mike's journal
Bad trip planing and a warm bus
November 29, 2006
Hey everyone,
If you read my journal on a regular basis your probably wondering to yourself "why has Mike suddenly stopped posting?", well in the past two weeks I have been kept busy with stuff at work (new site launch coming soon) and other extra-curricular activities. I have just had no time at my personal computer to write any of my stories or ideas down. Ill try to keep things coming on a regular basis from now on as some people have been voicing their concerns through emails - thanks by the way.
On to my feature entry,
Tonight I was out and about downtown and I was unable to catch any of the 4 total trains heading to Bradford from Union station tonight, so I took the bus home tonight. I usually never take the bus because it can sometimes take up to 2 hours to get from Union Station in Toronto to the bus station in Bradford - which is way too much time to spend in a sardine can of a bus.
Seeing as how I have not taking a bus in a while, I first had a problem just finding the platform for the buses. For trains at Union, the platform numbers are easily displayed for newbies like myself who are not public-transit lovers. So after 10 min of looking like a fool and walking around looking for any sign, I finally found it and hopped onto the bus.
I then made the mistake of walking to the back of the bus where it is absolutely BOILING when it should not be hot at all. I am wearing a light collard shirt with a blazer on top so I am not layered in clothing at all. To top it off, it is about 18 degrees outside - not the warmest of weather, but for a Canadian at the end of November it is scorching.
So the bus was on its way and the commute north was going great - I was ahead of time by about 15 minutes, this was turning out to be better than I thought. I called home to tell the parents I will be home in about 15 minutes as I was just pulling into Newmarket station and noticed a majority of the people on the bus exiting. I didn't think too much about this as I heard a lady sitting in front of me mention to one of her friends that she is going to Barrie which is north of Bradford - so I figured that I needed to stay on this bus to go even more north to Bradford.
The bus took off and stopped at the East Guillimbury stop where the driver made an announcement: "This is the last stop of the trip, everyone please exit the bus"... I was floored, I could not believe my ears. I am not even close to Bradford to even think about walking and a taxi would still cost about 25 dollars. So I got off the bus and made my way to the bus stop building thinking that it would be warm inside and food for me to buy as I was starving. The door was locked. So in desperation I called home again and my sister came and picked me up 15 minutes later.
The night could have been much worse but I still managed to get home at 10 pm. Next time I am going to ask when I need to get off the bus or maybe even plan my trip better.
Night everyone.
Mike
View more
Comments
There are no comments on this entry.
What do you think?
If you would like to comment on my journal entry please do so by using this form. Please remeber not to use any vulgar words (you wouldn’t want me leaving profanity on your site would you?) and don’t go completely off topic (a little is ok).
Once you make a posting you will recieve an email with a link that you need to click to confirm your posting. This is being done to reduce the amount of spam that I get everyday.
! = Required field