and lambaste them with all his problems but recently the persistently late bus has caused him to be lifeless, and almost pleasant to be around at home.
“Last night he was so angry about the late bus that he didn’t even have the energy to yell at our son for being five minutes late on his curfew,” Joan continued, almost breaking down in to tears “TransLink is tearing apart our perfectly disfunctional family!”
While Joan has said that she’s been doing her best to make up for her husband’s lack of anger by flying off the handle over day-to-day minutia, she said she just isn’t able to replace the feeling of unsafety that used to exist in their house.”
“Sure, I’ve been fully capable of making our house unpleasant but it’s just not the same” Joan explained. “We used to be honestly terrified for our lives, but I haven’t had those feelings in weeks!”
According to those who have seen Frippman at the station, however, he is at the top of his insane anger game.
“Yeah, I’ve seen him out there, he really gives it his all,” said a fellow transit user who’s been privy to his late night bus riding rants. “He gets right up in everybody’s faces and goes off on everything from TransLink, bus drivers, the government, Obamacare . . . it must be exhausting.”
While Frippman has expressed interest in returning some of his irrational anger to his homelife, he says he feels conflicted over his responsibilities to all the people at Scott Road Station Bay 7.
“Without me, everyone would just stand in silence waiting for a late bus and be completely unaware of how much they were getting ripped-off,” Frippman said of his duties as a 20-minute-a-night transit revolutionary.
“Someone has to band these people together into a pointless feeling of anger, and I seem to be the only one willing to step up to the plate.”
Frippman went on to say that as long the bus keeps being late, he will rant about it but has vowed to work extra-hard to save some negative energy for his wife and kids. However he also stated it may be impossible if he ever has a late bus and an incompetent Wendy’s employee in the same day.
