Sometimes people don't carpool, not because of not being "cool" or whatever,
but because there might not be anyone else who lives in theor direction. Or,
it could be that you need to be able to pick up the kids after work. Or take
them to their dentist/docter appts/after school activities/personal errands
etc...Or, as in my case, there was no one else who worked my shift-if I
needed a ride, I would have to wait 2 hours or more.
Bus? In my area, the buses are really terrible. Most of the time, when I got
off work at 10pm, the buses had stopped running 3 hours previously. I used
to catch a bus at 6:30 am to get to work by 9pm-and in a place that was
actually only 20-30 min. from home!
Now, I don't work, and all my errands are usually in a 3 mile radius from
home. However, the people I date usually live and hour or more from here-we
take turns driving-sometimes who ever it is will come down here, sometimes I
go up there. Car pool in this situation? Yeah, that's convenient!
I would take the train, but then there's the deadline-miss that last train
and I'm stuck in L.A. And the neighbourhood where the station is, even I,
and I'm pretty brave, wouldn't go there after dark-let alone leave my car
there! And it's a half hour from my house!
Maybe, it's not just a matter of people being ok with carpooling-maybe it's
a thing of improving mass transit and in the case of employers-at least
consider the scheduling of employees. (I once got written up at American
Express for asking someone if they could drop me off at the garage on their
way home-and they were passing there anyway! I got the ride. The co-worker
protested my being written up-but it stayed on my record anyway!)
Just my 2 cents
Laura
Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
----- Original Message -----
From: <AHVentures@aol.com>
To: <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>; <Spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: FW: FW: Great American Gas Out!]
>
> I've always maintained that, as much as people b***h & moan, they will
still
> pay the price when it comes to driving their cars. The negative (as they
> perceive it) effect on their image to others that they are carpooling, or
not
> driving around in a tank with a bunch of other people is too great, not to
> mention that, as they see it, isn't "cool." Glad that I have my
relatively
> fuel efficient Spit to carry me about!
> Just my .02 worth on the soapbox!
> Andy H.
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