Crazy Transit = Crazy First Day

I got to Waterfront 2 minutes shy of the 5:30pm train. So I decided, "Fine, I'll take the Skytrain to Braid and switch to the 169 rather than waiting for the 6:20pm train. Mistake #1: it probably takes the same amount of time if I had took the 160, except I would have to walk up Mariner from Coquitlam Center.

I got on the Skytrain, and I decided to switch to the Millennium Line on Broadway; this is mistake #2.

There was an announcement on the PA, but I couldn't make it out since the PA system on Skytrains is TERRIBLE. "Static... buzz... This is Skytrain control... BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!(from the doors)... buzz... Sperling... buzz." That was all I heard. I could've turned around and went back to Waterfront and catch the 6:20pm WCE if I had heard the PA.

Well it turns out there was a gas leak between Production and Lougheed so all Skytrains were to stop at Sperling and turn around; thus, I was stranded. The Skytrain attendants were hopeful that there would be connecting buses but after about ten minutes I said fuck it and took the 144 to SFU and then switched to the 143.

I finally got home at 7:30pm. OMGWTFBBQ!!!