Have you got the worst journey to work in the world?
By Bizziebod
@Bizziebod (3497)
May 1, 2008 12:40pm CST
I've just got home from work and realised I've probably got one of the prettiest drives to work.. around three miles of my journey takes me around the city's ring road, but as I'm heading out of the city it's not usually too bad. I then go over a canal and river with hills as a back drop, then I have around a mile of driving down the side of the estuary, it's stunning early mornings and sometimes take my camera to catch the morning mist! I then drive inland for a while down country lanes, past a castle and then out to the road that takes me out to near the estuary where it meets the sea! I then drive back in land onto 110 acre site full of wildlife, there's usually a Buzzard sat by the trees as I drive into the entrance, then the rabbit and their babies are usually hopping around. I get to the door of the building I work in and the ducks are usually there eating and having a dip in the tray of water left out for them. Finally as I sit at the desk, if I push my chair back slightly I can see the sea! So how good or bad is your journey to work, or on a journey that you do quite regularly? I've added one of the photos I've taken whilst on my journey to work.
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@aplaza (630)
• Netherlands
15 Jun 08
For the longest while I had to use public transport partially to get to work. I'd drive to the trainstation and journey by train to the city where I was employed. There I'd either walk or use a tram to get to the office where I worked. I did that simply because it was a hassle to find a parking space let alone the expense of it. Once I did go by car and I cannot remember why or how but I hadn't locked my car. Amazingly enough nobody had noticed - or should I say bothered to try to steal it.
Although it was a nice journey by train and you could watch the scenery pass by it could become bothersome when the trains weren't running on time.
Another job I had was not particularly far away but rather difficult and cumbersome to reach by public transport. I'd need to get a bus to a train station and then take two different trains and then when I got to my destination I'd still have to wait ever so long for a bus - that would stop reasonably close to the office - to finally come by. But I did get to walk through a park to get there and the ducks would always quack because they are trained to think that everybody who passes by will feed them.
So basically I would say that even though public transport can be a PITA at times you are also offered the opportunity to enjoy parts of nature you otherwise would not encounter.