Here’s some advice (I consider it good, but you be the judge) that will make you a happier person.
If you take public transit to work, you may be better off waking up 15 minutes earlier.
In theory, if you wake up 15 minutes earlier, you will make it to work 15 minutes earlier.
Depending on what time you catch the bus, this may not be the case.
I woke up 15 minutes earlier this morning and got here 1/2 hour earlier. It’s all about the system. Find out how long your bus takes at different intervals. Don’t trust the schedules during rush hour periods.
Another fine example is this: I usually catch the bus at 7:10. It gets me in at 8:00. One day I was late and I caught the bus at 7:20. I got in at 8:00. Therefore I could sleep in an extra ten minutes and arrive at the same time. I tried this same 7:20 bus a few times to see if it was a fluke and it was not. It’s all about the congestion in the morning. For some reason on my route, there are a lot more people getting on the bus at 7:10 than 7:20.
So take my advice either way you wish…if you like to sleep in, check out if any later buses get you there at the same time. If you like to waste as little time on the bus as possible, perhaps waking up a little earlier will help your quest.
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6 responses to “Rise Early, Leave Early”
Oh, good old public transportation system. You’re right about learning the system, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could just look at a schedule and expect it to be correct??
I’ve got an appropriate quote from Homer J Simpson:
“Public transportation is for losers.”
Well this is from the Brotherhood of OC transpo drivers. The drivers are told not to arrive early but to be a few min later than their schedule.
Be thankfull that you don’t live in Brockville. The buses stop at 6PM
The worst part is you get use to the bus being 5 minutes late so one morning you decide to sleep for an extra 5 minutes, oh how more 1 more snooze will make all the diference in the world… Sure enough it’s the one freaking day the bus decides to be on time.
Yeah, heaven forbid the bus comes on time. 😉
My brother tells me stories about you people. Bitching him out when he is late or not!