In 6 weeks, my building is going to be moving to Earth City. It's good and bad. I like the idea and don't, but it is going to happen and we will all adjust accordingly. I started looking into riding the bus to work. I had looked into at my present building and it was a mess. Then Sarah DeVaughan and I were discussing it again because she was looking into riding the bus. I decided to work out my route to my new Earth City location. Well, sorry Earth, you lose.
There is a bus that goes from the Hanley Station to Earth City. Perfect. I will drive 4 miles to Hanley and take the bus. It will save about 1/2 hour off my bus commute if I don't ride it from my house. I need to ride the bus 15 times round-trip to break even on a $60 pass. Wait a minute, for me to make 15 round trips in my car to work, it will only cost $40. I am willing to sacrifice some time and money for the Earth, but not $20 a month. I know what you are saying, "just ride it more than 15 times a month, Anna." In reality I would love to take the bus everyday. I do run errands at lunch sometimes, make lunch plans, and go out after work; not to mention the weekly allergy shots. Riding the bus everyday isn't feasible with my social calendar. Even if I did ride it 20 times, my gas only comes out to $53.00.
My commute from my house to Earth City is 10.79 miles according to MapQuest. It is quick and painless and I should look on the bright side: I have a car that gets great gas mileage and I don't live far from work. I guess I will have to look into other ways to save the Earth.
Anyone have any suggestions?
2 comments to Foiled Again:
first of all stl does not make it easy because their public transportation sucks out load. However I have an idea for you on other means if you do not want to spend money.
1.) rollerblade
2.) ride bike
3.) skate board
4.) get up at 4 and walk to and from work I bet you would burn like 6,000 calories a day
5.) have that crazy guy down the street (does he still live there the one that may have mental disorders) piggy back you
6.) or ride a scooter you would look awesome by the time you got to work
p.s.
forest gump at the bus stop i get it now ...that is such a good movie they just do not make movies like that anymore
I'm sorry to say that the Earth is going to lose on my end also. So, I got the downtown job (yeah!) and one of my benefits is that they will pay most of the costs of the monthly garage fee. It comes out to about $1 a day for me. Less than bus fare. Sorry Earth, I'll be bringing my salad lunch to work in a re-usable container - does that make up for it?
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