Well. . .being the very, very adventurous guy I am. . .I took the forum's advice and rode the bus to work yesterday.
And it was mostly what everyone said, although I was just about the only white guy on a bus about half black and half hispanic. That being said, it was
not street bums and wine-o's. Just normal people trying to get where they need to go.
I will say it did lengthen my day by about an hour, mostly because the bus interval pick up time. But it saved me about $5.00. And that's just calculating gas money.
If you figure the IRS allows. . .what these days. . .$35/mile to write off ( ??). . .I would think a conservative $.10/mile goes into repairs (wear and tear on car).
So. . .my roundtrip is 52 miles. . .that's an additional $5.20 so. . .I probably saved $10.00/day by commuting.
(you get to think about these things on the bus
)
All in all. . .I will definitely use it as much as I can. . .however, when I am trying to go from my office to hospital or hospital to office. . .and I am on a tight schedule, I don't think I'll do it. It's just too long.
Like today. . .I had to leave work at 2:15 and be at my office by 3:00. It's just too dicey.
But when I work overnight. . .I will definitely use it.