My Daily Commute - PlayFirst Grapevine
Like many people, I can't walk to work. And since my job is in a very large city, I take public transit. In my case, that public transit is called BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Let me just begin by saying BART's very name is a misnomer. It is anything but rapid. On any given day of any given week, I will arrive to the office, harried (and very often 15 minutes late) and begin to give my poor co-workers a detailed account of my morning commute. "I was sitting on the platform waiting for 15 minutes... in the cold! During rush hour!" or "The train stopped... just stopped! In the tunnel, under the bay. No explanation! ARGH!" or (my favorite) "the guy sitting next to me was smelly and listening to VERY LOUD horrible music..."
My recent solution: Games.
Before I worked here, I wasn't too into games. But NOW, I am (I admit it) addicted. Now, on my way home, I pop open my laptop, put in my ear buds and start to play my addiction of the moment. Right now, I am really digging Ravenhearst. This way, if the train stops, NO PROBLEM! The time just flies by. If the guy sitting next to me is playing awful music too loud, well, I am humming away to the eerie background music of MCF and am no longer bothered.
So if you, like so many others, have to endure sometimes painful commutes to work... I would advise that you start playing games... either on your laptop, your handheld or your mobile phone. They make your commute so much nicer! They don't make the guy sitting next to you smell any better though.
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posted Apr 27, 2008 12:54:21 PM