Cool bus guy

Today:

-Left about 10 mins later than usual.
-It was raining (not too much) and it was a little cold.
-Walked about 5 mins with a hockey bag and sticks to take the bus to go play hockey.
-Waited about 10 mins for the bus.
-The bus took about 40 mins to get to my stop, unlike the usual 20 mins because there was an accident and we had to take a detour.
-Walked about 5 mins to get to the rink to find out there was a goalie playing today, it was the first time in three weeks we've had one and at the same time I found out that there was already 20 players on the ice, which meant I was too late (there is a 20 player limit).
-Walked about 10 mins to take the bus back (still raining).
-The bus came right away, 20 mins later I did my 10 min walk back home, still in the rain.
-Got home cold and wet.

Some people would add a FML after what I experienced, I've seen dumber ones on that site, some that seem more like MLIA than FML, anyway I won't, let me tell you why:

On the bus to the rink there was this awesome bus driver, that unlike many of them, said hi to every single person than came on the bus, even heard him complement a lady on her hairdo, he got people to give their seats for a couple of old ladies when the bus was almost full, and for a lady who had a recent operation. This is pretty cool for a fifty-something bus driver, but my favorite part is that he announces every stop with the street name, the buses that leave from that corner and if there's something cool on the street like a restaurant or something. He put a smile on pretty much everyone's face on that bus.

It was also pretty cool how he apologized to everyone that got on the bus after the detour, because the bus took too long to get to the stop and he felt "malheureux" (unfortunate) for the people that paid for the service even though they had to wait a couple of minutes longer than usual for the service. He also explained that it took longer due to an accident and was very sorry that a "detour route" had not been put into place sooner, even though it was the first bus that knew of the accident.

I always thought that one's actions can influence the lives of others, but it was amazing how this guys makes pretty much everyone on the bus either get a smile when they get in or when they hear him announce the next stop. For some people it might take more than that to make them smile, but I hope he inspires more people than myself to see that even a crappy day has its ups and not just downs.