Comfortably seated in the bus, I dozed for about an hour

Comfortably seated in the bus, I dozed for about an hour — until it stops at the bus station Artem. And there I was, I\’m sorry, dear reader, in such intimate details, it took the toilet. Turning the corner and going to the door, put her eye to the announcement: «Toilet is open from 8 to 18.» I\’m not one was taken aback by this announcement. A few more men and women read with interest notice these things. Well, it is easier for men, they looked at each other and in unison turned the corner bus station. And the ladies had to get back on the bus and another hour fidgeting, nervous sweat and ran to a working trot — thank god! — The toilet at the bus station in Shkotovo. By the way, the movement of buses at the bus station in Artyom starts with a 6 and lasts up to 22 hours. What to do with those unfortunates who need the toilet in the hours not covered by the announcement? No street birdhouse «type toilet» around there. And nothing at all. Apparently, the administration Station believes that passengers may want to write only in strictly designated hours. Inside and out. And then — the grass does not grow. In general, the work of bus stations around the edge — this story is stronger than the «Faust» by Goethe. These are tears of millions of passengers. For example, those who are going to turn. The way there by bus takes 14-15 hours. And now imagine that, in particular, in Dalnegorsk where you come at night because of Vladivostok went to lunch, toilet did not work. Or in Arsenyev. Or is there, and there. And the dining room for a decent road there is little, avtovokzalnye buffets do not believe, nor do they all work-out. That is the logic of companies serving the transportation of the passengers — is a special kind of homo sapiens, who eat and drink and defecate must only when not on the road. If on the way — he needs disappear. Any and all. Do you want to have — take me a backpack with food, you want to drink — take a can of water, you want to write — put on the road diapers for adults. They say the Wild West Bus stations are working around the clock. You can always go to the bathroom, have a snack in the cafe. But it is the Wild West, where people are not accustomed to the procedure. How different from us. Said toilet with 8 to 18 and all! Do not have time at this time — wait, when the toilet is opened. But in traveling by bus are sent not only perfectly healthy people, but pregnant women, the elderly, children, the sick people. Them food, water and toilet are vital. But no! Russian roads are harsh and unforgiving as the Russian riots. Not everyone will make.

Lidia Ivanova, the newspaper «Vladivostok»