Every time I'm reading on the bus on the way to or from work and I'm almost finished with a book - EVERY TIME - why is it that I'm always like three or four pages away from being done when it's time for me to get off the bus? Why can't I ever just finish the damn book BEFORE my stop?!?

WHY?!

I'm telling you all right now, it's very difficult being me. I wouldn't advise trying it.

same thing happens when I'm reading on a lunch break...either I get within a page or 2 of the end of a chapter, or something REALLY big happens just when I have to get back to my desk

i'd write a letter of complaint to someone, but i probably couldn't finish it in time.

Anx said:

ask the driver to circle the block for you

Anx said:

ya i'm like that when i;m on the john. just when i'm about done "letting go", someone shows up at the door. i hate that!
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Milty said:

that reminds me - every time i turn on the faucet to take a shower, the phone rings. so if you ever wonder about my odor, just know it's not my fault.

You gotta pace yourself, time it right!

I used to get so frustrated getting to the end of chapters but having a paragraph to go as you pull into the station.

But after about a year of practicing, I can pretty much time it right, keep checking the pages left, and the last station the train passed. The problem with this of course are the unaccounted variables, like the twat who is sitting next to you and decided he needs to stand up and push past you when you are still at least 2.45 minutes away from the (often your own) stop. Throws everything into chaos. I have been known to get off the train and sit on the platform to finish my chapter before embarking on the short walk home.

What is somehow even more frustrating is finishing too soon and having 5 minutes with nothing to do.

Reading on the bus makes me ill.

Read a book with less pages???




Or you could look at it this way: at least you've got it to look forward to on your lunch/break/way home.
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I have a related curse...

When I try to read in transit, I get sudden motion sickness. It's awful.

Anx said:

i would never ever do that.

Anx said:

How interesting...

Everytime I comb my hair, thoughts of... you... get in my eyes.

I wonder if these are diagnosible?

You might find this link helpful.

at least i can finish writing a damn post on here withou

Anx said:

hold on, you log onto the org while in transit? dude, you're obsessed!

An old guy peed in the seet next to me once. I think I was cursed.

TheSmyrk said:

i guess it depends on your proclivities and whatnot.

Anx said:

NSFW

CarrieMpls said:

me too, I cant read on the bus or in a car, i start feeling sick

LleeLlee said:

With me it's the grocery store line. I know that when I get to the cashier, he or she is going to have to replace the paper in the damn cash register. It ALWAYS happens. Curse?



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MIGUELGOMEZ said:

yesterday i went to the grocery and tried to use the "fast lane" self check-out lane.

there are four stations. an old lady was writing out a check at one station and taking the sweetest time in the world in so doing; a man who didn't know english was completely screwing up at another station, because he didn't know what the instruction robot thingie was saying to him, thus prompting a cashier intervention; the person at the third station didn't know how to use the self check-out system and wouldn't get off her cell phone long enough to figure it out; and the fourth station was out of order.


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Anx said:

In those situations you should hit the person being slow or being an assclown with a tasty can of Del Monte peaches...Thats how I shop at Walmart Its both nutritious and effective...

Sinister said:

i did say really loudly to the person in line ahead of me, "the fast lane sure took a plunge today!" i got a couple of dirty looks, but hey - it was something to do to pass the time.

Sinister said:

Eat tasty can, byatch!!!

i'm a recent joiner of the 'let's drive to work' crowd. i had to make the change because my boss needs me to stay late and the bus stop area, hennepin avenue, is getting a bit too rough for my taste. my employer is paying for my parking

i must say, what a HUGE relief! not only is my commute time about ten minutes as opposed to the 45 it was before, but i no longer have to tolerate 1) loud cellphone talkers with boring lives; 2) somebody's garlic/halitosis/stale beer breath at 7:30 a.m.; 3) standing room only and people's butts jammed into my personal space; 4) forced physical contact with strangers.

i feel like such a spoiled capitalist but OH MY GOD it's sooooo much better. i've taken the bus to work all my life and fmgd it's a treat to hop into the car and drive home in ten minutes.

ok. this has nothing to do with Anx's thread topic., BUT i saw the word 'transit' and just felt like gushing.. ..

Anx said:

Heh..good job...the only people I won't say anything to are old folks...one may take out their teeth and try to gum me or something....

oh.....ah.. sorry about your bad commuting experience anx.

Sinister said:

hey! i TOLD you to leave my newspaper alone!!!!!

XxAxX said:

See when old folks start getting crazy what you got to do is give a swift karate chop to the back of the neck, and pinch their right index finger to trigger arthritis

I learned that from an episode of "Murder she wrote"