The Transit Strike

Today marked the first day of New York's MTA's transit strike. (MTA stands for Mass Transit Authority. May as well stand for Many will Take it up the Ass!) As of 3:00 AM EST the transit workers went on strike. So that meant no subways or buses for NYC's millions of commuters for the morning rush hour (and from what it seems the evening rush hour). This caused all major westbound roads to be FUBAR. (F*&$ed Up Beyond All Repair)

So let's see how this effected Spider, shall we?

Spider lives 5.5 miles from his office. Normally, he drives because he has to bring a guitar or two for lessons after work. This was no different today. Normally he leaves his house at 8:30 and gets here on time at 9.00. Today, he figured he should budget extra time to get to work. Now 5.5 miles isn't that far, and he doesn't need to get on a major highway so and extra 30 minutes should be enough time, right?

WRONG!!!

It took me 2 hours, 5 minutes to drive 5.5 miles!! I could have walked that in just over an hour!!! And the number of idiots out there on the road was ridonkulus!! Why honk at me people? You can obviously see that I can go anywhere because there is a mile of cars in front o of me not moving!! SO STFU!!

In the words of my friend, Binsk, "FAAAAAAAAAAHHHK!"

Tomorrow, I take my bike. I don't care that it's below freezing.

And to the workers striking, I understand your position. I know you're being screwed by the executives of the MTA, but this is so the wrong time of year to pull this. May Santa bring buttloads of coal for Christmas!!