ji bei on bus

Just now I was on the bus to town. At the bus stop opposite the National Library Building, there was another bus at the bus bay, so my bus stopped at a little before the bus stop, and opened the exit for passengers to alight.

There was this guy, his friend had already gotten off the bus, but he was still fumbling for his ezlink card to tap out. The bus driver didn't wait for him to get his card out, closed the exit door and stepped on the accelerator. That kid hissed a "ji bei" (which is 几杯, erm, "how many cups" in Mandarin, or a hokkien vulgarity) and pressed the bell, and the driver shouted back "还没有到站喇!" ("haven't reached the stop lah", in Mandarin) After moving that few metres of distance, the driver let that kid off, whose face was already red with fright and embarrassment.


The look on his face was priceless, when he looked at his friend outside the speeding off bus through the windows. It was like those love story when a guy would run after the bus, trip and fall and scream the passenger's name.