Sunday, September 8, 2013
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
For all of y'all who have been busy Googling "how often does GO check Presto" and "risks of not tapping Presto" and ...
- is there a fine for riding go train without ticket
- does someone check your presto card on the go train
- who checks GO fare
- best place to sit on GO train to avoid being checked for Presto Card
- how many times a week can I ride free on GO train
- busiest times for Presto checking
- what happens when a go transit officer catches you
- Go train ticket fine how much
- do i really need a go train ticket
- what does a go train officer look like
- what station does the go train officer get off at
- Can two people use the same Presto card or pass it back
- Do GO officers take your picture if you don't tap your Presto card
- how to ride go train to union for free
- do I really need to tap Presto card every go train ride
- how to make your own Presto card with no money but it will beep if GO people check it
You must all be new to GO Transit and you must all be first year college and university students because in the three years I've been online with this blog, this is the most activity I've witnessed with respect to searches about defrauding the system. Considering the time period, it's the only conclusion I can make.
You see, when you use Google and your search query lands you at my website (aka this GO train blog), my metrics software captures your "hit" and I can review a report of the latest search terms.
And judging by recent Twitter activity currently being monitored by @GoTrainsit, it appears that many of you feel you are not obligated to pay your fare or feel that because Presto cards aren't checked every day, hour on the hour, you're wasting money when you tap.
How about Googling the word "integrity"?
So put on your big kid pants and pay your fare like the rest of us do. M'kay?
By the way, the very last search phrase was the best one yet. A+
So put on your big kid pants and pay your fare like the rest of us do. M'kay?
By the way, the very last search phrase was the best one yet. A+
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Putting first world commuting problems into perspective
Taking the GO train is luxury service compared to some of the transit systems other people around the world have to endure.
John sent over a link to a website that sure makes you appreciate the Green Limo more.
Photos! >>> World's Worst Commutes
Did this guy just crap his pants? Nope. He's trying to cram himself into the train so the doors can close.
Photo embedded from (source)
John sent over a link to a website that sure makes you appreciate the Green Limo more.
Photos! >>> World's Worst Commutes
Did this guy just crap his pants? Nope. He's trying to cram himself into the train so the doors can close.
Photo embedded from (source)
Someone needs to vent ... take it away L.M.
Hey CJ;
I hope you're having a great vacation! (I am - thank you - Cj)
I sure could use one myself with these door donkeys making my workday a living hell. I work near Exhibition Place and I need to get off at Exhibition Station but people (if one can call them people) feel that once the train stops at Union, it'll be there for one second and they simply must block the doors before then to ensure they aren't abandoned on the train. Well, I am sick of it. Today, I said (hopefully loud enough for them to hear me) "F*cking Exhibition Station, not Union. If you're not getting off here don't stand near the doors". One woman had gotten up when we left Port Credit to stand near the doors, which was what partially caused for me to snap as well as having to endure this for six days in a row. Thank god some of my shifts are afternoons.
Anyways, I just really needed to vent to someone who feels my pain.
Regards,
LM
I hope you're having a great vacation! (I am - thank you - Cj)
I sure could use one myself with these door donkeys making my workday a living hell. I work near Exhibition Place and I need to get off at Exhibition Station but people (if one can call them people) feel that once the train stops at Union, it'll be there for one second and they simply must block the doors before then to ensure they aren't abandoned on the train. Well, I am sick of it. Today, I said (hopefully loud enough for them to hear me) "F*cking Exhibition Station, not Union. If you're not getting off here don't stand near the doors". One woman had gotten up when we left Port Credit to stand near the doors, which was what partially caused for me to snap as well as having to endure this for six days in a row. Thank god some of my shifts are afternoons.
Anyways, I just really needed to vent to someone who feels my pain.
Regards,
LM
Oh, I'm sorry. Are we in your space?!
This is when you kick him in the shin and tell him that ever since the war, you've lost all control of the muscles in your leg and it randomly does that from time to time.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Monday, August 26, 2013
Vacation!
Up until Friday night, all my vacation plans were up in the air. I was supposed to go to New Brunswick but I won't travel without my dad so I'm in Ontario, bouncing around. This means that I will be posting sparodically throughout the next two weeks if that's okay with y'all. It's gonna have to be okay, considering I don't have any minions I can put to work around here.
Friday, August 23, 2013
It is *badly* drawn
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@dmjross Looks like he has a really large penis that requires its own seat.
Dave Ross
CJ SmithWhy not? Let's make this a mail bag day
I rarely publish the magnitude of personal email I get (okay, it's like 5 a week but it piles up if you don't read it when it first comes in) but I was inspired to publish the one from Mandy because the Quiet Zone is a popular topic (so many emails about that!) and it even has its own Twitter account @GOTrainShutUp
(Note: if I'm promoting your Twitter account, you owe me some Prairie Girl cupcakes but only the small ones. It's a big deal if I actually give you space on my soap box. Email me so I know when/where to collect. I'm not bluffing. I'm dead serious. I get requests to promote people's GO related Twitter and Facebook channels ALL THE TIME).
I liked this email from R.S. because so many people hate this GO commuter behaviour.
Hi CJ,
First time reader, first time question-asker-type person.
**If you choose to post this, if you wouldn't mind just using my first name or initials, it would be greatly appreciated.**
I wanted to get your take on a personal issue I have when waiting for a GO Train at one of the tations, excluding Union.
You see, I've noticed a rather troubling occurrence when walking down the platform and waiting for the train. People start congregating around the areas where the train (usually) stops and where the doors will open. (Some days it is quite funny watching people huff and puff when the train stops 5 feet either side of where they're standing, but I digress).
People will stand by the yellow line and that is fine. Then people will also stand at or close to the glassed-in shelters, leaving room for people to continue their walk down the platform; a lane-way, if you will.
My issue is where people now stand in the middle, causing a traffic jam. A dozen people, grouped together with no room to maneuver.
I am therefore forced to:
a) walk on or OVER the yellow line
b) walk back and around the other side of the shelter
c) sit there and take it until these people start getting on the train, which then allows you to pass but now you have to run to get to a door before it closes, or my personal favourite
d) say "Excuse me" and blow through the log jam, "gently" nudging people out of the way
WWCJD?
Kind regards,
Richard
For a moment there I thought your acronym at the end of your email stood for What Would Jesus Christ Do? Then I realized I'm just dyslexic.
This jockeying for position stuff is really bad at Oshawa. I once tried to encourage people to line up single file. I even rented those velvet rope pole things you see a red-carpet galas. No dice.
I call this the cattle syndrome. Ever watched the Farmer's Report on CFTO or CHCH as a kid and how excited the cows would get when they saw the farmer coming to open the gate so they could run to the fields to chow down on some grass? Cows don't line up! Lining up is for sheep and a pig named Babe.
I don't know how many chromosomes separate us from cows but anyone watching this behaviour on a GO train platform would think it was only 1 instead of 39, give or take a few. I can't science. I only know that humans have 46. I learned that from Jeopardy.
To answer your question, I always go with d) myself. If I can manage a boob punch, I'll throw one in for shits and giggles.
Cj
(Note: if I'm promoting your Twitter account, you owe me some Prairie Girl cupcakes but only the small ones. It's a big deal if I actually give you space on my soap box. Email me so I know when/where to collect. I'm not bluffing. I'm dead serious. I get requests to promote people's GO related Twitter and Facebook channels ALL THE TIME).
I liked this email from R.S. because so many people hate this GO commuter behaviour.
| from: | Richard | ||
| to: | cj@thiscrazytrain.com | ||
| date: | Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:25 AM | ||
| subject: | Jockeying |
Hi CJ,
First time reader, first time question-asker-type person.
**If you choose to post this, if you wouldn't mind just using my first name or initials, it would be greatly appreciated.**
I wanted to get your take on a personal issue I have when waiting for a GO Train at one of the tations, excluding Union.
You see, I've noticed a rather troubling occurrence when walking down the platform and waiting for the train. People start congregating around the areas where the train (usually) stops and where the doors will open. (Some days it is quite funny watching people huff and puff when the train stops 5 feet either side of where they're standing, but I digress).
People will stand by the yellow line and that is fine. Then people will also stand at or close to the glassed-in shelters, leaving room for people to continue their walk down the platform; a lane-way, if you will.
My issue is where people now stand in the middle, causing a traffic jam. A dozen people, grouped together with no room to maneuver.
I am therefore forced to:
a) walk on or OVER the yellow line
b) walk back and around the other side of the shelter
c) sit there and take it until these people start getting on the train, which then allows you to pass but now you have to run to get to a door before it closes, or my personal favourite
d) say "Excuse me" and blow through the log jam, "gently" nudging people out of the way
WWCJD?
Kind regards,
Richard
| from: | C.J. Smith | ||
| to: | Richard | ||
| date: | Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:59 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Jockeying |
For a moment there I thought your acronym at the end of your email stood for What Would Jesus Christ Do? Then I realized I'm just dyslexic.
This jockeying for position stuff is really bad at Oshawa. I once tried to encourage people to line up single file. I even rented those velvet rope pole things you see a red-carpet galas. No dice.
I call this the cattle syndrome. Ever watched the Farmer's Report on CFTO or CHCH as a kid and how excited the cows would get when they saw the farmer coming to open the gate so they could run to the fields to chow down on some grass? Cows don't line up! Lining up is for sheep and a pig named Babe.
I don't know how many chromosomes separate us from cows but anyone watching this behaviour on a GO train platform would think it was only 1 instead of 39, give or take a few. I can't science. I only know that humans have 46. I learned that from Jeopardy.
To answer your question, I always go with d) myself. If I can manage a boob punch, I'll throw one in for shits and giggles.
Cj
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