Posted: Sep 30, 2017 10:45 am
That long public transport commute just isn't an option for me. I work 12 hr shifts (12hr 40 including breaks), throw on a 2 hr trip each end and that gives me best part of 17hr day out of the house7 hrs left to sleep between shifts, just not remotely doable. The set up just doesn't work in my favour. Sure I could live closer to work but then I don't have a chance to have the kids stop over on school days since I'd be faced with a crazy school run instead of the 10 mins it currently is. Them moving with me closer to work and school that way isn't an option.
Then, like I say. Simple day to day stuff like going elsewhere, shopping etc isn't geared up remotely conveniently for using public transport. Every trip somewhere would involve doubling, trebling and more, the journey time. It's a choice between spending huge amounts of time sitting around waiting for buses or trains or just getting in the car and getting there and back in a fraction of the time. Why would I choose to waste so much time achieving so little? So many trips I could do the whole return journey in less than the time it would take to get there by public transport. Day in day out, I'd lose ridiculous amounts of time hanging around and travelling slowly instead of getting the job done and having time to get more stuff done. It really is a no brainer.
Then, like I say. Simple day to day stuff like going elsewhere, shopping etc isn't geared up remotely conveniently for using public transport. Every trip somewhere would involve doubling, trebling and more, the journey time. It's a choice between spending huge amounts of time sitting around waiting for buses or trains or just getting in the car and getting there and back in a fraction of the time. Why would I choose to waste so much time achieving so little? So many trips I could do the whole return journey in less than the time it would take to get there by public transport. Day in day out, I'd lose ridiculous amounts of time hanging around and travelling slowly instead of getting the job done and having time to get more stuff done. It really is a no brainer.