I actually want to thank NJ Transit tonight for their usual ridiculousness. Normally I would complain about having no lights in my train car - i mean really, we can send people to the moon but we can't figure out how to get the lights to work on the train? - but my migraine thanks you. It was the most enjoyable ride i've had in a while. ...and now back to griping...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Sunday, September 27, 2009
It's been a long time since I left you without a dope beat to step to
Apologies for the gap in posts, got busy with wedding planning, wedding events, honeymoon, summer fun and work. Now that we're back to bad weather and days filled with football, I seem to have more time for blogging. I'll quickly bring you up to speed on the exciting world of nj transit since I last posted:
1. One day as I was walking up the steps to the station platform (in my town) I noticed the steps no longer looked safe so I decided I would no longer use them. A week later they were covered in caution tape and condemned with a sign that said they would reopen at a to-be-determined later date. It has been at least six months.
2. One day my town's station announced that the elevator on the eastbound side was broken and if you needed to use the elevator the only option to get up to the station platform was to take a train on the westbound side to the next stop and come back on an eastbound train to get off on the correct platform. ...that's absolutely insane.
3. My town's station has repeatedly cancelled my 6:47 am train by announcing at 6:45 that the 6:47 is cancelled and the next train is at 7:12. awesome. really glad i left my apt an hour early.
4. I worked such long hours over the summer that the 6:47 conductor doesn't ask to see my ticket and the guys at Penn pizza know my order. I took the photo above at 6:35 on my way to the later cancelled 6:47. At least I had a pretty sunrise to look at while I cursed the world.
5. I rode the train with a 30-something guy who had an actual walkman on. i wanted to ask him if he didn't have the money for new technology, didn't care or was unaware that ipods existed. thought i might be able to blow his mind if he didn't know about ipods.
6. My commuting companions went from two to none thanks to changes in jobs and living situations.
7. a cafe opened across from the train station. every morning i walk by and no one goes in. it makes me really sad but at the same time i went in once and their food sucked so i won't go in again. i feel a little like it's my civic duty to let them know but i don't want to get all jerry seinfeld on them and accidently have them deported like babu.
Those are the main updates, i think. i look forward to blogging more regularly.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Suspicious Secaucusens
Just a quick one tonight....
do people at Secaucus even bother to buy tickets? seems to me they're never asked to prove they belong. and they're very angry for people who ride the train for a total of 11 minutes each day.
and that's all i have to say about that...
do people at Secaucus even bother to buy tickets? seems to me they're never asked to prove they belong. and they're very angry for people who ride the train for a total of 11 minutes each day.
and that's all i have to say about that...
Thursday, February 5, 2009
2 Hour Commute
As the time crept towards the two hour mark of my morning commute, I decided I needed to start a blog to relieve my transit stress and allow my fellow commuters to relieve their stress as well.. Please note I only live 30 minutes from the City yet my morning commute takes an hour and today it took two. I leave my apartment at 7:15 and today I got to work at 10:00. Ridic.
The following are the most frequently heard excuses for train delays:
1. Overhead wiring issues
2. Disabled train on the track
3. Disabled train in the tunnel
4. End door issues
5. People holding the doors open
6. Being held at a stop signal
7. Train traffic ahead
8. It's raining
9. It's snowing
10. It's sunny
11. It's Tuesday
12. Amtrak
Today there was a disabled train in the tunnel which is one of the more time consuming excuses because all the trains have to single track in and out of the City. Thanks to the constant breakdown of communication on Never Jolly Transit, riders were told that their train was cancelled (only to have it show up a minute later), delays were anywhere from 10 minutes (let's stay on the train, it's always 10 mins late) to 90 minutes (definitely get off and take the path). Naturally we were told 10 minute delays and then sat and sat between stations with no opportunity to get off the train.
I frantically typed a strongly worded email to Never Jolly Transit to let them know I was not pleased. I referenced the economy and may have told them they were costing me my job and that I was being replaced by someone who takes a reliable mode of transportation like Metro North. I then went to hit send and it told me my session timed out. How convenient that my complaint was erased into the internet abyss. .....and that's why i've set up this blog so I can complain without time limits. Lucky you! Please jump in with any grievances or funny commuter stories.
The following are the most frequently heard excuses for train delays:
1. Overhead wiring issues
2. Disabled train on the track
3. Disabled train in the tunnel
4. End door issues
5. People holding the doors open
6. Being held at a stop signal
7. Train traffic ahead
8. It's raining
9. It's snowing
10. It's sunny
11. It's Tuesday
12. Amtrak
Today there was a disabled train in the tunnel which is one of the more time consuming excuses because all the trains have to single track in and out of the City. Thanks to the constant breakdown of communication on Never Jolly Transit, riders were told that their train was cancelled (only to have it show up a minute later), delays were anywhere from 10 minutes (let's stay on the train, it's always 10 mins late) to 90 minutes (definitely get off and take the path). Naturally we were told 10 minute delays and then sat and sat between stations with no opportunity to get off the train.
I frantically typed a strongly worded email to Never Jolly Transit to let them know I was not pleased. I referenced the economy and may have told them they were costing me my job and that I was being replaced by someone who takes a reliable mode of transportation like Metro North. I then went to hit send and it told me my session timed out. How convenient that my complaint was erased into the internet abyss. .....and that's why i've set up this blog so I can complain without time limits. Lucky you! Please jump in with any grievances or funny commuter stories.
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