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| - After months and months of awful CT experiences, I have to share a little bit.
I'm a born and bred Calgary and have been taking transit since I started elementary. Over the years, I've watched the transit system go from pretty decent to abhorrently bad, especially in the past 3-4 years. I know that wherever you go, no city will ever have a perfect transit system. But Calgary's has seen such a huge decline that it's deserving of a conversation.
Last night's experience with a driver is really what brought me here. The straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak. He was busy having a conversation with a friend at Anderson station and left a good 6-7 minutes later than he was supposed to. I'd had a terrible Monday and had somewhere to be, so needless to say, I was pretty irritated over this needless delay in time. When I got off, I didn't thank him because I was pretty unimpressed at that point, and he fired back with a very sarcastic, "YOU'RE WELCOME", at which point I turned around and told him that it'd be mighty great if he considered other people's schedules and it'd be awesome if he could try to be on time. And what happened? You guessed it. Defiance and attitude. I don't even think I was rude in what I said or how I said it; alas, this seems to be the attitude of far too many transit drivers these days. You'd better kiss their butts, even if they're not doing even remotely what's expected of them.
At over $3 a ticket if you're buying on a one-off case, the service you get for transit isn't worth it. Not even in the slightest. For the service you do get, they shouldn't have the gall to charge more than $1.50. I honestly don't know where all the money they make goes. They sure don't spend it on drivers who have decent attitudes, let alone a driver's license. They definitely don't spend it on trains that don't break down regularly for no good reason, when it rains, when it snows, when there's a breeze, when a bird flies by...
I take two buses and a train in the morning, and the same on the way home. It's rare to have a good experience these days. Thank you to all the drivers who actually care; you can turn someone's day around. To the rest, I have to ask, what were your employers thinking? I know it's not the driver's fault when machinery breaks down, if that's the case, but they couldn't pack more of a "not my problem" attitude if they tried. As for the rest, there's zero responsibility taken for schedules or poor attitudes.
I just don't get CT anymore. When did they stop caring?
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