Kids. Who needs them?
Today was a prime example of why I never. ever. want to have children. Ever. And how incompetent the public transport people are here.
So I was on my way home from work, made it exactly one station by train, then the train stopped. And just stood there for 5 minutes. Until they finally announced: children playing on the tracks, so we'll be delayed a couple of minutes. Couple of minutes turned into another 10 minutes. Then they announced train services would be delayed indefinitely and they'd start implementing a bus service. So we all got off the train and started looking for the busses. Which weren't there. So I started checking for regional trains (which were still running). There was one, but that only ran half an hour later. So I stood there and waited. And waited. And about 10 minutes before the regional train was about to run, they announced they finally cleared the dumb brats from the tracks and the trains would run again. So I went back to the public transport track and lo and behold, a train came in. Granted, not the one I usually take, but I wasn't gonna be choosy. So of course, the train was practically bursting considering people had been piling up at the station for almost an hour. 10 minutes later, we were still at the station. And the regional train was blasting past us. Another 5 minutes later, another announcement (and that one's translated verbatim): "Folks....no joke, I swear, but we just heard that this train won't go anywhere. Please get off and take the next one." (The fact alone that he clarified that he wasn't joking...). So we got off again. And waited. AGAIN. Until finally the next train came along, which finally brought me home. Almost 2 hours after I left work. All because of a couple of stupid kids. Spanking? Valid punishment of choice in my book.
So I was on my way home from work, made it exactly one station by train, then the train stopped. And just stood there for 5 minutes. Until they finally announced: children playing on the tracks, so we'll be delayed a couple of minutes. Couple of minutes turned into another 10 minutes. Then they announced train services would be delayed indefinitely and they'd start implementing a bus service. So we all got off the train and started looking for the busses. Which weren't there. So I started checking for regional trains (which were still running). There was one, but that only ran half an hour later. So I stood there and waited. And waited. And about 10 minutes before the regional train was about to run, they announced they finally cleared the dumb brats from the tracks and the trains would run again. So I went back to the public transport track and lo and behold, a train came in. Granted, not the one I usually take, but I wasn't gonna be choosy. So of course, the train was practically bursting considering people had been piling up at the station for almost an hour. 10 minutes later, we were still at the station. And the regional train was blasting past us. Another 5 minutes later, another announcement (and that one's translated verbatim): "Folks....no joke, I swear, but we just heard that this train won't go anywhere. Please get off and take the next one." (The fact alone that he clarified that he wasn't joking...). So we got off again. And waited. AGAIN. Until finally the next train came along, which finally brought me home. Almost 2 hours after I left work. All because of a couple of stupid kids. Spanking? Valid punishment of choice in my book.