May 29, 2012
One of
the best things about ridding the bus each day is the people you meet.
We got on a very full bus
this morning with standing room only. Hanging on the handrail next to me was
Stephen. Stephen is from Haiti, has been in Peru about 10 months. He is working
for a communications company in downtown Lima. He asked me if I was LDS. I
looked at him with a surprised expression, discovered he had recently joined
the church and was living in Musa. Musa is about eight miles up the road from our
apartment and each morning Stephen takes the bus that has been redirected
by the new traffic circle in front of our apartment. I soon discovered
that Stephen's office is near the same area of the Archives. Stepten offered to
show us a faster way to get to our destination. What he failed to mention there is a 3/4 mile walk, at a fast shuffle between bus transfers. The above picture must be
an optical illusion because, Stephen is about the same size as I am, possible a
little heaver, but can take long steps that often required Kris to trot along
to keep up. So, the bus in the picture is an Express Bus, first class
compared to what we normally ride, that has a designated lane on Peru's Via
Expressa. Stephen's route is much shorter, but requires about a mile of
walking.
Stephen works for an American Company (billing collecting in America and Canada). He collects bad debts and speaks Spanish and English. He makes about 1000 soles a month ($375 a month) and gets a bonus of 300 soles ($113) if he collect $26,000 american dollars. He loves his job and is proud to be working for an American Company.
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