Or should I say NOT riding.
It’s Day 2 of the Ottawa hostage crisis and things don’t appear to be getting any better. Glorious.
However, since part of my job is watching social media, I can’t say I haven’t gotten any work done. It’s been amusing to w
atch grievances being aired on Twitter.
Of particular amusement is the new version of Twitter’s imfamous Fail Whale that’s been going around, courtesy of ottawafail.ca. (The “jobs” listing on the site is equally amusing.)
That said, amusing as of this may be, a lot of us need to get around the city…
Ooh, the weather outside is frightening
The bus drivers are striking
But since there’s no place I can go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
Indeed, thousands of commuters in Ottawa (myself included) are stranded thanks to OC Transpo walking off the job.
While I’m not particularly happy about being unable to get to work, following the action on Twitter and Facebook, I have come to realize it could be much worse. Face of the matter is, a day off work (and hopefully that’s all it is) isn’t quite as bad as missing an exam or say, an appointment for major surgery.
I certainly can’t afford to take too much time off work but for today, I’ll look on the bright side: I’ve got some time to spend updating my poor neglected blog.
atch grievances being aired on Twitter.