the man in charge of the elevator said with a sigh "another day of clear roads" as we were going up to the 19th floor of a crystal see-through building. "no buses today. again" (...) "diesel has gotten too expensive".
this happened on Friday, and the situation has only gotten worse. national police pick-up trucks drive around the city filled with people whose route buses are either charging too much or temporarily out of service. the elevator man told me: "I wouldn't ride in a police pick-up, even if it's a free ride"--- I guess he was old enough to remember what riding there meant during the Internal Conflict years, especially the early 80's.
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