Bully pulpit

Rico says that a bully pulpit is 'a sufficiently conspicuous position that provides an opportunity to speak out and be heard'.

The term was coined by President Theodore Roosevelt, who referred to the White House as a "bully pulpit", by which he meant a terrific platform from which to advocate an agenda. Roosevelt used the word bully as an adjective meaning "superb" or "wonderful", a more common usage in his time than it is today. Another expression which survives from this era is "bully for you", synonymous with "good for you".

Rico says that a recent trip to the local Apple Store had him walking by a Route 105 SEPTA bus, sitting at a clearly-marked stop for that route.
After getting his new keyboard (upon which he's, finally, writing this), Rico came back to the stop and waited. And waited. And waited. After any number of other route buses (Route 44 being popular), Rico finally called SEPTA, and identified his position by the stop number on the sign above his head.
After a long time on hold while the operator figured out where he was, Rico was finally informed that the 105 only served that stop infrequently...
This is stupid, if exactly what one might expect from SEPTA...