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7 hour commute

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  • 07-01-2010 12:31am
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    glut22
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭


    took seven hours to get from busaras to dunshaughlin on a 109 today...no joke...why does the city SHUT DOWN with a few inches of snow..its ridiculous..im so pissed off


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    dixiefly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,949 ✭✭✭dixiefly


    I feel your pain. I was very lucky to be working out of Dublin today. Did people not need to use the loo? What was the mood on the bus?

    Did you see this link?
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055790161


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    Reginald P. DuM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,316 ✭✭✭Reginald P. DuM


    Sh*t the bed, 7 hours! Poor commuters. Thats unreal. How long does it take normally? I'd be ringing in sick or taking holidays for rest of week and hope for the best by Monday. I'd say tensions were high on the bus. For all our modernisation sometimes we are only a short step of a third world country really.


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    glut22
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭glut22


    no i didnt see link sorry, wel the bus was at a standstill so you were frree to get off and go to the toilet, shop, out for a smoke in the lovely surrounds of phibsboro as you wished, t the mater the bus couldnt get up the hill...too slippy so we had to et a different bus. it was crazy


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    glut22
    Registered Users Posts: 188 ✭✭glut22


    it usually takes an hour and a quarter? yeah poor planning and organisation on behalf of the city council


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    dixiefly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,949 ✭✭✭dixiefly


    glut22 wrote: »
    no i didnt see link sorry, wel the bus was at a standstill so you were frree to get off and go to the toilet, shop, out for a smoke in the lovely surrounds of phibsboro as you wished, t the mater the bus couldnt get up the hill...too slippy so we had to et a different bus. it was crazy

    I wasnt having a go, I was just pointing out for information purposes so you would see what some other fellow travellers went through.


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    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    It took my son from 5pm until 10pm to get from Busaras to Trim with the longest part of the journey being as far as Black Bull. He was not impressed :D


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    Barname
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭Barname


    glut22 wrote: »
    no i didnt see link sorry, wel the bus was at a standstill so you were frree to get off and go to the toilet, shop, out for a smoke in the lovely surrounds of phibsboro as you wished, t the mater the bus couldnt get up the hill...too slippy so we had to et a different bus. it was crazy

    if you had hit the 'grow shop' across from the Church time would have passed pretty quickly....


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    HereticPrincess
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭HereticPrincess


    On a normal day with no heavy traffic, it takes around 45-50 minutes to reach Dunshaughlin from Busaras. I was on for almost 4 hours on Wednesday evening.

    I'm actually so bummed about finishing work & facing it later.


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    Rebelheart
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭Rebelheart


    Is it not possible for some of you to leave at lunch time?

    I did that yesterday and it was fine, aside from a few skids. Leaving after 4pm is just storing trouble for yourself.


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    HereticPrincess
    Registered Users Posts: 411 ✭✭HereticPrincess


    Work isn't very happy about people not being in, etc.
    Unfair yes, but they suck.

    So I have to stay until my shift is over.


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