Monday Blues

Monday mornings are never the best times to change the routine you are used to. Someone somewhere must have done this research.

I mean it can only happen on a Monday morning you wake up rushing as usual last minute to catch the train only to find trains are not running - Over running engineering works. My former lecturer would claim an accountant (Duh!) would find something to talk about for the rest of the week - how interesting victims of that profession can be. It shows how important it is to leave in a neighbourhood that has good transport system - normally it is the top on my list if looking for a place. Yes mainly because I'm not driving hence dependent on public transport. Because I, like so many others, operate like machines in a routine fashion my route for the day is pre-determined hence any change and the whole world crumbles - on a Monday. You are even forced to ask the guy who sells coffee whether he knows the buses in the neighbourhood! I saw it all today.

I remember when I first went to an underground station - suddenly you are a distraction - ladies on high heels racing down the escalator! I guess that is what it means to be in the city - thought Nairobi was hectic. Everyday I am convinced of maintaining a work/life balance - easy to go crazy running around.
I mean going through the papers on the same day we learn that 4 rail executives are going to share £13million in bonuses!
Of course everyone is crying foul (me I’m just jealous – when will I become a fat cat too!) In London it is a luxury to drive to work – the public transport in my opinion is good enough (of course except today!) – Anyway if you drive to work where will you park? Or even get there – the traffic is normally horrendous. So most people including myself use public transport (I cannot simply afford to maintain a car)

I can't wait for proper winter to set in and then transport is messed say on a Monday morning or Friday afternoon - AAAaaaarrrggghh! A site to behold.


Black cabs:

A black cab from waterloo to say Wandsworth Town costs at least £20 – Zones 1 and 2; a weekly travel card for the same zones should be in the same region. I discovered why I'm never keen on using these luxuries and someone pointed out to me that I was supposed to tip the cab driver! Thank God I was not the one paying the fare - frankly maybe I'd rather walk