At my house I have three different buses that will take me to a metro station (though, perhaps not surprisingly, none will take me to the nearest metro at West Falls Church) - the 24T, 23A and the 15K. They generally run ever half hour or so (though the 24T and 15K only run for 3 hours in the morning and early evening (ie: 4-6:30 - hardly rush hour for non federal employees). The problem is they all arrive (when on time) within about 2 minutes of each other meaning if I miss one I need to wait an additional half hour (or more). Seeing as I usually try to catch the 7:15-7:18 bus - it often times shows up early (sometimes 10 minutes early) because of the lack of traffic at that time and I miss it even if I get there early. The next series of buses, at 7:45-7:49, of course, still run early because I am located near the start of the line, but then invariably run late on the way to the metro because of increased traffic at that time, making me late for work.

Of course, sometimes the bus never comes at all (or perhaps its more than 10 minutes early or 30 minutes late) and once I had two 24T buses (the 7:15 and the 7:45) as well as a 15K bus show up in a line directly behind each other at 7:40.

The drivers are nice though, its the management thats f***ed up.

bus experts?

Slacker. I'm usually at work by 7.

Slacker. I'm usually at work by 7.

Well, then...we know your salary isn't described with "G" as the first character!