I'll do this in real time for you...
5:30 Wake Up
6:00 Run out the door to catch the bus
6:13 Board express bus to SLC
6:25 Stop in a neighboring city
6:35 Stop in another city (This is about the time I normally wake up)
6:40 On I-15
7:00 Bus exits 400 south
7:02 Bus makes first stop
7:05 Bus makes another stop, that is not scheduled (This is about the time I normally leave for work)
7:07 Bus maks another non-scheduled stop
7:10 Bus makes another stop
7:12 Bus makes a scheduled stop
7:15 Bus makes another non-scheduled stop
7:20 Bus makes a scheduled stop
7:21 Bus makes another non-scheduled stop
7:25 Bus makes it's final stop - I get off
7:26 I realize that I missed the connecting bus so I have to wait for it
7:30 now realize that instead of the next bus coming in a decent amount of time I have to wait 25 minutes
7:35 I start to walk around the gateway to kill time
7:40 Homeless bum starts walking and talking with me - I walk faster
7:50 I return to the bus stop where I can catch a bus to work
7:56 Bus is now 1 minute late (This is about the time I normally arrive at work)
7:59 Bus finally shows up
8:15 I get off the bus infront of my work
Did you catch that people 2 hours to ride the bus to work when I can drive there, through the construction, in about an hour. And the best part of it all... I got to do it all again on the way home, leaving work at 3:45.
The best part! I had to take vacation time to make-up my hours.
9 comments:
Yea...I could have told you that the "Express" buses are not so speedy after all. Even taking the FrontRunner down to SLC takes about that long. But you SHOULD have already known that from your college days too.
Haha that sucks! Its just way too hard to go green...
HAHAHAHAHA!
Hmmm. I'm not really sure what to say about this, other than, sorry. :)
I tried it twice from Bountiful to the office. The first time I took Front Runner to the main station, the connecting bus did not show up and the second time I ended up walking through a not so nice part of town and called a co-worker to go pick me up...as much as I believe in not polluting, I am not risking my neck and being on public transportation for an hour when I can be at the office in about 15-20 minutes. I have opted to use public transportation on weekends whenever feasible. Sorry Jessica.
doesn't seem worth it to me...just sayin!
You must get on in the wrong place...my husband takes the express bus and it only takes him 45 minutes from Lehi to downtown. He would only save like 10 minutes driving...2 hours definitely not worth it!
Got to love public transportation!!!
Mike's parents kept trying to encourage us to take the bus when Ryker was at Primary's and I told them no, because I had experience with the bus/trax system and as much as I try to be green, time is money and money is time, so no thanks! And this story completely proves my point. And the fondue party, YUMMY!!!
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