On a public commute to Hattiban

The superpower of bus conductors is that they always see the bus half-empty when others see it completely full.

I use public transport very often, and when someone asks me how often, I tell them, “Enough times that I’m now convinced that the microbus seat for two is meant for three people.” Such is the power of bus conductors in Nepal—they can define or redefine conventions and sometimes even overrule government impositions regarding the nomenclature of places along their route.