Some believe I work with a transportation or survey company.
Others, that I give the lucky number to the drivers. But no. I am a bus
calibrator. Let me explain: For those who do not live in a metropolis such as
Bogotá, a chaotic city where the fight for the penny reigns, and thus do not
confuse me with the street children who stand on the corners of the avenues,
and they hit with sticks the tires to check their pressure. No. My job is a new
profession in this city. We are still few. Once I began to think that it would
be a good business to tell each bus driver how long it took him another bus on
the same route, or just tell him if he was going ahead and very close. Among
this guild they themselves spoke of the fight for the penny. Well, one day I
made up my mind. I got myself a notebook and a pencil and I started to write
down the numbers of the bus routes and the bus companies in an organized way.
It was not easy. Although not all do it, I have tabulated the tracking of buses
and routes on average every quarter of an hour. I'm not too bad in this
business. Drivers already know me and believe me I live on this. There are
already many like me, doing the same. This is my business. Ah!