It's just different

After living in Taigu for a while you have to come to understand that things just work differently over here, people think differently and act differently. You'll have to come to grips with the idea that you have no idea why all this stuff happens and there is no sense in trying to explain it. Even if you ask another Chinese person they'll just tell you it is because it is.
To give an example we recently took a trip up to Taiyuan on the school shuttle bus. After an hour of passing on the left into oncoming traffic and triple lane changes in front of semi's we were treated to a very special sight (for us). Parked in front of a toll (like the ones you'll find on the mass pike) right in the middle of the highway was a big red travel bus, the kind you would have taken on a middle school ski trip. As we passed by it I noticed there was no one inside, no passengers and certainly no driver. So where the hell was he? Taking a piss? Possibly. Yelling at or with someone about money for the toll? Probably. Is anyone bothering to get the bus out of the way? Nope. And business goes on as usual.