Sometimes everything seems to work out just right. And sometimes it all goes wrong. Watch carefully and you'll notice, that while you may have a few friends whose ups and downs occur at the same time as your own, most of us are out of sync with each other. One person will be having a great day, while the person standing next to them will be having an exasperating experience. Whatever the reason, it is not a world-shortage of luck. So don't worry, yours is not about to run out.
Spot on.
All I wanted to do this evening was go to my comedy course thing. Every, and I do mean every, little thing that I did went wrong.
The northern line was out. I only found out whilst reaching the stations to change at, that the northern wasn't going from there. So I tried to find a bus. Couldn't, those bus maps on the bus stands are useless. I'd have better odds at telling where to go from speghetti slung over it.
So I thought about going back to where I knew where I could get the bus, but to be honest, I was already an hour and a half late, it was going to take, another 30 mins to get back. Then I'd have to wait for a bus and getting back up there by bus would probably be another half hour. So I thought long and hard and decided I'd just take it easy and go home. As I hadn't had a chance to stop the whole weekend. It was as good an excuse as any.
I reached my stop, got out, made my way to the barrier swipped my oyster card, error 34, or something. Tried again, same story. I went to the lady told her I topped it up just before I started out. She printed off the last few journeys and confirmed it.
"I don't know why that's happening" She said staring at her computer screen.
"Well, what can I do then?"
"I don't know, nothing like this has ever happened before."
"Well, I just put money into it. But it's probably me, nothing's gone right for me today." I said.
"The only thing you can do is to just get them to let you through the gates when you depart from your journey"
I left it at that, but it occured to me later, what would happen if I want to use the bus? What happens if it doesn't let me enter the station. Do I have to get someone to let me through each time?
So, even if I'd have found a bus I probably wouldn't have been able to use my card. And as I've spent all weekend travelling by tube all round London. I don't want to do it anymore.
It was like there was something didn't want me to go anywhere today. Odd.
Monday, 7 May 2007
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