Twice today I was rejected at the turnstile when my BIP was weighed, measured and found to be lacking. There're few things more irritating than having to back out of a queue, pushing through a crowd of metro-compatriots, equally as late as me, all pressing forward with gusto. But not me. Back to the ticket-window, for another round of un mil.
Which only serves to remind me of how time is a waste of itself. We're all rushing from the start to the finish. But why? 3:00 or 3:02. The meeting is still going to be long and dull. All this rushing about makes me ill. Bof.
Un mil. I always recharge my BIP card with 1,000 pesos. TONS! No. It's good for about two rides on the metro or bus. Why do I do that? I have no idea. Partially--it is because I think paying upwards of $5 for public transportation everyday is silly. And somehow, magically, if I only pay mil by mil, it seems like I'm not forking out so much fare for a transport system that is considered unfair and is quite unloved by a fair number of Chileans.
Transantiago is a new metropolitan transportation system replacing a chaotic but familiar system of privately owned buses that raced from one destination to the next, always competing for passengers. . This transportation model makes a lot of sense to me... city planner that I am. But, so costly! And costly for all the tax payers in Chile, from the north or the south. Ouch. ... Ouch. That's all I have to say about that.
But then I have to wonder, if the friendly folks in Antofagasta weren't paying for these nice new trains imported from Spain, how much would I be paying for my fare every day? Hmmmm....
1 comment:
i have an idea. i'll smuggle in trains from spain. it will be fun for me. cheaper for chile. cheaper for you.
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