Last night I was waiting in line for the bus at Oshawa GO Station when I did a double-take when I looked at a woman who was missing a shoe.
Was she holding it? I thought. I did a lean to the side motion to sneak a peek. I didn't see a shoe in her hand.
We boarded the bus. She sat one row away from me. My curiosity was off the charts. What the hell happened? It has to be one hell of a story, I thought.
So I asked her. Turns out she lost her flat when she was running for the 5:10 pm train and it flew off just as she hopped on and the doors closed beside her.
"Oh, crap," I said. "That sucks." And I went back to my phone.
"Are you tweeting me," she asked jokingly. I said, "Yes". Her face changed.
Whoops.
COME ON! HOW COULD I NOT?!
I would expect nothing less of you mofos if you saw me hobbling along like an orphan. At least I didn't take a picture.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
Thanks for the support, Toronto Star
Kick back on your daily commute with all you need to know: Weather, traffic, top headlines. https://t.co/pHZEIC33XA pic.twitter.com/qP15Q87M1U
— TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) March 31, 2016
Wednesday, March 30, 2016
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Monday, March 28, 2016
#GOTransit fare dispute turns into immigration nightmare for very average Canadian-American https://t.co/1VcDp2NtoR #topoli #cdnpoli
— Occupy Toronto (@OccupyToronto) March 28, 2016
How much in salary does it take for GO Transit to finally roll out the TRACK MY GO BUS app? Good question, Daisy May
Howdy,
Ms. Cindy!
Billy
Bob here in St. Catharines. Me and my
missus, Daisy May, are hopin’ y’all are enjoyin’ yer Easter weekend.
Daisy
May shuffled off to Alliston last weekend to visit her cousin, Bobbi-Jo. When it was time to return home on Thursday,
Daisy May said she was frettin’ somethin’ awful, cuz the freezin’ rain made a
real mess of them local roads.
Bobbi-Jo
laughed and told Daisy May to relax and promised Daisy May she’d get her the Churchill
GO bus stop on time. That puzzled my
missus, who wondered aloud how Bobbi-Jo could be so sure.
Bobbi-Jo
explained it this why, “We’re just gonna sit here, enjoy our coffee, and wait
for the snow plow to go by. Then we’re
gonna follow the trail of fresh salt and sand.”
Well, Daisy May took that to mean she and her cousin was gonna sit in
Bobbi-Jo’s car at the foot of the driveway waitin’ for the plow to roll by.
Apparently,
Bobbi-Jo bust a gut when she heard that.
She explained to Daisy May they was gonna monitor the website TrackMyPlow.com and when
a snow plow was comin’ their way, they’d hit the road. Bobbi-Jo showed Daisy May that by movin’ the
mouse pointer over a plow icon on the highway, they could see info about the
plow in the “hover help” bubble that appeared.
Also, there was Environment Canada weather alerts down the right side of
the screen that was specific to the part of the map bein’ viewed. Down the left side Bobbi-Jo could tap into
Twitter feeds from Ontario 511 and the OPP for late breakin’ road alerts. Daisy May said she was blowed away by that new-fangled
technology!
Now,
Daisy May has a question. If us folk can
track snow plows, how come GO Transit ain’t delivered on their promise of
real-time bus info that they made back in 2013?
We was supposed to have it in January 2014. And it ain’t just me and Daisy May wonderin’
why GO Transit let us down again. Just
last month, Catherine Kelly chimed in on my first e-mail to
you,
Ms. Cindy.
Me
and Daisy May got lookin’ at the latest Sunshine List, and we can’t figure out
why the VP – Solution Development & Technology ($187K+), the Chief
Information Officer ($186K+), the VP – GO Operations ($180K+), and the Director,
Bus Services ($176K+) can’t put their heads together to fix whatever needs
fixin’ and get this thing rolled out.
Daisy May says if she left her customers at the pizzeria waitin’ as long
as these big wigs leave us hangin’, she’d be outta a job.
Daisy
May has a suggestion for Metrolinx President & CEO ($361K+), Bruce McCuaig —
it’s time for him and his top brass to come down from the Ivory Tower and get a
dose of some “valuable insight into
how customers experience the regional system“ by waitin’ at the stop
when the bus don’t show.
Keep
ridin’ them rails in style, Ms. Cindy, and we hopes yer bus ain’t late.
Best
wishes,
Billy
Bob
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Resigning UP Express boss 'scapegoat' says the Toronto Sun
The president of Union Pearson Express has stepped down about two weeks after the service slashed its fares to boost sagging ridership.
Kathy Haley, who first took the helm in 2011, will finish with Metrolinx on March 31. Tory MPP Michael Harris said her resignation makes Haley look like a “scapegoat.”
“I would say that Ms. Haley is falling on her sword today for the UP Express fiasco, but the buck clearly stops with the minister of transportation and the premier,” he said.
READ MORE
Meanwhile, on Twitter...
Kathy Haley, who first took the helm in 2011, will finish with Metrolinx on March 31. Tory MPP Michael Harris said her resignation makes Haley look like a “scapegoat.”
“I would say that Ms. Haley is falling on her sword today for the UP Express fiasco, but the buck clearly stops with the minister of transportation and the premier,” he said.
READ MORE
Meanwhile, on Twitter...
. @moore_oliver What's really outrageous is that the head of UPX made $272k while the head of GO Transit made only $249k.
— Steve Munro (@SwanBoatSteve) March 24, 2016
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
"One of my coworkers told me it seemed very European, taking the train into the city every day... The novelty wore off fast."
Posted by Torontoist on Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Just how clean is your GO bus you ask?
@GOtransit please explain...paying $7 to travel sitting in this dirt...nahhh 😤😤😷😷😷 pic.twitter.com/VXnlwyZEBw
— DoneWell (@_CJ95_) February 9, 2016
Folks be working hard to finish Burlington GO station renovation - now two years behind schedule
What's not happening at @GOtransit Burlington today? 2/3 pic.twitter.com/t6iOcHyppB
— GO Voyageur (@GOvoygr) March 4, 2016
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Monday, March 21, 2016
I bet y'all glad it's over! I only had to go to work on Friday. March break didn't disappoint
Ah yes... March Break in the #QuietZone. iPad on full volume. Not a single shit given by mum engrossed in her phone pic.twitter.com/gOkuenjRaU
— CJ Smith (@ThisCrazyTrain) March 18, 2016
Maybe his car really was in the shop; explains why he was on the bus (DOES NO ONE HAVE ANY SHAME ANYMORE? WE CAN ALL HEAR YOU, DOUG!)
This is Doug. Doug is calling a girl he's met on Plenty of Fish and is telling all of us on the bus about it #golove pic.twitter.com/6q0g5xx2W2
— CJ Smith (@ThisCrazyTrain) March 18, 2016
I'm not sure how Doug uses Plenty of Fish on his 90s flip phone. #golove
— CJ Smith (@ThisCrazyTrain) March 18, 2016
Turns out 5 pm is too early for Doug's Internet girlfriend. He's asking if 530 will work. Eager beaver this Doug is. #golove
— CJ Smith (@ThisCrazyTrain) March 18, 2016
Ok! 8pm it is. Does she know where Rileys is? He'll meet her there because his car's in the "shop". He better borrow an iPhone for this date
— CJ Smith (@ThisCrazyTrain) March 18, 2016
Now Doug is discussing Sunday morning breakfast. Whoah... slow down there Doug. Get through dinner first. He sure is ambitious. #golove
— CJ Smith (@ThisCrazyTrain) March 18, 2016
Sounds like breakfast isn't happening for Doug. He also just asked her what she's going to wear and told her to make it "tight". #golove
— CJ Smith (@ThisCrazyTrain) March 18, 2016
DAMMIT MY STOP ALWAYS COME AT THE GOOD PART. #golove
— CJ Smith (@ThisCrazyTrain) March 18, 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
This is how you can become one of "them"
Because morning commutes aren't bad enough.
Posted by Torontoist on Thursday, March 17, 2016
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