Lovely morning

I was woken up this morning 45 minutes before my alarm went off. I was very cranky. Of course I had no excuse to come in late after that, so, here I am. I even waited for a second, less crowed redline train and made it in on time.

I have a training from 10-2 today which will keep me entertained for most of the day, which is good. I have been pretty stressed out, so being distracted is a good thing.

Here is my rant for today: Someone wrote into the Metro complaining about the Providence Commuter rail and how they don't collect fares and then the MBTA complains about not having any money. Lo and behold, they made an announcement this morning about overcrowding because a bunch of people were stood up by the Amtrak train and ended up on our train instead and I never once saw a conductor collecting fares. Um, what?! Seriously, if the train is crowded with tons of people that don't usually take the train, isn't that tons of revenue? I mean, I would want to be a conductor cramming through overcrowded aisles to get money from grumpy people... but that's why I'm not an MBTA conductor. Grr. I am lucky because I get a monthly pass for just over $100 / month, but I still can't stand knowing that my pass is going to keep going up and up and up while others keep not getting charged.