Worth the wait

Somethings are worth the wait but I was wondering how long I'd have to wait? I had booked my ticket, for the bus, back to China. Xiamen to be exact. There I was standing in a car park, waiting for a bus, wondering if it would ever turn up. Be there 20 mins early. That's what the ticket said. So at 7.10 am, I'm standing with bags by my side, in the car park of the coliseum, waiting. At 7.30 there was no bus and certainly no other passengers. MMm. I was starting to wonder if this was actually my point of rendezvous. The only other person around was a lady ushering locals on to the correct local buses and screaming at the bus drivers to get on their way. As I approached her, I wondering if this was going to be one of those usual arm waving charades, that end in me being totally confused and less aware of what was happening. My fears were correct. She didn't speak a bit of English and my Mandarin book didn't help a bit. She spoke Cantonese! Ok. Sit here and panic in silence. This was my only option at this point.
Moments later, scary screaming lady tore the ticket from my hand, produced a mobile phone and proceeded to ring the company and find my bus. After a few more hand gestures and much pointing at ones watch, I realized the bus would be here soon and was running a little late. About half an hour later all of screaming lady's passengers and buses accounted for, she was preparing to disappear. Still no bus for me! Again she returns looking slightly concerned for my safety and the where abouts of my noble steed. Again producing a mobile, she calls the company, screams in to the receiver, AHuh, Ahuh, Ahuh! Producing a pen and paper she writes down that they will be here in an hour. An hour! This is meant to be civilized land and yet they forgot to get me and now are turning around and coming back for me!
Right on the hour, a bus screams in to the car park, throws me aboard and screeches off in to peak hour traffic, at a manic pace.
After a white nuckled and stressful trip, we finally arrive at a super deluxe bus. Everyone on board looking extremely calm, considering they've been sitting here waiting for the foreign passenger to arrive. Whilst I've had a roller coaster trip, of near misses and neck breaking swerves. I was glad to be sitting in a luxury, leather seated, well air conditioned paradise. Even the boarder crossing wasn't as stressful as they usually are. I even had lunch included. This was such a change to the usual transport of boarder crossings, I was actually dreading getting of this little slice of paradise!