I love my BF so much, but the BM is driving me crazy! She calls him everyday for no reason at all. Whether it be to bitch at him or cry or i think personally to make us all miserable.
Even if we dont have his son, she calls everyday. How can we get this to stop? Last night she called after 10:00pm, with this sultry voice, and everytime she leaves a message, she says, its important. Thank God my BF doesn't always answer to her each and every call.
last night H was gone, and I came home with my son, disappointed to see SD's car there.
and she kept bothering me that she wanted KFC. My son also wanted KFC, so I told them they could go together, I just wanted to stay in. Well, she nagged me until I came with her- why? She wanted me to pay, of course. And then on top of it, she asked for $5.00 for cigarettes.
Good morning everyone, can someone please recommend a computer surveillance software. I found some disturbing searches on my SS12 side that I would like to investigate. I have a sinking feeling that he was molested because he has some classic signs of it but I can't go to H without concrete evidence (see previous post) and really feel SS needs counseling as well as anger management counseling.
The San Francisco Transit Effectiveness Project just came out with Muni change recommendations today. Click this link to see how your line has been affected:
http://www.sftep.com/changes_lines.html
Personally, I'm quite happy with the changes, and think it will benefit the vast majority of Muni riders. Many connectors to BART, such as the 28L, 38L and N-Judah may get improved service.
What do you think?
Hello all,
There seems to be more traffic on this site with current employees than RAILTALK. So I thought I would ask here too. I was told from others that FEB would be the month the position would be posted. There are a few days still, so that is still possible. But can any of you Train Operators verify. If so, how many? Thanks....
I signed up for the EZRider card today. I realized a few things that finally put me over the top to do it:
1. The glut of paper tickets in my bag has finally disappeared. I had leftovers from a few months where I traveled for several weeks but still got my benefit. Hopefully the card will arrive before I run out completely.
2. After the fare raise my benefit really only covers about half a month's commute, and the EZRider card only refills when it's depleted, so it doesn't matter if the balance stays on there for a few months before it refills.
3. I realized there is no good reason to order more high value cards at the same time as my commuter benefit tickets. It's just as convenient to have the EZRider card handy and not have to worry about losing or demagnatizing the extra expensive tickets
4. One of my coworkers has one and I can't let him be techie-cooler than me. That's just not in the cards, my friend.
I know this has been discussed before, but can a paper ticket be used just to pay for parking or does it have to be exit coded? The idea of remembering to keep singles around is a little frightening...
you would think that after being caught shoplifting only about a week ago, SD might want to at least fake some respect for her parents. Well, after last night, I'm just so sick and disgusted thinking about her, I don't want to see her face.
? We did not take your mother back to court to get the child support reduced so that we would have more money for ourselves without me having to get a job. The truth is that the original amount in your parents' separation agreement was more than half of your dad's take-home pay and was almost twice the state guidelines recommended amount. The next business day after your mother found out that I was pregnant with your sister, she saw her lawyer and initiated a lawsuit against your father for even MORE child support.
Ok, I am both sympathetic and annoyed about this.
Just this weekend SS12 peed his bed twice. Some weekends he does and some weekends he doesn't. When I first questioned my husband (many months ago) about this he said his ex-w took ss to a doctor a few years ago and the dr. said he would grow out of it. Well here we are at pre-teen and he hasn't grown out of it yet.
...to live with. Hi, everyone, I live in New York and was wondering if anyone knows the age a child can choose to live with divorced parent. My H is under the impression that SS12 can now choose to live with us.
Ok....I used that title to get your attention, making me no better than the advertisers and marketing teams I am at some point always complaining about!
But now that you're reading this post really is about sex and what the current teenagers are up to.
This is something that is out of my control but I think about frequently because I don't know how I'll deal with it when the time comes...
It's inevitable that my ex will die from something alcohol related, be it his liver, or poisoning, or just doing something stupid and killing himself on purpose or accident...this man treated me like crap for 3 years, drank up his paychecks and cheated on me and I still kept him around...I know, I was stupid...I kept him around for a year after my daughter was born and than was rid of him...
Hello to everyone out there in step parent land.. I am so happy to have found this site. I was feeling so alone in my situation and really have no one else to vent to who really understands what I'm going thru or dealing with.
This morning I walked onto my train and sat at the quad seats. I noticed that this East Indian guy had his legs outstretched so that they were below the seat across from him. In my head I said "welcome to public transportation, buddy." I stepped over his legs, then sat on the seat that was above his feet, and put my backpack right on top of his toes. He then shoved his legs under his seat and gave me a good dirty look. I said sorry, but I didn't mean it. I then see that he has his laptop bag right next to him on his chair. I said to myself - "your gonna have to move that bag to the floor by the time we get to Colma, buddy." Why is everyone my buddy? Anyways. We get to South City. No one sits next to him. We get to Colma and now the train is starting to get more full. I see that there is this black guy who wants to sit where his laptop bag was currently occupying. The Indian guy just scoots the bag over so that it sitting in the valley between the two bottom cushions. The black guy sits next to him and pushes that laptop bag so that it's practically on top of the Indian guys laps. You might as well put the bag on your lap buddy - but he doesn't. I look down on the floor and noticed that it was rather clean for once. So, a dirty floor isn't the reason why he doesn't put his bag down. I wonder what it was? Just one of those mornings I guess. What do you think?...Buddy. C'mon you know I was going to throw it in one more time. Oh yeah here is a pic of what I saw - see attachment.
I'm with a man who is never by my side.
In fact, he takes sides against me whenever I'm in a conflict with someone else.
In fact, he doesn't have to take a side at all, but he chooses to. And it's always to oppose me.
and it still doesn't seem like it's enough.
SD16 has been very sick for a few months now. DH gave up his job last fall to sit with her in ICU-I took time off to be there for him (he has since started working again and it's a much better position!).
Went over to BF's for the wknd again.Tried to think positive.He made sure I got there and then said BM was coming into his pub on her birthday.He has compared me unfavourably to her before and I haven't met her/coping.
STBH divorce hearing is tomorrow and he wants me to go with him. His lawywer told him that he needs a witness to testify to the fact that he and BB/STBEW have not lived together for the past 18 months.
Last night I was sitting on the chair watching tv with H-
I had already had a big run-in with my son over his never eating anything I fix him, and did not feel like arguing with H. So we just went on like nothing happened.
If you don't mind sharing, post what time/lines you take to and from work!
I usually take the 6:03 AM Pittsburg/Baypoint Line, and get off at the Oakland Coliseum at 7:00 AM. When going home, I take the 4:26 PM Richmond train, transfer to the Pittsburg/Baypoint line, and get off at about 5:20 PM.
Maybe some of us have matching commute times -- this could be potential for a friendly meetup! =p
Hi all.
I have recently discovered this site and decided my morning commute might be an interesting read :)
It all started in the Dublin parking lot. I arrived 2 minutes late because my daughter was taking her sweet time getting her shoes on. I decide if I walk fast I'll still make the train. I get out of my car and head to the station when I hear it. The most horrible sound in the world to a morning commuter. A child screaming the scream of a tantrum. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! it can not beeeeeeeeee!!! So I decide to walk a little faster than fast so that maybe I'll get in a pretty full car and by the time mom and kid get up to the platform they'll have to move to another car. I forgot I had to buy a new ticket so that took a little time and then I heard it again... tantrum kid INSIDE the station, the scream reverberating off of every surface. Everyone was looking around and we were all thinking the same thing. Please god don't let that kid be in my car! So I book it upstairs and my wish was granted tantrum kid was not in my car but I could hear her in the car behind me before we took off.
I'm feeling good at that point and decide to take a nap till I get to SF. Alas, it was not to be. About half way to the Castro Valley station there is an announcement about a Police Action at Bayfir station. This of course gets people talking so I could not go to sleep. Not that big of a deal really, but ANNOYING when we find out the police action is over but there is no elaboration of what exactly happend. I mean come on people, you can't tell us that there is a police action and then not give details. It's just... wrong.
So the BEST part of the commute is the 2 girls that get on at Castro Valley and actually move closer to me at Bayfair when a seat becomes available. They are in their late teens, probably seniors in HS or maybe graduated last year. They are talking loudly the whole time and I'm trying not to be annoyed since it wasn't THAT long ago that I myself was a teenage girl. I wasn't really paying attention to the conversation until I heard this sentence "I mean, I totally need to make myself stop drinking for a month, just to like, show that I'm not an alcoholic." I look up suddenly and notice that pretty much everyone sitting near them has the same look that I had, the one that says "you have GOT to be kidding". Then she went into graphic detail about finding her water bottle in her room and gulping it down only to discover it's actually warm vodka... Again soliciting eyerolling from those of us around them.
Admittedly not the most horrible commute ever, but still enough to make me say ? fun times!
TWIMC: It was good for a while, but the woman with the full-size bicycle is getting back on commute trains at Rockridge. Can someone there (agent, police, etc.) please stop her and the others from bringing their bikes onto the commute trains? It was already an SRO train and she ended up blocking the doors (bike was parallel to the doors). I must say, that it seems to be working at MacArthur BART - haven't seen a bike for a while.
The Greek Crip
I was sitting all comfy in my hard earned post-WC seat when the train got held up at Macarthur. We sat for a minute, and the next SF bound train pulls up. The expected few people get out to catch the other one. I'm never in a hurry to get to work so I decided to take my chances.
Well, after a few seconds the TO says 'there's a SF/Millbrae train on the other track' and the floodgates open. Half of the train pours out and hustles across the platform. Like a good sheep I go with the crowd. As I'm boarding the Millbrae train the TO says 'if you're going to SFO you'll be on that other train anyway' and shuts the doors. I'm pretty sure what she wanted to say was 'Don't get on my train!' and slam the doors. Heh.
Look guys I know this has been beaten to death, but c'mon you are not for sale. Please close your legs. The guy in the pic forced the girl next to him to cross her legs. Because you wanted to sit spread eagle. I have a package just like you and I don't spread eagle as much as you do!
Just thought this picture was cool that's all
Here is the San Bruno parking lot this morning. This was taken on the fifth floor of the garage.
When a train accelerates out of a station, sometimes there is a jolt. How is it caused? Is there slack in the couplers?
Only two for now. Old complaints that are worth bitching about again.
The first is the guy (it's almost always a guy) who sits down next to me and flings open his legs so that he is practically sitting in my lap. There really ought to be separate cars for men. They can burp, fart, spit, whatever all to themselves. I'd like to see a man lay all over another man like that. Happened again last night. He had plenty of room but needed to have that open and free feeling between his knees at my expense.
People (men and women) who cross their legs and extend them well into the aisle while sitting in the senior/disabled seats when it's crowded and don't move them when you are trying to get by even after excusing yourself. Should I just stomp on their stupid feet? Or who sit in the foursies with crossed feet and essentially do the same thing.
And the door blockers (I know this is three) seem to be out in full force. Last night, a guy at 12th street blocked the doorway in addition to the people standing by the threshhold. YOu could hardly get off. Then this morning the same thing. How about getting out of the way when people are trying to get on or off the train? These people make me think you have to be a rocket scientist to ride BART.
Some have suggested building a fence around Berkeley and let them secede from the union. Since 2001, we have seen these people get more arrogant and stupid with their protests. So let them secede, let them walk to SF and beyond..I'm not stopping to pick their asses up anymore.
Speaking of Berkeley; why is that the most dirty, filthy, and trash ridden station in the system? You would figure the most intelligent and enlightened city in the Bay Area knew where the trash receptacles were located.
ok, I'm done ;)
uggh, three times in the past two days i have been behind someone that gets up to the gate, realizes the orange pinchers are already open, contemplates the situation for a brief moment, never even tries their ticket, decides the gate must be broken and suddenly backs up without warning, without looking.
there are a couple things that piss me off about this: 1) there is NOTHING wrong with the gate!!! put your ticket in and walk through like a normal person. 2) if you must back away from the faregate for some reason, look where you are going! you wouldn't back your car into a parking spot without looking, why would you walk backwards without looking???
Oh my goodness, I am sitting here this morning and as my train pulled in to Walnut Creek the absloute hottest BART officer got on board. I did not see his name, but he was blonde and just plain adorable. He was a K-9 guy and his dog was just as adorable. Would love to take him for a "ride" on BART.......
I got a hot tip from The Mayor of Claycord that BART is working on a contract for "magnetic stripe plastic tickets". This means one of two things:
1. They're switching over to something sturdier than the current paper tickets. If so I will jump with joy and rub it all over my cell phone (gasp!) as soon as they are rolled out.
2. They are outfitting the EZ Rider cards with magnetic stripes so they can be loaded at the ticket machines. This would be super cool, but I can think of at least a few issues with this.
3. They consider the crap we get now a "plastic ticket" because it's not really paper. I honestly think this it the most likely answer and this is just a run of the mill vendor change. I would think there'd have to be a pretty major update of their vending machines to vend plastic tickets.
Just figured I'd spin up the rumor mill for everyone.
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There is no "U" in BART
Oh Wolf Jacket Lady. Where do I begin. Obviously with the jacket. Or is it a sweatshirt? I do not know. I do not want to know. All I know is that the fluffy, fleece (?) garment with a majestic wolf on the back greets me often and makes me want to howl at the moon. Come to think of it, your bleached, permed, cotton candy hair cascading down onto your shoulders creates a sort of moonlike effect. Genius. So, so stunning! Are you related to the Oompa Loompa Lady with the permanently sunburned face, bleached, permed cotton candy hair and bright blue eyeliner and mascara?
TWIMC and Shrapnel: Last week, it was the bicyclists and their holier than thou attitude about bring their bikes on commute trains. On Wednesday, I watched a blind woman (I could tell because of the white cane and the seeing-eye dog) having to get into her car (driven by someone else) in the middle of the lane at the Concord BART station. Cars stopped and it took her a while to get in. Why? Because there were two cars parked in the handicapped loading zone! This my same old saw, about BART PD not enforcing the rule and the disabled having to risk life and limb loading and unloading. I realize that you (BART) have to have these zones because you get federal funds (and that you don't enforce them - as in writing tickets). What is it going to take to get these zones enforced? Someone disabled getting killed by a motorist because some dumb jerk thinks that they will be there "only a minute/few seconds" so screw you.
I'm fed up. I think it is time to start a class-action suit on BART's ineptitude and laissez-faire attitude about the disabled and 1) disabled seating on trains and 2) the handicapped loading zones. Any takers? It can be fixed or the lawsuit will follow.
The Greek Crip
I was on the 6:03 AM Pittsburg/Baypoint train to work today, I get off at the MacArthur transfer station to catch the Fremont train at 6:45. Today, the train was stopped, and 3 police officers stormed into the car that I was on. They escorted a (seemingly) harmless old man and detained him outside. Earlier, a woman had taken a few pictures of him with her camera phone -- I assume she must have been the one to call the police as well.
The woman seemed visibly upset at the man, and he was detained outside for several minutes (didn't get to see what happened to him, since I had transferred to the Fremont train). Anyone have a clue as to what happened?
(If not, I can always ask a regular BART rider who was sitting next to her tomorrow and I can follow up...lol)
i was visiting a friend of mine in union city yesterday, and on the way back boarded a richmond train at south hayward. i guess there was an emergency or something because the police walked the train (shrapnel? lol). i guess this caused some sort of a delay or something, but not too long. about 3 minutes.
so in our car, there are these two girls (who you can see in the picture), an older man, and a man in his 40s. we were in the lead car right behind the t/o. as we arrived at bayfair the 40s man (who was obviously new on bart, he was holding the BART BASICS guide in his hand) gets off and asks the t/o something. so aparently the guy needed to transfer to the san francisco train at bayfair, but the bart police emergency held it up so the sf train went before us at bayfair. i guess this guy really needed to be in san francisco badly. the doors closed and the t/o opened the door to the car and was talking to the guy. he said he would call bart central to see what they can do. turns out this guy had an appointment at union square and needed to be there before 7. it was about 605 or so at bayfair.
so the t/o goes way above and beyond the call of duty. he hastled central control (we could hear him because the door was proped open) and then tells the guy that we will be meeting the sf train at fruitvale. huh?!?!?! what happened when we pulled up was there was the sf train ON THE PLATFORM and we pulled up right behind it. literally inches apart (see pic.) the t/o got out of the control cab and keyed open the door in the front right only. the guy jumps off and runs to the sf train. the sf train departs and the t/o manually drives our train up to where its suposed to be in the platform and opens all the doors and board as normal. we are then on our way.
i really gotta give it to this t/o. his persistance to central control really paid off. its amazing that they held the train for one person. but it just goes to show that attitude is everything. this guy was obviously new to bart and got screwed because of the police situation at south hayward. but bart made things right and i'm sure he made it in time. but the t/o coulda just told the guy tough shit wait like everyone else. but he didnt. its good to know that there are still bart employees who really care about going above and beyond.
oh and one more thing. as i got off at rockridge and the train left, i noticed there was a bay point train in 34 minutes. wtf?!?!
picture description:
taken in the lead car right behind the t/o. the door was open and out the windshield you can see the back of the sf train. we were inches apart. 2nd pic is outside the train from the keyed open door looking up the platform at all the confused passengers and the sf train in front. all signs read "SAN FRANCISCO / MILLBRAE" until we boarded as normal.
pictures:
http://i27.tinypic.com/jru04p.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/i4o3ys.jpg
ps, webmaster why cant we embed pictures in posts?
I know of at least 3 of us on here who have a child/stepchild with autism.
This is a fundraiser that raises awareness and is very touching, I have seen several versions,all equally wonderful.
Autism Speaks/Five for Fighting Video
Well...SD has finally gotten around to clichés. I am done. I am tired of DH telling me he knows how I feel b/c my BS is a pain in the arse a lot of the time. My son would NEVER say that to DH in a million years. SD was provoking an argument with DH and trying to get me into the middle of it. Finally she came into the kitchen and started rummaging through the pantry. I asked what she was doing and she said, "Well you won't let me do anything else so I guess I have to eat! Since you never let me do anything I'll just eat then." I told her no. She turned on me with a crazed look in her eyes and yelled "YOU are not my MOM and YOU can't make me do anything or tell me what to do!!!!!"
I had an idea that we could all start meeting up like once a week on a train. The train line could either change each week or just have 1 meeting per line. Just thoughts. I think it could also get more publicity for BART RAGE.
Hi, everyone...I wrote earlier this week about BM calling a hearing over CS issues, again, and we are out of state and could not make it. I recieved alot of very good advice here on what to do, and was in the middle of communicating with the state of FL.
I tried to stick to the "be positive" challenge by caribgirl, but I failed miserably. SD16 started with her holier than thou act and shot her mouth off one too many times, and I lost it. I did not hold anything back this time.
The skids arrived last night. Both come in & are very friendly with everyone...very, very odd we are lucky to get a hi out of them normally. They even asked their dad how he was feelings cause he had surgery not long ago....this is extremly odd. They NEVER have asked him about his arm in 1.5 yrs since the injury, a previous surgery, etc. Hubby looks at me by raising his eyebrows...like WTF, something is up.
Anybody know what happened? Richmond train and Pittsburg were sitting on the platforms with doors closed on the Richmond train.
The ultimate revenge... I had a good laugh over this: http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/521082131.html
*sigh* I'm coming here because I have no place else to go. I'm in SUCH a dark place right now.
It turns out that my DH really cannot change - he is the same irresponsible, deadbeat jerk to me and our unborn child that he has always been to his exes and all the skids.
I was thinking after reading some of today's blogs that maybe to kick off the weekend and put aside some of the hurt and anger for DH, BF, BM, SK's maybe we can have a "happy thought" blog...
Please don't hurl in your seats...LOL
Lucky us. SS 10 has missed three days of school & ss7 missed today. I knew they had colds at the end of last weend but there mother took them on the road & ice fishing no less. Now tonight we get them. I am just hoping the baby dosn't get what they have. I am also pretty sure bm is regretting putting the kids who never get sick on her crappy insurance because I bet it has cost about 1000 since Jan 1st. I am pretty sure they have blown through the 800 that her company put in so we can all enjoy paying some medical bills.
Why is it that passengers in the downtown SF stations must crowd into a southbound already SRO train? I get on the Millbrae train from Berkeley and every single time we reach downtown SF, a mass of passengers crowds onto the train despite a Daly City train being 1 minute (or less) behind us. I am positive that not everyone who's getting on needs to go past Daly City. Not only does this make the T/O frustrated (as evidenced by repeated and loud "There's a train right behind me, Doors are closing" announcements), but it delays my train and the train(s) behind us, not to mention making it extremely difficult to exit the train before Balboa Park (where a mass exodus always occurs). Sometimes, like today, an idiot will try to squeeze into a jam packed car, yell at the passengers to make room for him and his overly large backpack, and effectively block the doors from closing. Maybe he thought this was Japan with it's subway pushers, but people here like to maintain a reasonably small comfort zone without you ordering them to squeeze in because you're oh-so-special and can't wait for 30 seconds for the next train (he got on at Powell and off at 16th).
Bart's 9 car (instead of 10) car train doesn't help the situation much either. Sometimes it gets so bad that I have to get out of my seat, exit the train before my stop, wait about 30 seconds for the next train, and happily be on a relatively empty train for the rest of my commute.
Britney Spears. A most infamous BM. Recently I read that she has been diagnosed bipolar and that she is so out of sorts that her dad has taken control of her affairs. Kevin Federline (her ex-husband) has temporary sole custody all in the interest of the children.
i'm looking for anyone thats been a step mom for a few years. i'm kinda new to it. about 1 1/2 years. but we only see him in the summer time.
not sure how to handel certian issues that come up. any advice would be great.
I don't know why it's bothering me so much today, guess cause SD is coming tonight for our week. I am just so frustrated with DH, I am never allowed by DH to say anything negative to SD, there is always a reason why I shouldn't say something to her about XXX or YYY; he will say; it's not a good time or I don't want to get into this right now (my favorite) or I hate to fuss at her as soon as she gets here (two days after she comes).
has anyone heard from her since the husband & Bm planned to "talk" to her about her attitude?
This is my first blog entry and I really just need somewhere to vent and I believe this is the perfect place. So BF and I had the kids for few days and yesterday was their last day. BM decided that there was no need for us to drop them off, so she said she would pick them up. Which is fine by me since freaking gas prices are crazy and she lives like about an hour away. She calls BF and tells him that she's outside. FutureSD3 is sitting in my lap holding her favorite toy that she owns at our house and asks if she can take the toy with her and of course I approve of it, because I don't really care where the toy is as long as fSD is happy. We meet the BM outside and I notice right away that she's being bitchy towards BF when I am around like always, I just let it go and I am just talking to fSD not even paying attention to her. Out of the blue she tells fSD she can't take the toy with her, and fSD asks why and her Mother's reply was "Because I don't want any of your daddy's toys at my house." By now, fSD is crying her eyes out and I am still holding her, BF steps in and mentions that she should just let her take it and BM blows up and says, that she doesn't want to think about bringing toys back that belong to him when it's time for fSD to come over here. One thing I didn't understand is that she already has some of our movies, clothes, Birthday toys, Xmas toys that we have bought fSD and we have never ever told BM that she had to bring them back to our house. We don't really care where the toys are, it's not like we would run out of toys at our house. Our house is like freaking Toys R Us II. So back to the story, I am standing there trying to calm fSD down and nothing seems to work because she really wanted to take that toy with her, and I look at BM and I said "Why don't you just let her take it?" and she looks me straight in the eyes and says "Are you her mother? You have no say in this." Blah Blah Blah. That was it, I lost it. I looked at her as she was bitching at me and this was my exact reply, "No I am not her Mother, but do you really want to start an arguement infront of your daughter like that? Why don't you just freaking grow up!" She started to say a few more words after that and BF told her to shut it, she took fSD from me and I just walked back into the house. I was so heated. I was glad that for once I stood up to her, but I kept thinking that maybe I shouldn't have and whatnot said anything. BF comes in the house and freaks out on me saying "Don't you ever get involved with this like that again!" At that point I was already upset about BM that I just screamed back at him saying "You know I AM INVOLVED in this, especially when BM starts to talk about me to you or infront of your DD!" And it's true, her talking about me automatically involves me, but never once have I ever said anything to her about it til yesterday, even though it wasn't about ME, it was about fSD. And it's not like I said "Stop being a B**** and let her take the damn toy." I simply just asked a simple question, and she decided to take it to a whole different level. I still kept it all in a nice way, except the "Why don't you grow up" remark. But seriously, give me a break. BF constantly asks me why I never ever stand up for myself in GENERAL, and when I finally decide that I should stand up to BM, he shuts me down for standing up for myself and his DD. Was I really wrong about this? It's been bothering me all night long because I kept thinking that maybe I went too far or that maybe I should've just stayed out of it all?
I am unsure how to handle this one....
If anyone has read my previous posts, you know what a witch my SD16 can be. She has been being VERY disrespectful to DH and I can't stand it. I would never allow our boys to speak to any adult that way, yet she does it and gets away with it.
i just encountered the absolute dumbest bart patron of my entire life. this lady beats the stanky sleeping hobos, the hipster bike bitches, the wide armed newspaper snappers, the feet on the seat morons, the "oh no he didn't" babys-daddy-screaming-into-the-cell-phone conversationalists.
as i am walking between the parking structure and the station, i can see that a train is approaching. but there should be plenty of time to make the train. i make it through the faregate without incident. there is a short line at pretty much every parking validation machine. but there is one with no line - just one lady pulling her ticket out. great! i jump behind her. she proceeds to wait for her receipt. bitch! nobody takes their receipts! now she can't find her receipt! WONDERFUL! double bitch! i kid you not, this is what happens next: she pulls out one receipt. looks for the stall number. puts it back. pulls out a second receipt. looks for stall number. puts it back. third receipt. stall number? put it back. on and on and on... eventually i go to the next machine to the right. she was still looking for her receipt as i was running up the escalator!
here's the thing: you don't need a receipt! when was the last time someone punched in the correct number and still got a ticket? NEVER! if you INSIST on getting your receipt, there are two ways to do it without being a dumbass - 1) push the other receipts to the side before your receipt falls into the hopper, or 2) scoop out ALL the receipts, walk over to the garbage can, and shuffle through them AWAY from the validation machines.
and that's right, Shrapnel - i RAN up the escalator!
Now that I'm no longer boarding at a pre-Walnut Creek station, it's a little more challenging to find a seat in the morning. Usually my second car from the end trick works, but this morning was pretty busy.
What bugs me is the guy who took two steps, looked around, and gave up, blocking the aisle with his bag. I bet he had a newspaper in there somewhere too. So I just turned around and headed out the other end of the train to go hunting,and there was a dude leaning on the doors so I couldn't open them. He moved when I knocked.
Don't give up! The way I see it, you got till the next station to find a seat. I found one a few cars down. If you want to stand, go for it, but stay out of the way for us hunters!
I was going home yesterday and noticed that this lady was looking around for a place to sit and couldn't find one. So, she decided to create her own seat. What do you guys think? Good? Bad? Why?
For the past couple of weeks what seems like every time I get on the platform at the concord north station and look at the sign (like today) it let's me know that a 10 car train is not far off. As a preference I either stay in the 1st or the last car of every train that I ride in. Today I decided to make the walk to the last car spot on the other end of the platform and wait. Well guess what pulls into the station, a 5 car train with the sign flashing SFO TRAIN 10 CARS. I have had this happen now in then but it seems like for the past couple of weeks it's happening dam near every day!
WTF is the issue here? I can understand a hick up every once in awhile but it just seems like BART doesn't give a crap about it.
And yes I have filled out cards for this.
last friday evening i am sitting in an aisle seat of a quad bench on an SRO train. there is this guy standing in the aisle facing our quad with his leather kenneth cole reaction jacket draped over his arm. then he proceeds to "fluff" the jacket (for lack of a better term). kinda like you'd do if you were washing your car and decided to shake the dirt off your floormats. only with your jacket. on bart.
the jacket flings outward when he fluffs, of course, and nearly hits me in the face. he does it once, which is odd enough. then, he proceeds to do it again, and again. i counted at least 5 times. two of the times he actually managed to hit the newspaper of the guy sitting in the windowseat! now don't get me wrong, i hate people who read the newspaper on bart just as much as the next guy, but i was actually starting to feel sorry for the douche with the newspaper. finally, a seat opened across the aisle, fluffer sat down and this harrowing ordeal came to an end.
"(02-03) 11:47 PST EL CERRITO -- A 50-year-old man was struck and killed after he leaped or fell in front of an oncoming BART train at the El Cerrito Plaza station this morning, a BART spokesman said.
The victim, who was not identified, was struck by a Richmond-bound train around 9:42 a.m. The station was shut down and trains running in both directions shared the southbound track while the body was being recovered, causing delays of about 15 minutes, spokesman Linton Johnson said."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/03/BAU5URG05.DTL
Continuing from this post
Wifi Rail has made an announcement
here is the post
This is in regards to this post
It was a story about how a lot of the cameras in BART don't work
here is ktvu's link
The blond girl at the end of the story sounds like she's holding in a "hit"
this board used to be a really interesting place, but latley due to one user it has become a hostile place with every post off topic. can we please get back to basics? this is bart rage not shrapnel rage. can we get back to talking about bart PLEASE?!?!?!?!
Every once in awhile at the north concord station I will get a snack at the cafe bring it into the station and enjoy it on the top deck before heading down to the platform, I always toss my trash out before I head down and I never bring any of it on the trains. So my question is am I breaking the no eating law by doing this?
I can eat the items just as easily outside the station, I tend to stand on the inside next to the elevator because it blocks the massive wind that this station is known for.
Thanks in advance