22 June, 2006
Taking the bitter with the sweet
The good news was that, being a "Spare the Air" day here in the Bay Area, the ferry rides were free. Yay!
The bad news was that, being a "Spare the Air" day with free ferry rides, the tourists, shoppers and day trippers clogged the system and really messed up the commute home.
I arrived the dock at around 5:35 p.m. and the Peralta was *still there* (it's meant to leave at 5:20 p.m.)! Not only that, the queue stretched nearly to The Embarcadero and they had turned people away from the 5:20 run because they were at capacity. Which meant the 5:40 p.m. boat (the Encinal) was also crammed to the gills and we didn't leave the Ferry Building until 6:00 (I couldn't see if anyone was left behind on that run too). It also seemed the poor Encinal was much slower for the extra burden. I hope the Blue and Gold Fleet at least made back some of their money today with the bar takings.
Tomorrow is another "Spare the Air" day and I'm hoping for a freak rain storm to come in so "Spare the Air" is cancelled. I realize now I'm *much* happier paying my $8.00/round trip and being able to relax than being shoehorned in and having a bunch of annoying "hipsters" blow cigarette smoke in my face. (Now before you smokers all jump down my throat...I'm not militantly anti-smoking. I'm just saying that these folks could have been a bit more considerate of their surroundings.)
I'll take my leave now, so I can go do my Rain Dance.
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