The transit system in Vancouver has it's pluses and minuses. I experienced a minus yesterday evening. Back story - I mooched a ride with some friends to Granville Island, with no real idea how I'd get home. I called another friend to look up a bus route on the internet (interestingly, during the phone call, she told me she had almost bought a condo that day, out of the blue. Who goes out suddently one day and almost buys a condo?) and I could barely hear her so I'm like, uh huh, uh huh, ok thanks. So I wing it and walk up to broadway and my luck is good! a bus is just pulling up to the stop. I ask the driver how far along broadway he goes and get on because it's far enough.
So I get off at Fraser to catch the number 8, and I'm waiting at the stop for about 15 minutes. This is odd because it's supposed to run every 7 minutes, but that has never happened before either, but 15 minutes is just way too long. Several sketch people walk by and I huddle in the cold to protect myself and my belongings. Then some guy walks by and tells me that I'll be waiting a while because the number 8 has destroyed the cables down the street and won't be coming any time soon. So I start walking, as it gets dark, along Fraser, pretty sketch, so I walk FAST and I'm constantly looking for a cab. To no avail. I end up power walking the 20 blocks, uphill, to my house in crappy-ass shoes and no jacket.
Lesson learned, I hope.
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