I was planning on going to dinner with my parents tonight. The powers that be may have other ideas. I am stuck on the LIRR in Penn Station. There is a disabled train in the tunnel so we are going no where. We are already 15 minutes late with no end in sight.
This is the second time in 2 weeks that something like this has happened. I am not happy about this. I get to pay $150 per month for the privilege of sitting on a train and waiting.
I am delayed 25 minutes now and no end in sight. I wish I brought a book or synced avantgo before I left the office. At least I have 58% battery life on the powerbook now:)
The latest update. It has been 35 minutes delayed. We are now moving. They opened the doors telling passengers that they can get off and try to get on another one since we were delayed. I got upstairs and the entire concourse was packed with people. I ran down stairs and got back on the train just before the doors closed again. Like half the people on the train got off. 2 minutes later they announce they are going to back out of penn and go around to another track. then a minute later they said the tracks were clear and we left normally. the train was almost empty but we left. I am glad I decided to head back to the train, or else I would be stuck on a some packed local that would be delayed for ages.
Lets hope I can still make dinner. Well a cell phone call later confirmed that I did in fact miss dinner.