Ragefest with Pan or This is Why Amtrak is Going Down the Pooper
So, I'm kinda seriously freaking the fuck out now. Yeah like totally.
I was supposed to hop a train tomorrow afternoon to go visit my family for the first time since Christmas. I've been amped the fuck up about it like all week. I miss them so so much. And it's kind of an important time for me to go to, we're gonna celebrate my nephew's 4th birthday. And anyone who knows me personally knows how much I fucking adore that kid. He's my buddy, we watch cartoons, play Power Rangers, the whole kit-n-kaboodle.
Why am I freaking out? Because Amtrak is a load of fucking money grubbing whores, that's why. I used to pay roughly about 15-25 dollars for a ticket, even if I bought it on the train. I get online tonight, which is not the easiest thing to do in my situation, to reserve my ticket and I am shown two different trains: The first, leaving at 7:30am, arriving at my stop 3hr 3m later, at a price of $34, or the second, and the one I had been planning on taking due to the fact that I have to wait to get my paycheck before I leave so I can pay for everything, at an astounding $48 dollars.
Now, what I don't understand is why this short trip costs so much money, when it never has before, which has roots in my biggest source of general freak-out: Money. True, I get paid that morning, BUT, I have to take out 156 for the remainder of my rent, and pay for the trip I'm going on next weekend with monarchist , which I was only planning on keeping back 50 for. Mainly to help cushion the price of gas and food. And I had originally allotted 100 total for this trip, keeping out 50 for tickets, 15-20 to give to my sister in gas money for driving the hour to the train station to pick me up, and 30ish to spend on my nephew, because I wasn't sure what to get him, my sister, his mother, told me that it would be better if I took him shopping when I got there and let him pick his present, which I'm cool with, cause that's one last thing I'd have to carry around. And finally the remainder of what I get in this paycheck has to see me through until the next one, two weeks from now, I have to eat, buy a couple of essential items [I don't mean manga or anime or Ben10 stuff either.].
I'm just really stressing out here. I'm not even sure what to do, but I think my choice has been decided as I type out this open chain of thought.
I've got to give Amtrak 75 fucking dollars.
I need these 48 hours with my family.
Wow, one hour with my family is worth about 1.56 to the man.
I didn't think a price could be put on that.
Thank you America.
I was supposed to hop a train tomorrow afternoon to go visit my family for the first time since Christmas. I've been amped the fuck up about it like all week. I miss them so so much. And it's kind of an important time for me to go to, we're gonna celebrate my nephew's 4th birthday. And anyone who knows me personally knows how much I fucking adore that kid. He's my buddy, we watch cartoons, play Power Rangers, the whole kit-n-kaboodle.
Why am I freaking out? Because Amtrak is a load of fucking money grubbing whores, that's why. I used to pay roughly about 15-25 dollars for a ticket, even if I bought it on the train. I get online tonight, which is not the easiest thing to do in my situation, to reserve my ticket and I am shown two different trains: The first, leaving at 7:30am, arriving at my stop 3hr 3m later, at a price of $34, or the second, and the one I had been planning on taking due to the fact that I have to wait to get my paycheck before I leave so I can pay for everything, at an astounding $48 dollars.
Now, what I don't understand is why this short trip costs so much money, when it never has before, which has roots in my biggest source of general freak-out: Money. True, I get paid that morning, BUT, I have to take out 156 for the remainder of my rent, and pay for the trip I'm going on next weekend with monarchist , which I was only planning on keeping back 50 for. Mainly to help cushion the price of gas and food. And I had originally allotted 100 total for this trip, keeping out 50 for tickets, 15-20 to give to my sister in gas money for driving the hour to the train station to pick me up, and 30ish to spend on my nephew, because I wasn't sure what to get him, my sister, his mother, told me that it would be better if I took him shopping when I got there and let him pick his present, which I'm cool with, cause that's one last thing I'd have to carry around. And finally the remainder of what I get in this paycheck has to see me through until the next one, two weeks from now, I have to eat, buy a couple of essential items [I don't mean manga or anime or Ben10 stuff either.].
I'm just really stressing out here. I'm not even sure what to do, but I think my choice has been decided as I type out this open chain of thought.
I've got to give Amtrak 75 fucking dollars.
I need these 48 hours with my family.
Wow, one hour with my family is worth about 1.56 to the man.
I didn't think a price could be put on that.
Thank you America.