OH HAPPY DAYS!!!
I didn't go to work yesterday, so I missed the first day of GO Transit FuckUpAlooza. And thank the gods for that, cuz if the text messages I received are any indication, I stayed home on the right day.
As most of you know, by now, Ajax GO Station is under construction. The most recent phase is to install a pedestrian tunnel from the platform. When it's done, it will be a good thing. But, until then, we get to deal with half a platform. This will likely take a year to complete.
Oh joy.
Oh bliss.
The one and only good thing that has come of this is the security. This morning, as I came up the escalator, my heart sang out! At the top of the stairs was a yellow-clad security guard, ensuring that the doorway was clear, and no one was blocking the exit.
Hallelujah!!
It was all I could do to keep from doing my Happy Dance. This construction thing may not be so bad, after all.
Showing posts with label escalator. Show all posts
Showing posts with label escalator. Show all posts
January 23, 2012
That's it! I've had enough!!
I'm riding up the escalator this morning. I can see there is a crowd at the top of the stairs. A woman, just behind me and to my right, tripped on the escalator because there wasn't enough room for her to step off.
There wasn't enough room because the landing was crowded with stupid people. Stupid lemmings who were funnelling through the ONE door that was open. Is everyone so mentally challenged that they can't even push the door open?
But the lemmings weren't the entire reason for the crowding.
There were two ditsy bitches standing at the top of the narrow stairwell, peering through the glass wall, waiting for the 7:01. Why are you are you standing there? Global warming has taken over and it is downright balmy today...8°C so says the weather man. It is NOT cold outside. And if you think it is, maybe you should dress better for the weather. It is January, after all. It tends to cool down a little this time of year.
GO Transit needs to get on the ball and monitor the stairwells. Tell people to get the fuck outside. The shelters along the platform are there for a reason. If commuters don't want to stand outside like the rest of us, then they can drive to work.
Don't kid yourself, GO Transit. If someone is injured because the stairwell was crowded, you will be found negligent. And everyone who has been injured in the past will come forward. God, I love the smell of a class-action in the morning!
I'm riding up the escalator this morning. I can see there is a crowd at the top of the stairs. A woman, just behind me and to my right, tripped on the escalator because there wasn't enough room for her to step off.
There wasn't enough room because the landing was crowded with stupid people. Stupid lemmings who were funnelling through the ONE door that was open. Is everyone so mentally challenged that they can't even push the door open?
But the lemmings weren't the entire reason for the crowding.
There were two ditsy bitches standing at the top of the narrow stairwell, peering through the glass wall, waiting for the 7:01. Why are you are you standing there? Global warming has taken over and it is downright balmy today...8°C so says the weather man. It is NOT cold outside. And if you think it is, maybe you should dress better for the weather. It is January, after all. It tends to cool down a little this time of year.
GO Transit needs to get on the ball and monitor the stairwells. Tell people to get the fuck outside. The shelters along the platform are there for a reason. If commuters don't want to stand outside like the rest of us, then they can drive to work.
Don't kid yourself, GO Transit. If someone is injured because the stairwell was crowded, you will be found negligent. And everyone who has been injured in the past will come forward. God, I love the smell of a class-action in the morning!
January 6, 2012
Am I the only person who gets pissed off at the scrum jumpers? I'm talking about the people who join the group of commuters already gathered together at the point on the platform we're all sure the conductor will align the car door.
Completely aside from this rant, let's all agree that the conduct screws this up on a regular basis. Now let's move on.
When I arrive at the station in the morning, there are perhaps ten people positioned where I usually get on. I stand at the back of the scrum. Many of the people who come after me walk straight to the front and stand at the yellow line. Really? Who are you that you're more important than the other people who were here ten minutes ago? Do you mind if I 'accidentally' step on the back of your heel when you walk in front of me?
The evening shenanigans are not much different. The crowd gathers at the double doors to the stairwell. There's always a few fuckers that have to come from way behind us and try to get in at the front. Yeah, well, not on my watch, buddy. If I can, I'll block you. If you manage to weasel your way in front of me, I'm not breaking stride and I will step on your heels.
It never fails that the buddinskies are the slow walkers, meandering down the corridor like it's a lazy summer stroll. Seriously? You cut me off back there and now you're going to drag your feet? Get the fuck outta my way.
Completely aside from this rant, let's all agree that the conduct screws this up on a regular basis. Now let's move on.
When I arrive at the station in the morning, there are perhaps ten people positioned where I usually get on. I stand at the back of the scrum. Many of the people who come after me walk straight to the front and stand at the yellow line. Really? Who are you that you're more important than the other people who were here ten minutes ago? Do you mind if I 'accidentally' step on the back of your heel when you walk in front of me?
The evening shenanigans are not much different. The crowd gathers at the double doors to the stairwell. There's always a few fuckers that have to come from way behind us and try to get in at the front. Yeah, well, not on my watch, buddy. If I can, I'll block you. If you manage to weasel your way in front of me, I'm not breaking stride and I will step on your heels.
It never fails that the buddinskies are the slow walkers, meandering down the corridor like it's a lazy summer stroll. Seriously? You cut me off back there and now you're going to drag your feet? Get the fuck outta my way.
January 4, 2012
Alright. New Year. New Attitude. Right?
I thought about deleting this blog. Being this angry can't possibly be healthy. Then I reminded myself that keeping it all in isn't either.
So...
All you idiots who stand at the top of the escalator at the Ajax GO Station need to get the fuck out outside. It's January. There's thing we call winter that happens every year. It gets cold. There's also this really neat invention called a Winter Coat.
Get one.
I get that it's cold outside. But you, standing at the top of the escalator, blocking the doorway, impeding the flow of traffic, is only making things worse. There isn't enough room at the top to have everyone standing there AND have people come up the escalator and go out the door. The flow of traffic gets backed up, people are stuck on the escalator--which is still moving, I might add--and it becomes a domino effect.
It's dangerous.
Grow a pair, get your ass outside with the rest of us, and get the hell outta the way.
I thought about deleting this blog. Being this angry can't possibly be healthy. Then I reminded myself that keeping it all in isn't either.
So...
All you idiots who stand at the top of the escalator at the Ajax GO Station need to get the fuck out outside. It's January. There's thing we call winter that happens every year. It gets cold. There's also this really neat invention called a Winter Coat.
Get one.
I get that it's cold outside. But you, standing at the top of the escalator, blocking the doorway, impeding the flow of traffic, is only making things worse. There isn't enough room at the top to have everyone standing there AND have people come up the escalator and go out the door. The flow of traffic gets backed up, people are stuck on the escalator--which is still moving, I might add--and it becomes a domino effect.
It's dangerous.
Grow a pair, get your ass outside with the rest of us, and get the hell outta the way.
December 6, 2011
How hard is this to figure out?
If you go up the left side of the elevator, you go out the left side of the double doors.
If you go up the right side of the elevator, you go out the right side of the double doors.
This isn't rocket science. It's basic logic. And manners.
Don't go up the right side, then cut in front of me when I'm on the left, so you can go out the one open door that all the other lemmings are filing through. If you do, I'm going to step on your foot or bang into you. And don't look at me as if it's MY fault. You're the idiot who didn't look before changing lanes.
And if you're walking up, don't stop six steps from the top. The escalator isn't going to suck you in (though I really wish it would). Keep walking. There are more people behind you. I'm one of them. And as I've said before, it's all about me.
If you go up the left side of the elevator, you go out the left side of the double doors.
If you go up the right side of the elevator, you go out the right side of the double doors.
This isn't rocket science. It's basic logic. And manners.
Don't go up the right side, then cut in front of me when I'm on the left, so you can go out the one open door that all the other lemmings are filing through. If you do, I'm going to step on your foot or bang into you. And don't look at me as if it's MY fault. You're the idiot who didn't look before changing lanes.
And if you're walking up, don't stop six steps from the top. The escalator isn't going to suck you in (though I really wish it would). Keep walking. There are more people behind you. I'm one of them. And as I've said before, it's all about me.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
I'm sick and tired of this. What the hell is wrong with you people? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of us commuting with you each and every morning. What makes you think it's OK to cut in front of someone to go through the ONE door that's open. It's like you're all lemmings. I don't have a problem walking off a cliff to have all you idiots follow me. I'm happy to take one for the team, thin out the crowd a little. We could all do with a little less stupid in our lives.
This morning, as every morning, I'm coming up the escalator. The escalator, of course, is only wide enough for two people. The landing at the top is also narrow. There are only two doors.
Now, I realize logic does not prevail with the general public. I have come to the conclusion that most people are stupid. But is it not logical to think that if you ride up the escalator on the right side, that you exit through the door on the right? And, in turn, if you ride up the escalator on the left side, you exit through the door on the left. It makes sense, right?
Not to the morons at the Ajax station. No. These idiots travel up the escalator on the right...dum dee dum dum dum...and veer off to the left to cut in front of the people who have walked up the escalator, because that's the only door that is open. Really? Are you so fucking lazy that you can't push open the door on your side? You have to cut in front of me to go through the one door that's open?
This morning, some stupid broad thinks she's going to cut in front of me. I don't look at her, I don't break stride...I just keep walking up the escalator, across the tiny landing and through the door on the left. Oh, she tried to cut me off, but I just kept walking, blocked her like a linebacker.
Not on my watch, honey. Not on my watch.
This morning, as every morning, I'm coming up the escalator. The escalator, of course, is only wide enough for two people. The landing at the top is also narrow. There are only two doors.
Now, I realize logic does not prevail with the general public. I have come to the conclusion that most people are stupid. But is it not logical to think that if you ride up the escalator on the right side, that you exit through the door on the right? And, in turn, if you ride up the escalator on the left side, you exit through the door on the left. It makes sense, right?
Not to the morons at the Ajax station. No. These idiots travel up the escalator on the right...dum dee dum dum dum...and veer off to the left to cut in front of the people who have walked up the escalator, because that's the only door that is open. Really? Are you so fucking lazy that you can't push open the door on your side? You have to cut in front of me to go through the one door that's open?
This morning, some stupid broad thinks she's going to cut in front of me. I don't look at her, I don't break stride...I just keep walking up the escalator, across the tiny landing and through the door on the left. Oh, she tried to cut me off, but I just kept walking, blocked her like a linebacker.
Not on my watch, honey. Not on my watch.
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