The bus.
One of the most random vehicles, which I use daily.
I've missed it like a zillion times (I stopped counting after the 3429049320th time)
You know, I found out, I alwats miss the bus with the same people xD
1. C. and I were sitting at the busstop, we just came from our sports. At the busstop, there also was an old man, who was waiting for another bus. C. had a German test the next day, so she was learning, and I was helping here, to kill the time. We were so focused that we didn't notice that our bus was passing by. Suddenly I heard the one and only bus sound, so I raised my head and saw our buss passing by. I shouted: Noooo! Our bus! O.o
I remember the look on the old man's face. It was full of joy and laughter, and he said, while he couldn't suppress a smile: Was that your bus? :D
We tried to chase the bus, but sadly enough we weren't that fast, and the busdriver didn't show any mercy. I'm sure that he sped up till 50 km/h, to tease us xD
And you know, it's diffucult to speed up till 50 km/h.
BUT, we had a plan B! We took the tram =D But we didn't reckon the fact that the tram's route was straight and our route was to the left. We tripped and went to the tramdriver, who also was a very evil woman :P She just laught at us xD Well, I can't blame her, I would've done the same thing (a)
Coming soon: part two!
That's all folks! x
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Showing posts with label public transport. Show all posts
Public transport: the subway.
I bet I've missed the metro in almost all possible ways. The benefit, about travelling with public transport is that you've always got an excuse at school if you're too late. Well, in my first three years. They've changed everything... I love the good old times. You could always say: the train delayed, the bus was late, the metro exploded O.o Okay, the last one is nonsense, but you've got my point, do you?
Here are my metro experiences, are you ready?
*BOOM*
1. I'm a big fan of sleeping and I don't like mornings. I don't have a clue why 7 am exists. Or 8 am. 9 am. 9.30. One time I went to sleep at 3.30 am, just like my sister. She woke up at 11 and me? ten to half past 2 pm. Convinced?:P
In my last post, I already said I wake up too late and as result I have to run to the metro station. I know, maybe it's better to wake up earlier and take some breakfast, but that's a no-go. I can learn and eat at the same time, but I can't sleep and eat at the same time. Bad habit, I know. I've got an whole food package in my locker at school, just in case I'm hungry :)
If I'm the first hour free, I always make a schedule. For example:
School 9.45
Bus: 9.09
Metro: 8.45 or 8.52
I always try to take the metro at 8.45, but I often miss that one. Not really a problem, I can take the second metro. Well, Imagine this.
After I finished dressing up, and left my home all excited, because I was confident that I was going to be right on time for the metro, I chose a song on my mp3 player and walked very relaxed. After I had chosen my song, and looked up I saw my metro passing by. My head followed the train from left to right and I thought, damn, I'm have to take this one! I can make it, I'm going to make it, yeah! I grabbed my OV-card, opened the gate and ran upstairs. A few seconds before I arrived up there, I heard *ding dong* and it left without me. I felt ditched. It's so, so painful. And you know, it was like the metro was laughing at me. The *ding dong* was so loud, a sound what said: Muahaha, see you later alligator! Bitch.
2. Ooh, this I my favorite story xD C. is so going to hate me, after I published this xD
It was a special holiday at our school, and everyone finished school at the same time. We were with a lot of people, but we managed to find a place in the bus. Behind us, there a guy, named M. In my bag, I had the time schedule of the subway. C. asked me what time the metro was going to leave and I said: We've got... two minutes.
She said: What? We have to run, the metro is going to leave!
I said: Nah, I'm not in the mood to run, go without me.
M. behind us asked C.: Is the metro really going to leave?
She said yes, and the moment the bus stopped, they all jumped outside and raced to get the metro. The reason for me, not to run, is because I was for sure that they were going to miss the metro. And I didn't wanted to hear that awful *ding dong*. That's metro language for: Ha, in your face! I'm leaving, muahaha.
So I was walking, all relaxed towards the metro, while C. and the rest were already in the metro. And guess what, I made it O.o I was on the escalator, when I saw that the metro was still standing there. I went inside, and after five seconds , we heard the *ding dong* and we left.
I was laughing my ass off xD
C. said to me, open-eyed: Omg, you made it! Without running O.o
After I finished laughing, and crying thanks to the laughing I said: Hahaha, you ran like someone was going to kill you, haha. And I walked like I've got all the time of the world and still I made it xD
Everybody there was exhausted, thanks to the running because of me. I felt so proud.
And the guy, M. looked furious, because C. made him run for nothing xD
Good old times! (L)
3. The escalator at a metro station is defect, for almost a year. Ridiculous, I tell you. Why would it take a year to fix a escalator? Nonsense, I'm sick of it. I sent them an e-mail and they said: We don't know when we're going to fix it.
Dumb asses. After a tough school day, I don't want to walk 23423849839 steps upstairs. I just want a normal escalator, which brings me upstairs, so I can take my metro. Grmbl. You can put the blame on two parties. One of them, is GVB, the company who doesn't fix the escalator. The other one, is school. All the teachers think their class is the most important, so we have to do all the homework. If you've got, let;s say ten classes, you've got a lot of homework. A lot. Including a lot of books. A lot. A lot of homework + a lot of books= a heavy bag.
However, somebody taped a sign on the escalator which says: This escalator will be repaired, from ... till unknown.
Someone, who was sick of the broken escalator wrote "not" on the sign xD
Brilliant, the guy is brilliant! And it was funny. You know, because it haven't been fixed for ages, and he wrote not, so it's funny. It's just funny, okay :P See my amazing paint-creation.
Oh, I just realized, I HOPE that the one who wrote is, was sick of it. What if it was someone who knows that they'll never fix it O.o That can't me possible, right? I mean, if they are planning not the fix it, they might as well change it in to a gigantic slide (a). I'm just going to stalk GVB: We want the new escalator!
So K. and I showed C. the sign, because we found it funny (and it is!:P) We were standing downstairs, making jokes about it. After a while, we thought that it was time to go upstairs. We went 4549503495 steps upstairs and when we arrived, what a surprise *ding dong*, he left :)
How do we do that!
You know, I've noticed that almost every time I miss the bus/metro/train, it's with C. xD
That's all folks! x
Here are my metro experiences, are you ready?
*BOOM*
1. I'm a big fan of sleeping and I don't like mornings. I don't have a clue why 7 am exists. Or 8 am. 9 am. 9.30. One time I went to sleep at 3.30 am, just like my sister. She woke up at 11 and me? ten to half past 2 pm. Convinced?:P
In my last post, I already said I wake up too late and as result I have to run to the metro station. I know, maybe it's better to wake up earlier and take some breakfast, but that's a no-go. I can learn and eat at the same time, but I can't sleep and eat at the same time. Bad habit, I know. I've got an whole food package in my locker at school, just in case I'm hungry :)
If I'm the first hour free, I always make a schedule. For example:
School 9.45
Bus: 9.09
Metro: 8.45 or 8.52
I always try to take the metro at 8.45, but I often miss that one. Not really a problem, I can take the second metro. Well, Imagine this.
After I finished dressing up, and left my home all excited, because I was confident that I was going to be right on time for the metro, I chose a song on my mp3 player and walked very relaxed. After I had chosen my song, and looked up I saw my metro passing by. My head followed the train from left to right and I thought, damn, I'm have to take this one! I can make it, I'm going to make it, yeah! I grabbed my OV-card, opened the gate and ran upstairs. A few seconds before I arrived up there, I heard *ding dong* and it left without me. I felt ditched. It's so, so painful. And you know, it was like the metro was laughing at me. The *ding dong* was so loud, a sound what said: Muahaha, see you later alligator! Bitch.
2. Ooh, this I my favorite story xD C. is so going to hate me, after I published this xD
It was a special holiday at our school, and everyone finished school at the same time. We were with a lot of people, but we managed to find a place in the bus. Behind us, there a guy, named M. In my bag, I had the time schedule of the subway. C. asked me what time the metro was going to leave and I said: We've got... two minutes.
She said: What? We have to run, the metro is going to leave!
I said: Nah, I'm not in the mood to run, go without me.
M. behind us asked C.: Is the metro really going to leave?
She said yes, and the moment the bus stopped, they all jumped outside and raced to get the metro. The reason for me, not to run, is because I was for sure that they were going to miss the metro. And I didn't wanted to hear that awful *ding dong*. That's metro language for: Ha, in your face! I'm leaving, muahaha.
So I was walking, all relaxed towards the metro, while C. and the rest were already in the metro. And guess what, I made it O.o I was on the escalator, when I saw that the metro was still standing there. I went inside, and after five seconds , we heard the *ding dong* and we left.
I was laughing my ass off xD
C. said to me, open-eyed: Omg, you made it! Without running O.o
After I finished laughing, and crying thanks to the laughing I said: Hahaha, you ran like someone was going to kill you, haha. And I walked like I've got all the time of the world and still I made it xD
Everybody there was exhausted, thanks to the running because of me. I felt so proud.
And the guy, M. looked furious, because C. made him run for nothing xD
Good old times! (L)
3. The escalator at a metro station is defect, for almost a year. Ridiculous, I tell you. Why would it take a year to fix a escalator? Nonsense, I'm sick of it. I sent them an e-mail and they said: We don't know when we're going to fix it.
Dumb asses. After a tough school day, I don't want to walk 23423849839 steps upstairs. I just want a normal escalator, which brings me upstairs, so I can take my metro. Grmbl. You can put the blame on two parties. One of them, is GVB, the company who doesn't fix the escalator. The other one, is school. All the teachers think their class is the most important, so we have to do all the homework. If you've got, let;s say ten classes, you've got a lot of homework. A lot. Including a lot of books. A lot. A lot of homework + a lot of books= a heavy bag.
However, somebody taped a sign on the escalator which says: This escalator will be repaired, from ... till unknown.
Someone, who was sick of the broken escalator wrote "not" on the sign xD
Brilliant, the guy is brilliant! And it was funny. You know, because it haven't been fixed for ages, and he wrote not, so it's funny. It's just funny, okay :P See my amazing paint-creation.
Oh, I just realized, I HOPE that the one who wrote is, was sick of it. What if it was someone who knows that they'll never fix it O.o That can't me possible, right? I mean, if they are planning not the fix it, they might as well change it in to a gigantic slide (a). I'm just going to stalk GVB: We want the new escalator!
So K. and I showed C. the sign, because we found it funny (and it is!:P) We were standing downstairs, making jokes about it. After a while, we thought that it was time to go upstairs. We went 4549503495 steps upstairs and when we arrived, what a surprise *ding dong*, he left :)
How do we do that!
You know, I've noticed that almost every time I miss the bus/metro/train, it's with C. xD
That's all folks! x
Public transport: OV chipcard.
Since the ending of 2009, Rotterdam and Amsterdam have introduced the OV-chipcard.
And it's a total drama.
If you ask me, there aren't a lot of benefits. I'll give you some examples of me and my OV experience:
Example 1:
If I've got the first hour free from school, I always take the subway, because if I take the bus I have to wake up earlier, and I don't like that. So, I wake up at eight, and take the subway at 8.15. In fact, I've only got 45 minutes. Minus 10 min. of showering and 5 minutes of walking to the station, only an half hour left for me to dress. I'm often too late (a). Very often, so if you ever pass by Amsterdam, and you see a dumbass running for the metro/bus/tram/train, it might be me. However, most of the time a walk fast towards the station, and most of the time, when I'm 20 metres from the station I have to run. Before those OV-gates were there, I could race upstairs and jump between the metro doors before they close. Last time, I had to run (again) and when I arrived, first I had to get my OV-card, scan it, wait before the gate opens (they are so damn slow) and than run upstairs. Result: The metro made that awful *dingdong* sound, and left without me...
That sucks. Big time. And it also hurts. You feel.. rejected. Abandoned. All by yourself, in the cold, tough world. Waiting, for the next metro...
Example 2:
Once, the machine said that I wasn't travelling in my zone, so it took 75ct of my OV-money. The problem was: I didn't have OV-money, so my saldo was -0.75 ct :) If you've got a negative saldo, you can't go ANYWHERE. You're stuck. I was thinking: shit, shit, what to do o.O
I imagined disaster scenarios of me crawling under the gate, while a camera is taping me, and what a coincidence, a police offer :) Or, me pushing the gates open and you hear an awful alarm. Suddenly everybody turns around and watches me like I'm a criminal.
And then, I made up the perfect plan! I've got two stations near my house. At the nearest one, all the gates are closed. But at the other one, the train gates were open, muahaha. I know, I'm brilliant. So I ended up safe :)
Have you read any advantages? I don't think so.
That's all folks! x
And it's a total drama.
If you ask me, there aren't a lot of benefits. I'll give you some examples of me and my OV experience:
Example 1:
If I've got the first hour free from school, I always take the subway, because if I take the bus I have to wake up earlier, and I don't like that. So, I wake up at eight, and take the subway at 8.15. In fact, I've only got 45 minutes. Minus 10 min. of showering and 5 minutes of walking to the station, only an half hour left for me to dress. I'm often too late (a). Very often, so if you ever pass by Amsterdam, and you see a dumbass running for the metro/bus/tram/train, it might be me. However, most of the time a walk fast towards the station, and most of the time, when I'm 20 metres from the station I have to run. Before those OV-gates were there, I could race upstairs and jump between the metro doors before they close. Last time, I had to run (again) and when I arrived, first I had to get my OV-card, scan it, wait before the gate opens (they are so damn slow) and than run upstairs. Result: The metro made that awful *dingdong* sound, and left without me...
That sucks. Big time. And it also hurts. You feel.. rejected. Abandoned. All by yourself, in the cold, tough world. Waiting, for the next metro...
Example 2:
Once, the machine said that I wasn't travelling in my zone, so it took 75ct of my OV-money. The problem was: I didn't have OV-money, so my saldo was -0.75 ct :) If you've got a negative saldo, you can't go ANYWHERE. You're stuck. I was thinking: shit, shit, what to do o.O
I imagined disaster scenarios of me crawling under the gate, while a camera is taping me, and what a coincidence, a police offer :) Or, me pushing the gates open and you hear an awful alarm. Suddenly everybody turns around and watches me like I'm a criminal.
And then, I made up the perfect plan! I've got two stations near my house. At the nearest one, all the gates are closed. But at the other one, the train gates were open, muahaha. I know, I'm brilliant. So I ended up safe :)
Have you read any advantages? I don't think so.
That's all folks! x
