Of course the guy with the loud jangly zippers on his backpack is the only one who feels the need to pace around the train station. It might be a desperate attempt to get his daily steps in. 🙄

#Today #MorningCommute

Damp spring mornings in CT are the best!

#Connecticut
#MorningCommute
#Sunrise

I wonder if I'll run into the asshole who yelled at me last week when I asked him to respect the quiet car rules.

I hope so. 🤣

#Chicago #Metra #Train #PublicTransportation #MorningCommute

Traffic Sucks

I backed out of the driveway at 7:29am. At that time the GPS app (Waze) was already telling me I was going to be late to work. My ETA was 9:03. The app detoured me off of my normal route less than half a mile from my house…

…and it was all downhill from there.

At about 8:50 I still had 10 miles to go and Waze started recalculating. My ETA started going up… fast. There was an accident on route 128 South (that’s route 95 for all of you non-locals) right at the junction with the Mass Pike (route 90, for all of you non-locals). I pulled into a parking spot at work at 9:30.

Nine. Fucking. Thirty.

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54458364315/in/datetaken/

So tell me, how’s your fucking Thursday morning treating you? Nothing like a two hour drive as your democracy is collapsing to make you feel good about the state of the world, know what I mean?

Here’s a cat. Enjoy.

https://flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54458359830/in/datetaken/

#30MinutesLate #badCommute #badTraffic #carAccident #Cat #commute #detour #gps #highway #iphoneography #Kitty #late #lateToWork #morningCommute #photography #robin #traffic #trafficJam #waze

#morningcommute #snow #morningdrive

Hey at least it’s only snowing all day! Thanks for the “lake effect.” 😅

If you're on a bike whilst it's sub zero temperatures, putting a pair of latex gloves underneath your regular gloves makes a world of difference in keeping your hands toasty warm whilst still maintaining good finger movement.

#cycling #tip #uk #morningcommute

It's gonna be a brisk one, baby! #Chicago #MorningCommute

Shitty Morning Blues

It’s 9:08am and this day is already an epic pile of suck.

I overslept a little. Just a little. It was enough to screw up my whole routine though. I managed to get all of the trash out to the street and get some semblance of my morning exercise in with enough time left over to have me outside in the car by 7:30. I would have preferred 7:15, but 7:30 usually gets the job done.

Usually.

Not today though.

I had construction traffic on my street, I had gridlock on route 213 and gridlock on route 93. Google Maps told me to exit route 93 and take route 495. There was gridlock getting on to 495. It was about 8:15 when Google Maps started telling me I wouldn’t be at my destination until after 9:20, 20 minutes late for work, when I said screw it and turned around. I got on route 495 North instead of South, which is one of two main highways that get me home, and of course there was gridlock on 495 North as well. I was home by 9:40 and immediately punched in to work.

I have to work from the office three times this week. One of them has to be Wednesday. I already worked from the office on Monday and I fully expected to do it today (Tuesday) too, which would put me at home for Thursday and Friday. Now I have to work from the office on one of those days to make up for today. It will probably be Friday.

I am so pissed off and frustrated right now, I can’t even think straight. I ate breakfast in the car and was so stressed out that it affected my stomach and now I feel all blocked up and bloated and gross (it’s a gastric bypass thing, you probably wouldn’t understand unless you’ve had the surgery too).

9:15am and it’s already a Grade A Shitty Day. Fucking traffic!

(insert the sound of a frustrated scream here)

#badDay #badMorning #commute #frustrated #frustrating #frustration #gridlock #morningCommute #shittyDay #traffic #trafficHell #trafficNightmare #work

I’m Tired

I am tired today. I’m wrapping up my lunch break on this fine(?) Monday afternoon and I am tired. Over night last night I woke up at about 1:00am with hunger pains. Lovely. I had a bite to eat and felt better and fortunately it held me over until morning. I overslept a little and thought I was going to be late to work but fortunately the morning after the super bowl (superb owl) lead to light traffic and I got to my desk with plenty of time to spare.

I had no interest in the super bowl (superb owl) at all yesterday. Knowing that the fat nazi fuck face of a president was going to be in the stands meant that you couldn’t have paid me to watch. Not in a million, billion years. Fuck that fat nazi fuck. I read an article today that reported the US TV broadcasts included audio of applauding crowds as the scumbag was introduced, while the same moment on foreign TV broadcasts could clearly hear a resounding round of boos. Thanks, fascist collaborating TV networks. Fuck you too. I swear, the entire US media industry is currently made up of a bunch of fucking Neville Chamberlains. Fuck them all.

What was I talking about? Oh yeah, I am tired. It’s 2:30pm. I have three hours left in my work day. I wanna go home. I wanna go home, give my wife a great big hug and a great big smooch and then fall asleep until morning. That would really hit the spot.

In closing, fuck that fat stupid nazi loser fucking fuck.

#commute #fuckTrump #health #inTheOffice #morningCommute #Politics #Sleep #traffic #trumpIsAFascist #trumpIsANazi #trumpIsEvil #work #workDay

Tire has been patched (for $11). Now to pick up @artmom77.bsky.social and head to work.

#IsItMonday #FlatTire #MorningCommute #CouldBeWorse

Was a long wait for the train (and 4 trains went by the other way). Still beats sitting in a car and in traffic and miserable roads (and looking for parking)
#MorningCommute #Pittsburgh

#Norway was plagued with much snow and bad weather the last few days. This was how it looked like this morning at the train station. #morningcommute #weather

❄️Update❄️
⚠️MCDOT Storm Operations Center
📋Report #7
🗓️January 7, 2025, at 6:30AM
💻For more details check our Winter Storm Information Portal▶️ https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/snow/
#montgomerycountymd #maryland #snow #ice #snowplows #washingtondc #mdcommuters #MDRoads #MDTraffic #roadways #morningcommute

Traffic is Funny

Here’s an example of why traffic in greater Boston is funny. I don’t mean funny as in hahaha, I mean funny as in I am so mad I want to claw my eyes out.

I drove about 70 miles to get to work today. It was pouring rain the whole way. It was also seriously foggy out. The fog plus the rain plus the spray coming off of everyone’s tires meant that visibility was only slightly better than zero. For almost the entire drive I was up around 70-75 miles per hour. I made excellent time.

Yesterday it was gloomy out but other than a little drizzle at the tail end of the drive it was dry. No precipitation, no fog to speak of, no road spray. It had rained the day before though. How did I do for time? There were pockets of gridlock everywhere. The drive took 30 minutes longer than it took today.

Rain today = no traffic jams.
No rain today but rain yesterday = huge traffic jams.

See what I mean about “funny”?

Anyway, here’s a picture of a guitar to try to guilt myself into playing before work tomorrow, when I will thankfully be working from home again.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54197649804/in/dateposted/

#365 #365Challenge #365Project #blog #commute #funny #iphoneography #Life #morningCommute #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #Rain #traffic #Weather #workFromTheOffice

Well this going to be an interesting excuse for being late:

The bus driver, having missed a turn, decided to, instead of taking the main roads and missing a stop, turn left into a small street ending in a t=junction with one side blocked off for cars and do what turned out to be a many pointed 3 point turn. Without hitting anything. Which was quite impressive given the room he had, the lenght of the bus and other traffic coming through. It did take him 8 minutes though.

#morningcommute

#NewEngland autumn mornings
Are grabbing at my soul right now
Cold. Bright. Clear. Crisp.
#Connecticut
#Sunrise
#MorningCommute
#Nature