Morning Commute

**Papewaio** · 09-18-2011, 23:00

I've had a good Monday morning here in Sydney.

Alarm at 5:15. Dragged my sorry overweight carcass out of bed
5:40 Pre sunrise t-shirt, speedo's (well shorts made by speedo) and a quick 30 minute walk and jog listening to REM and the sun rising.
Breakfast was two wheat bix and a piece of vegemite toast.

Got the uber express train 46 mins to my destination at least 5 minutes faster then a standard express.

Got. A. Seat!!! For the first time in a fortnight.

Cracked open my book to study and all I can hear is some welfare fish wife swearing about no understanding how to use her MasterCard debit card that she got in April as she is used to a p card and that she has been unfairly charged on her second bank account. The whole trip since she got on at Parra she has been ranting. She is half a carriage away upstairs and I have turned my headphones to just short of painful and I still can hear her whining.

That and two height to weight challenged individuals have decided to take up three seats with their rumps. Shouldn't they be paying 50% each as they've stopped selvete individuals from sharing the bench?

The lady of welfare is still screeching and swearing. I'm looking forward to my morning cappucino and to work.

So what gets you out of bed? How long arduous is your commute? What makes workdays good for yo

**Rhyfelwyr** · 09-18-2011, 23:18

My "commute" to work is a walk of about 40 seconds. Lucky me!

**Hax** · 09-18-2011, 23:35

My commute is 2 minutes on bike. College starts at 9:15, I get up around 8:45.

**lars573** · 09-18-2011, 23:44

I only work 2 days a week, I need more of a real job. Still. Roll out of the sack some time between 10:20 and 11:20. Walk to the main house from my apartment (that has no kitchen) get some ceral. Shower. Have lunch around 1. Clean up some and scoop cat box. Make sure the jeep is loaded for work, and clean up the mess the idiots who bring up the flyers leave behind. Have supper then head for the city around 7 (depending on how willing I am to put my foot up the old man's arse), do the deliveries. Back home at midnight.

**Tuuvi** · 09-19-2011, 05:05

My commute is pretty painless and boring. It takes me 15 minutes to drive to work. I hardly ever work in the mornings, mostly in the middle of the day or the closing shift, so I don't have leave right when I get up. I usually just hang around the house, do some chores, and then an hour before I'm supposed to be in I make something to eat, then I change into my work clothes and leave.

I also have to take my brother to school some almost every morning, which takes me 40 minutes and I leave around 7:30.

**Catiline** · 09-19-2011, 08:02

On foot 28,mins from Condo to CBD via Chinatown. Could do it quicker, but Singapore's a sweaty place...

**Veho Nex** · 09-20-2011, 22:24

Daily ritual begins:

6:30 am: Alarm goes off, hit snooze.
6:45 am: Snooze alarm goes off, by this time my brother is taking a shower. He is noisy as heck. Snooze again.
7:00 am: Snooze goes off, I hear my brother start up his truck to head to work. Hit snooze.
7:15 am: Snooze goes off, I'm slightly awake by now, hit snooze again just to make sure.
7:20-29 am: Eyes slam awake worried I'm late, and slept through 4th snooze alarm.
7:30 am: Take a shower, get ready, usually by making sure I'm presentable.
8:05 am: Walk down to bus stop, hoping that bus decides to not run early today.
8:15 am: Get on bus, 90% of time I have no seat, and I am forced to listen to one of 4 languages spoken at an above loud volume. English, Chinese, Spanish, Ghetto
8:30 am: Get off bus at my local bart (Bay Area Rapid Transit, our form of subway but its both Elevated and sub lines) station, Never have a seat since its bright and middle of commute.
8:50 am: Get off bart and sprint to class that is about 15 min away and starts at 9am

4 days a week, 3 day weekends result in sleeping till noon and up till 4 am.

**Ja'chyra** · 09-22-2011, 16:17

0600 The Mrs' alarm goes off and she presses snoozeonce then goesfor a fag and cup of tea
0630 The Mrs comes back into the room and it's time for me to get up
0645 Leave for work, I shower at night
0730 Arrive at work
0800 Depressed because someone has messed up my plans/times/finances or booked my desk

**phonicsmonkey** · 09-23-2011, 09:15

0650 - first alarm goes off, snooze button hit
0659 - second alarm goes off, snooze button hit again but cna't really go back to sleep because first alarm woke up the boy who is now shouting "Mummy Daddy it's MORNING" from his cot
0708 - third alarm goes off, boy screaming really loudly now "I WANT TO GET UP". Go get boy, carry him back to our bed leave him there with Mrs Monkey
0710 - get in shower
0720 - out of shower, shave, get dressed
0745 - scramble to make tea and toast, make the boy's lunch and pack his bag
0755 - run out front door and drive boy 2 blocks to daycare, drop him off
0810 - park car back at house, get out and run to station
0820 - get train
0838 - get off train in city, walk to work
0850 - arrive at work
0855 - check the org!

my god, now I write it down I can't believe I get so little done in those 2 hours!