I commute from Jersey Ave on the NEC line. I’ve always noticed that compared to Princeton trains (you know-the new ones) ours are dirtier and older. Oh well. But now with the new schedule change we no longer have any real express trains (ie ones that go from Newark to New Brunswick directly without stopping […]

To the man in the suit and enough money to afford his briefcase with the little fancy combination lock (And not just you, I’ve seen others). Go to the little bodega and help spur the economy and spend the 50 cents on The Daily News. I have a bargain for you … The […]

Did all you sillies fill out your NJT surveys today? I love telling NJT how much I make and where I live! Free monthly pass here I come!

I left work early today due to a lingering illness, and caught the 4:40 NJT Express to Trenton (It’s one of the replacements for the Amtrak Clocker). Let me warn all you other commuters to avoid this train if you don’t like constant pre-board announcements (you know who you are)!
From the moment the train doors […]

While this is not strictly a commuting story, I figured you could all relate.
Last Friday, 4/22/05, drove up from Virginia to visit my sister in the hospital in NYC. By the time I got there, I was wishing I was the one who had the surgery. What is usually a seven-hour trip took ten hours. […]

Today it was raining which only means that I have extra time to think about things in the car since people don’t know how to drive in the rain. Why is that? That’s for another time because this posting is about the ever so challenging: Merge. In college, I’ve taken my fair […]

A bit freaked out today…..sat next to the strangest man this morning. He was wearing a cowboy hat, dark wrap-around shades (it’s raining and he was not blind), and a trench coat. He was sitting in a 2 seater flush against the window (good train etiquette at least) with his briefcase and a huge backback […]

Why must you sit down next to me on a two-seater every goddamn morning when there are plenty of free aisle seats on the three-seaters when you get on, and nobody else double up on a double? Half the train is Seton Hall Prep kids who get off at the next stop. When […]

I would like to give a big “SHUT THE HELL UP” to everyone that gets on at Metropark in the morning. The train ride is peaceful and quiet until this loud, obnoxious bunch gets on. It is seriously ridiculous and I’m sick of it. If everyone else from all the other stations […]

Yeah I’m talking to you, you big bully train you. Don’t sit there looking all innocent like why are you talking about me? I was happily minding my own business in my seat when my blackberry went off (on vibrate people, calm down…nobody was disturbed). What was disturbing though was when my […]