March 29, 2005
Great start to the week
Ugh. I just got to Adams and I am soaking wet. The bus arrived half an hour late tonight (due to the reason in my last post) which is not all that uncommon. As I approached the turnstiles for the red line however, I was greeted by something unexpected. The red line was shut down due to some unknown technical issue.
Crap.
They told us to wait outside for a bus that would take the same route as the T line which seemed promising until we saw the buses. For those of you that have not seen a bus before, know that it is considerably shorter than a train. Now imagine trying to fit the same number of people from each stop onto the bus.
After about four sardine packed buses went by, I realized that the rain had become a downpour and I was drenched. Screw the bus, I hailed a cab. An industrious cabbie collected three of us heading in the same direction and offered to split the fare so it worked out for everyone. I was to pay $17. Ugh.
Whatever, it was that or stand in the rain for an hour. Everything was cool until the cabbie dropped off the first guy and cheated him out of an extra five bucks. An argument broke out through a window as I watched his meter continue to roll.
At my stop I handed him a $20 and he looked at it and said "ok, ok, this enough". What? I politely argued with him and then gave up any hope of seeing my $3.
Now I get to sleep for 5.5 hours before I back in the same direction to get to work.
This is madness.