Miserable Commute Stories

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Just the other day, I passed by a group of people waiting for the bus.

How well I remember that feeling. It's even worse in the wintertime. You've had a long day, it's cold and dark, all you want to do is get home and get warm.

But you've got to get on the stupid bus first. Or maybe you have a long drive ahead of you.

It sucks.

I remember one Spring day, several years ago. I had a job that I hated, and at the end of another stressful day, I had to climb on board the bus.

As we rode along, the skies suddenly opened, and rain began pouring down. Of course, I was unprepared that day, and had no umbrella with me.

When my stop came along, I rang the buzzer. But the bus driver didn't hear it. Must've been too busy listening to the radio or something. However, my fellow passengers heard it, and looked at me sorrowfully, as he sailed right past my stop, where my car was parked. I could see their hearts went out to me.

When we came up to the next stop, I furiously rang the buzzer again, and this time, bingo! He stopped. And I got out - into the torrential downpour! I walked as quickly as I could back to my car, but it was no use. I was drenched by the time I got there.

Damn!

Anybody else got any miserable commute stories?

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This might seem a bit strange, but now that I think about it, I have never, at any point in my life, ridden a bus.

Is that some crazy **** or what?

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All of my commutes are miserable. Well, not really. I think I had a few posts about my 7-point commute. There are 7 points along it of potential woe. The three rotaries, two university lights, one catholic school, one gridlocked intersection......ok, maybe there are more than 7. There's also two ambiguous left turn lanes.

I commute through the dreaded Somerville and also Medford, which is just as bad. It's dense urban housing, double-lane roads with no lane lines, many no-turn on red stoplights which people ignore. Peiople make their own driving rules up. It's like driving through 7 miles of busy parking lot.

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Would you repeat that, kris?

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No.

Never ridden a bus?

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Except for the New Yorker subway occasionally when I lived there, I've never taken any public transportation in the US.

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Never.

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Wow. I guess that Cali doesn't have subways - too dangerous with earthquakes and all?

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CalamityJane wrote:

Except for the New Yorker subway occasionally when I lived there, I've never taken any public transportation in the US.

Why do they call it the "New Yorker subway"?

Wouldn't the "New York Subway" work just as well?

I hate those New York people. I hate the way they call their subways "The New Yorker Subway"

I think Kickycan, Joe Nation, Blatham, and Roberta are behind this.

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uhoh

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littlek wrote:

Wow. I guess that Cali doesn't have subways - too dangerous with earthquakes and all?

Where in the hell did that come from?

Be my guide, kris, I'm lost.

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CalamityJane wrote:

Except for the New Yorker subway occasionally when I lived there, I've never taken any public transportation in the US.

She lives in CA now, right?

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Yes, I'm in CA, littlek. You're right, we don't have subways here for the
obvious reason (earthquake) but we have a very shiny red trolley instead.

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Wait a minute. Do you actually believe that Calamity Jane is a real person?

Now I see. Let me explain this, Kris. Craven De Kere created Calamity Jane. Whenever Craven wants to mingle with the crowd in his feminine german disguise he puts on his "Jane" costume.

It freaked me out at first, but after a while you get used to it.

Let him play out his fantasies.

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I like trollies.

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I'm sure you do.

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How the hell do I get out of this thread?

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Craven's femme ego is Totallygirlieandsuch, or something.

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Now a trolley would be cute!

littlek, I've visited Boston before, and although it's a beautiful city, it does have a rep for being, "the place where people make up their own driving rules." Smile

So I can believe your commute is a challenge!

Speaking of the bus, I remember another day when I and my fellow passengers were on the bus on our way to work.

There was one guy who apparently realized he was on the express bus -- not the local. (For non-bus riders, like Gus, the express doesn't make all the same stops that the local does.)

So this guy wanted to get off the bus and realized it wasn't going to stop.

We pulled up at the next intersection and had to stop because there was a red light. So this guy opens the window, stands up on the seat and climbs out the window -- jumping down to the street below!

We all just sat there with a look that said, "Oh. My. God."

You don't know what you're missing, Gus!

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gustavratzenhofer wrote:

Wait a minute. Do you actually believe that Calamity Jane is a real person?

Now I see. Let me explain this, Kris. Craven De Kere created Calamity Jane. Whenever Craven wants to mingle with the crowd in his feminine german disguise he puts on his "Jane" costume.

It freaked me out at first, but after a while you get used to it.

Let him play out his fantasies.

You are validating my inherit mistrust in strangers.

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