Dear Editor,
Yesterday I took a Jamaica Urban Transit Company premium bus, which runs from Kingston to Old Harbour. Upon entering the bus with my three-year-old daughter in my hands, sleeping, I was asked her age. I told the driver her age. The woman then said to me, "You will have to pay for her." I said, "Okay, how much?"
I, along with other passengers travelling with children, had to pay $330 as an adult, and an additonal $330 for my child. Now, if that is not evil, I don't know what is.
A single mother like myself, who is trying to make a stable home for her child, must leave my child at home then, because the two of us together on the bus for one week will cost $6,600, and for the month $26,400.00; that's almost the amount of my mortgage.
This is ridiculous. We just cannot afford to live here, no matter how hard we work.
kimmy_frass@yahoo.com
$330 for a 3-y-o on a JUTC bus!
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Yesterday I took a Jamaica Urban Transit Company premium bus, which runs from Kingston to Old Harbour. Upon entering the bus with my three-year-old daughter in my hands, sleeping, I was asked her age. I told the driver her age. The woman then said to me, "You will have to pay for her." I said, "Okay, how much?"
I, along with other passengers travelling with children, had to pay $330 as an adult, and an additonal $330 for my child. Now, if that is not evil, I don't know what is.
A single mother like myself, who is trying to make a stable home for her child, must leave my child at home then, because the two of us together on the bus for one week will cost $6,600, and for the month $26,400.00; that's almost the amount of my mortgage.
This is ridiculous. We just cannot afford to live here, no matter how hard we work.
kimmy_frass@yahoo.com
$330 for a 3-y-o on a JUTC bus!
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