Guest onesixoneight Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 My work takes me all round the UK usually but my home station/office is 81 miles from my house. Thankfully the company provides the transport and fuel! Sometimes I wish I could work from home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 My commute is roughly 16 miles each way and usually takes me between 20 and 45 minutes depending on traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 if i draw a straight line from my home to my workplace in google earth it's something like 9km, getting to work using public transport takes something from 1 to 1.5 hours, it's insane and it pisses me of every day anew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 edinburgh to glasgow... 48 miles each way taking about an hour on a good day, half of which is spent getting out of or back into edinburgh... approx 25000 miles and £3500 on petrol per fucking year. winter last year was an absolute nightmare with some trips taking almost 3 hours!! i'm dreading this winter. oh god kill me now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I don't know about the distance, but it takes around 35 minutes each way. It's a nightmare, to be honest, for a number of reasons: 1. Loud people. I wear earbud headphones, and even though they keep out some of the noise, it's nowhere near enough. After nine hours of being surrounded by noisy assholes, the last thing I need is more of them on the way home. 2. People who feel their bag deserves an entire seat of its own. Why do this? Also, people who place their feet on the seat next to them. Dicks. So yeah, it's not really the buses that pisses me off, but my fellow commuters. It's great.. The only good thing about it, is that it lets you listen to music while looking out the window for half an hour. That's pretty sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onesixoneight Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 It takes me 1.5hrs on a good day and my minidisc player keeps me company which makes it bearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 For most of past three years, I travelled to work in Southwark via the Jubilee Line from Stratford. Door to door, it took me just less than an hour. The tube is horrible at the best of times, and at rush hour it's appalling, but because Stratford is at the end of the line I could always get a seat in the mornings. Not so the evenings. But about a month ago I moved house, so now I'm in East Greenwich. One of the benefits of this is that I no longer need to take the fucking tube to get to work. Instead I take a Southeastern train which gets me in to Waterloo East in about 20 minutes. My complete journey takes about 35 minutes. It's nice that it's a little quicker, even though it's roughly the same distance. But what I REALLY like is the fact that it's above-ground. Looking out the window is very important to me. Plus, because it doesn't go through Canary Wharf, there's a considerably smaller financial-industry-dickhead presence, making for a more cordial and pleasant experience all-round. Any cunt working in the City will probably take the Cannon Street service rather than the Charing Cross one I catch, so you generally get a better bunch of people on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 As for cost, just shy of £1,800 a year on Zone 1-3 Travelcards. I rarely leave Zone 3. In fact, I'm not exactly sure what's out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onesixoneight Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 edinburgh to glasgow... 48 miles each way taking about an hour on a good day, half of which is spent getting out of or back into edinburgh... approx 25000 miles and £3500 on petrol per fucking year. As for cost, just shy of £1,800 a year on Zone 1-3 Travelcards. Ouch thats gotta hurt guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 It's cheaper than owning a car, plus I get the pleasure of farting in a confined space with strangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest onesixoneight Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 True and ha ha, no one is quite sure whos responsible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkreso Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I don't work but it takes me at most 15 minutes to drive to my university. Since most my lectures start and end before "rush hour" there is very rarely any traffic, and even when there is, it dissipates quickly. I get to listen to a couple of tunes on the car stereo. It really gets me in a good mood before the lectures and I look forward to my commute every day. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 oh yeah ? fuck you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kichiguy Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 My full time job these days is to look for a job. So my daily commute is 2 steps from my bed to my desk. But when I do end up with a job proper I plan to shift within a 20 min travel radius of ze job. I can't hack a long daily commute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Iain C Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 oh yeah ? fuck you. It's OK, in a couple of years he'll have a mountain of debt and be unemployed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLA FUR BIS FLE Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 2.5 miles. would walk, but have to pass through some treacherous ass neighborhoods to get there. don't want to get merked, so i take my bike the long way 'round. takes me about 20 minutes, slightly less if smoke meth before the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkreso Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 oh yeah ? fuck you. It's OK, in a couple of years he'll have a mountain of debt and be unemployed. Ha! I'm already in a mountain of debt and unemployed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 20-30 minutes depending on the crazy ass Houston drivers. Seriously, ask Joyrex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 15 minute drive. Not bad at all. Although that doesn't make much difference when I'm sick of this job and desperate to bag another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltoi Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 edinburgh to glasgow... 48 miles each way taking about an hour on a good day, half of which is spent getting out of or back into edinburgh... approx 25000 miles and £3500 on petrol per fucking year. As for cost, just shy of £1,800 a year on Zone 1-3 Travelcards. Ouch thats gotta hurt guys. my employer just about covers the petrol expenses but does not account for the the running repair costs, wear & tear and depreciation on my car... or the general destruction of my free-time, family-life, patience and sanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theSun Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 ~30miles from my place out in the country to the city, ~45min the commute is great until i get closer to the city. or i get stuck behind some jerk herp derping in the left lane at the speed limit, going exactly the same speed as the slow traffic and somehow not noticing the 15-car-pile-up-accident-waiting-to-happen behind him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patternoverlap Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 the commute is great until i get closer to the city. or i get stuck behind some jerk herp derping in the left lane at the speed limit, going exactly the same speed as the slow traffic and somehow not noticing the 15-car-pile-up-accident-waiting-to-happen behind him fucking lol this happens to me every day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I cycle 1.5 miles up a hill in the morning, that takes about 15 minutes. Then I cycle down the hill in the afternoon, that takes about 3 minutes. It is excellent most of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 My commute is roughly 16 miles each way and usually takes me between 20 and 45 minutes depending on traffic. hah, that's exactly how long it takes me to drive to campus. seriously, fuck commuting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghOsty Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I take the bus downtown and back cause it's too much of a pain in the ass to try to drive through downtown... takes about 20-30 minutes. It's a pain in the ass sometimes but it also saves me a lot of money in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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