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Originally Posted by chemgear
Thanked. (Rant incoming about people in general and not you.)
It kills me that people in general can't honestly figure out that number. It's disingenuous and delusional - what is so hard about it other than to just make yourself feel better about a situation with a scenario that isn't even real?!
How the heck can people rationally discuss/do work/calculate anything in their daily lives if you can't even get something like that right? It's brutal working with bankers, accountants and engineers who claim it's a 15 minute drive in from Airdrie (for example). You've just shown me your incompetence doing that math/reality check, how the heck am I going to trust you for something a little more complex for real work? FFS.
I need to hop into the GMG thread.  |
Well, it's not *really* disingenuous or delusional. Not all the time. I mean, just this morning - I left Royal Oak at 6:53 AM, and was at my desk in Quarry Park at 7:29. 36 minutes. I mean, it's to the point where I know what landmarks I should be at when traffic is moving like usual.
AM SB
11-12 minutes - Crowchild SB next to Brentwood LRT
21-22 minutes - Crowchild SB next to Currie Barracks
31-32 minutes - Deerfoot SB at Bow Bottom Trail
PM NB
10 minutes - Glenmore EB at 18 Street SE
20-25 minutes - Glenmore EB at Crowchild Trail N
25-35 minutes - Sarcee NB at 17 Avenue SW
35-45 minutes - Sarcee NB at Bow Trail SW
45-55 minutes - parked in my spot at my condo building
The PM commute is defiintely harsher, it averages 10-15 minutes longer. There's not a great way to go - I'm forced to choose between Glenmore or Deerfoot gridlock, between Sarcee or Crowchild gridlock. Sarcee and Bow is really bad almost every night, but not as bad as NB Crowchild over the river where traffic is squeezing through one lane.
But I've experienced big delays either way. I've also experienced almost eerily smooth sailing both ways. The thing is, there's no realy way of knowing every day what the odds are of having a smooth commute or not (at least when it's not winter). I mean, the example mentioned 3-4 times a week. Out of 10 commutes a week, that seems about right to me. And out of those 10, you can almost always count on a smooth Friday morning commute with lighter traffic (thanks to the DT oil companies!).
But given the distance being travelled, the main roads being used, and the fact that I'm driving them twice a day, I pretty much expect the worst. Again, it's just something you get used to. Believe me, I'm dreading the winter commutes. Commutes just to the core in winter can take double or triple the usual time. I'm expecting some truly dreadful days when I'm in the car for hours each way and where I lose all sense of time and self. But it's out of my hands, I just cope the best I can and deal.
And don't lump me in with the Airdrie people. The air is funny up there, or something.
