Test your memory, or maybe what you do today.
Last night, a dream. Going in to Chicago by train, from 1979 to 1984.
Up at 6AM in Lisle, Illinois. Dressed and breakfast by 6:30, wake jeanie up to get me to the train station by 7AM, to catch the 7:03 commuter express (2 stops) and into the Burlington Northern Union station in Chicago @ 7:41AM. Off the train, through the station, to the outside where the company school bus was waiting to shuttle us to the Montgomery Ward Tower, where my office was on the 19th floor. At my office by 8:05AM.
Afternoon... Boarded school bus at 4:30PM, to Train at 4:58PM, to Lisle at 5:50PM, and 20 minutes to walk from station, to my home at 6:10PM.
Miss any part of the schedule, no express, and add 40 minutes to the commute... each way.
By car, anywhere from 1 hour to 2 hours each way, depending on traffic. Ugly drive.
Imagine that... 34 years later, and still remember the schedule. At best, three hours+ a day, at worst, missing the express, or driving, 4+ hours. Fifteen to twenty+ hours a week commute.
... And then there was the flying... Chicago, Maryland, Texas, California, Portland, Colorado, Albany and points between. Usually for large group meetings, meaning the night before, or very early AM flights.
Did I say a "Dream"?... Happens about once a year... Takes a full day to recover. In a way, this was an improvement from my previous position in Albany, when my normal week excluding the 25 minute commute, was about 65 hours. Retail management at the time, wasn't easy, hourwise.
So... your commute? Fond memories?
Last night, a dream. Going in to Chicago by train, from 1979 to 1984.
Up at 6AM in Lisle, Illinois. Dressed and breakfast by 6:30, wake jeanie up to get me to the train station by 7AM, to catch the 7:03 commuter express (2 stops) and into the Burlington Northern Union station in Chicago @ 7:41AM. Off the train, through the station, to the outside where the company school bus was waiting to shuttle us to the Montgomery Ward Tower, where my office was on the 19th floor. At my office by 8:05AM.
Afternoon... Boarded school bus at 4:30PM, to Train at 4:58PM, to Lisle at 5:50PM, and 20 minutes to walk from station, to my home at 6:10PM.
Miss any part of the schedule, no express, and add 40 minutes to the commute... each way.
By car, anywhere from 1 hour to 2 hours each way, depending on traffic. Ugly drive.
Imagine that... 34 years later, and still remember the schedule. At best, three hours+ a day, at worst, missing the express, or driving, 4+ hours. Fifteen to twenty+ hours a week commute.
... And then there was the flying... Chicago, Maryland, Texas, California, Portland, Colorado, Albany and points between. Usually for large group meetings, meaning the night before, or very early AM flights.
Did I say a "Dream"?... Happens about once a year... Takes a full day to recover. In a way, this was an improvement from my previous position in Albany, when my normal week excluding the 25 minute commute, was about 65 hours. Retail management at the time, wasn't easy, hourwise.
So... your commute? Fond memories?
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