   City buses
  Okay, I''ll admit that there isn''t a grand point to this post other than my venting. This evening I had a math exam that was supposed to start at 6:30. Its been snowing pretty heavy here, so I figured I''d trying to get there a little early and get settled in.Normally I catch the bus right on the hour (or half) about two blocks from my apartment and it takes me almost exactly a half an hour to get to wherever I need to be on campus with on bus switch downtown before actually heading onto campus. Today I head out to the bus stop at 5:25 to catch the bus at 5:30 so that I''ll get to the exam building at 6:00. Well, I wind up standing there for 50 minutes, in the snow and freezing wind, waiting for a bus to show up. Apparently the bus driver who was supposed to run the route that WOULD go by at 5:30 decided that since she was running late she''d skip that one and just wait for the next one... an hour later. I catch the next bus thats running 15 minutes late, hence the standing in the freezing cold for 50 minutes. I wind up sitting down for the test a half hour into it and they give you an hour for the test. Son of a beeeeeeyotch. What makes it even worse is that since I rushed the test, I think I probably got a C on it.   ---------------------------------------------------laziness is the foundation of efficiencyretrospiral.net | llamas! | megatokyo | gamedev.net | googleTiffany_Smith fanboy
  How cold was this "freezing wind"? Because, unless it was below -30, don''t complain - I had to wait for the bus in -35 degrees CELSIUS a few weeks back - now that''s cold.   ;  I was wearing a jacket, jeans, and t-shirt. I''m not sure if it was -31 celsius, but it was certainly below 0 and I waited for 50   minutes. I''m still ticked off... mostly about only having half as much time as everybody else for the test. Arghh....   ---------------------------------------------------laziness is the foundation of efficiencyretrospiral.net | llamas! | megatokyo | gamedev.net | googleTiffany_Smith fanboy;  Below zero weather (-5, -10 celsius) is nice, actually.   ;  How far away was the exam? Couldn''t you just have walked instead of waiting in the snow for 50 minutes?;quote:Original post by Drevay  Below zero weather (-5, -10 celsius) is nice, actually. No it''s not. Just because you live in the goddamn tundra doesn''t make you a badass.Did I mention that live in a snow cave and chisel ice sculptures with my teeth for a living?   quote:Original post by bishop_pass  The burden for the thread closure falls on you, Reindeer Effect.;quote: How far away was the exam? Couldn't you just have walked instead of waiting in the snow for 50 minutes?The exam is three and a half miles from my apartment. I would have walked it I would have known that I would have to wait for 50 minutes for a bus.   ---------------------------------------------------laziness is the foundation of efficiencyretrospiral.net | llamas! | megatokyo | gamedev.net | googleTiffany_Smith fanboy  [edited by - zer0wolf on February 5, 2004 10:27:16 PM];quote:Original post by zer0wolf  The exam is three and a half miles from my apartment. I would have walked it I would have known that I would have to wait for 50 minutes for a bus.   It takes half an hour for the bus to go three and half miles? ;  Have you ever taken a city bus before? It doesn''t exactly go straight from my apartment to whatever campus building I''m heading to. There is a bus switch over that I make downtown as well.   ---------------------------------------------------laziness is the foundation of efficiencyretrospiral.net | llamas! | megatokyo | gamedev.net | googleTiffany_Smith fanboy;quote:Original post by zer0wolf  Have you ever taken a city bus before? It doesn''t exactly go straight from my apartment to whatever campus building I''m heading to. There is a bus switch over that I make downtown as well.I guess the busses in my area are better. There''s an avenue right next to campus that quite a few buses from different places will all go to. 