You always hear the phrase, “there is a special place in Hell” for criminals who harm children.
It’s stated, for example, about five times an episode in “Law and Order, SVU”.

I ride the CTA everyday –which is Hell– and I have found its “special place”: The #22 Clark Bus.
If the Chicago Transit Authority had to take over Hell (which would be a minimal change in service),
I have no doubt that the serial killers would be sent to ride the #22, where one waits all day
for a bus that never shows, refusing –the whole time– to enter passing cabs
(or to even start walking) because you mistakenly think you see the lights of the next bus just
over the horizon.

The Clark Bus is so unreliable, the CTA could not add it to their
bus tracking website for several years because it crashed “the prediction algorithm” (link). I have
seen it disappear for periods over an hour and then, just when you are about to reach
your destination after walking, nine Clark Buses will zoom by in a loud, useless row.

It is
now (finally) on Bus Tracker and, every time I check it, I see the following:

* screen shot from last week, in rush hour (Clark Bus is supposed to arrive every
3-5 minutes, not once every 65 minutes)

The ancients believed, when you died, your soul was rowed to the after life in a small boat,
across the river Styx. If
God is severe and unforgiving (as they feared in the Middle Ages) then I am probably going to Hell-
and I know the Clark Bus is what will carry me, not a boat.

FUTURE WISH: some day, I hope to hack the CTA’s website. I will make only one, minor change: every time
you check the status of the #22 Clark Bus, rather than display the GPS coordinates of the bus, it will
display this image-

People will applaud it as the most accurate website in the world. The first website to
actually reply with an image of what you are thinking and experiencing, rather than just a time or intersection.