I travel to school by the public bus. The regular buses are fine, but the Volvo buses are air conditioned and almost always less crowded.The other distinctive feature of my experience with Volvos is that I'm always missing them. Honestly, I could write a song titled, 'How do I miss thee, Volvo? Let me count the ways'! Let me summarize it for you. The first and the most common way-I'm walking to the bus stop; I'm just fifty metres away, when whoosh! The bus comes, halts for a second, and speeds away, leaving me panting and staring in indignation. Next- I give up on taking the Volvo because I'm getting rather late and get on to a crowded bus, when whoosh again! The Volvo speeds past my bus, starting later but reaching earlier. Once, the driver never saw me waiting and just drove past. Another time, another big bus blocked my path, and by the time I manoeuvered myself around it, the Volvo was gone. (On that day I was really annoyed because when I turned ...