Delay No More

This morning I need to get in office early to do month end stuff so I took the 6:28 am GO Train, and guess when it arrived at Union? 8:22am

40 min train ride turned into a 2 hr journey on my busiest day of the month. Lovely. (Yes I am psst)

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I have subscribed to the Go Alert email so let's see what we get about these delay...

Email #1:

Richmond Hill passengers may expect a longer commute than usual this morning due to equipment issues in Richmond Hill. Please visit http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/en/status/showtrainbus.aspx for updates.

This message was sent on: 4/7/2009 6:54 (am)


Email #2:

Richmond Hill train service is estimated to be delayed over 30 minutes due equipment issues. Update to follow.

This message was sent on: 4/7/2009 7:11 (am)


Email #3:

The equipment issue at Richmond Hill has been resolved. The Richmond Hill 07:28 - Union 08:10 train trip is estimated to be delayed 15 minutes from Richmond Hill and the Richmond Hill 07:58 - Union 08:40 train trip is expected to operate as scheduled. Please visit http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/en/status/showtrainbus.aspx for updates.

This message was sent on: 4/7/2009 7:37 (am)

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My thoughts:

1. My train was 6:28am and the first email alert wasn't sent until 6:54, almost 30 min after the fact. (They can argue that an alert will only be issued if the delay is 30min or more, but considered that I can reach downtown from RH in 30min if I drive on a traffic free day - the email alert doesn't sound too useful to me.)

2. The 6:28 train departed RH at 7:12 and reached Union at 8:22 am this morning, so can someone tell me how this is possible: "The Richmond Hill 07:28 - Union 08:10 train trip is estimated to be delayed 15 minutes from Richmond Hill" (Email #3).

3. There was nothing in the bulletin board or the Go Alert saying how long it took the 6:28 train to reach Union. I would love to see if they will include this delay in the statistics at all, or if they will just play the number game (how many times of >15 min delay, so this is only one count; and as Email #3 indicated, even their statistics for the duration of delay is questionable).

4. GO has increased their fare every year and I don't see much improvement in their services.

5. Almost Every train trip are 5-10 minutes late and they won't include those "minor" delays in their statistics.


GO Train, stop calling yourself environmentally friendly - You are not. People drive to work because of your incompetence.

痴線事件簿 - 電話

如常在家使用電話交費 ---
"9" - (以為自己在公司, 用9打街線)
"1" - (1800 電話)
"1" - (手震, 打多左個1)

電話通左, "This is the police station...."

Sh*t....打左911!!!

Sorry一輪後對方說, "Nonetheless, the police needs to come by to make sure you are ok."
於是面懵懵地迎接差人哥哥 >_<

(還好差人哥哥倒是挺友善的)

Forgetful

在同事的Farewell卡上施展了執筆忘字最高境界 - 串錯自己個名

雷公劈友除世害

written a bit more than 10 years ago, still relevent
雷公劈友除世害
曲：郭達年 詞：郭達年

世界唔好 社會離譜 雷公 劈啲癲佬
經濟唔好 政制離譜 雷公 劈啲傻佬

鄉下細路無書讀 學校爛到塌落地
首都高官挖私利 億元落袋遠處飛
農村失收無飯食 都會夜夜笙歌
城市炒賣玩暴發 幹部狂噬刷爆咭

呢頭話落後 要人鎮災救濟嫌唔夠
個頭扮造步 Cheap租火箭甩繩馬騮
一面話開放 拉人坐監審完無理講
一面話改革 翻嚟覆去越搞越猖狂

TTC 顛佬

在繁忙時間搭TTC遇上一個手拿一大桶天拿水 (重點!), Hi嘢 Hi 到口水鼻涕長流 (Literally 長流果隻)的顛佬。心中暗叫不妙,腦海登時出現天拿水焚人/車的畫面,嚇得急急離開車廂。

TTC閘口班大帝究竟幹舍的??