Come Save Me…
Ever had a night out when you felt like you were among the lowest citizens that society could scrap up. Well I'm there. And it hurts.
Present company excused.
People can be thick
In my daily activities I come across people that defy logic with how they have survived to the age they are with the intelligence they lack. You can only assume society has watered down life so much that even animals might be able to claim the dole.
I was talking to a man today who understood English enough to run his own business and yet needed me to explain something to him four times and even then I don't think he got it.
If Oprah doesn't have a segment about it or 'Today Tonight' hasn't put it into its weekly cycle of repeated articles then these people wont learn about it.
These are the same very people who vote in governments because of a $200 bonus they will get, without the understanding that same government has three years to make a small tax change to get it back. Think long term that's all I ask of you. Don't wonder why you can't afford to fix the broken fridge when you never put $10 a week away in a slush fund to pay for emergencies such as those. Because believe me, these dramas keep on coming, it's commonly known as 'life'.
Learn to listen to what is being said so you might not need to ask for a fourth repeat of a simple 10 word sentence.
Victorian Public Transport
Public transport is in a state of disarray in Victoria. We have seen three different companies tackle the management of our trains over the last decade. The current punter being Metro, a company 60% owned by a Hong Kong based MTR. They have done what others have done before them, changed the train livery, swapped out uniforms and punched out some tv and radio ads. But they have also continued the late arrival times and overcrowded carriages that we have been seeing day in day out for years. MTR run an extremely tight system in HK, but they overestimated the poor system we have in place. Firstly it's above ground, second our tracks are built to withstand opposite extreme temperatures. Which like all things made to a diverse range of operating difference, they don't work.
Our previous state government also buried us into a $1Billion+ mess that is Myki. A ticketing system created from scratch when systems elsewhere in Australia and even more successful ones overseas were already operating and cost a mere couple of hundred million.
I refuse to use public transport were possible. I'd rather drive into the city and pay for parking than to catch a train.
(TO BE CONTINUED...)