Commute Survivor Gifts

I hate sitting in traffic jams. - 'Move it! I need to get work.' - 'I hate sitting at my desk.' -

"It's the guy behind us. He says his horn is broken."

Keep Staring At This Point And Nobody Will Bother You

'Gah! I've been stuck in this fluffing traffic jam for an hour!' - 'Maybe I should catch up on my calls while I'm stuck?' - 'You have been placed in a call queue.'

Street person trying get entire city to keep the noise down.

"According to personnel staff are working an average of 10 hours unpaid overtime a week."

Jungle employees at rush hour

Road work ahead

"Do you want me to empty the ashtray over your head now?"

"Bad morning. I was running late and skipped my coffee, diet soda, energy drink and Ritalin."

Packed like sardines

Lift buttons read: East Side/West Side/All Around the Town.

'I beat the 5 o'clock rush... I leave work at noon!'

'It's not easy to get one of these - before that you have to have found a parking space!'

"Does the No. 1 stop here and does that go to Penn Station and can I get a train there to Philadelphia and then how do I get to Walnut Street?"

Comparing lottery odds with bus punctuality.

Bus for Giraffes.

Road work next 15 years.

'I know it's harrowing and distressing, but please Mr. Benson, tell me again about your daily train journey to work.'

NEXT EXIT Food & Drink Cafe...Open 24 hours: 'Hey! Here's the place we saw advertised on the freeway!'

'Smog, pollen, acid-rain, holes in the ozone-layer, crime, road rage, terrorists - HERE I COME!'

The Bus Stop.

"Hard day at the train station dear?"

"And the dim fluorescent lighting is meant to emphasize the general absence of hope."

"Yes, yes, but it’s only an hour from Manhattan."

Nutcracker going home

"Wouldn't it be faster if we just flew to Brooklyn?"

"It's not the going to work I mind . . . it's that they actually expect me to work when I'm there!"

Balloon Head.

The tube's a nightmare today

"And now for a terrific report: There is..."

"Now, right over here there's going to be some congestion, so get off I-95 and take the Hutchinson River Parkway."

Bus Stop (bus hovering overhead)

As a teleworker Colin loved to be reminded of the horrors of commuting.

'Will passengers please step back from the platform edge NOW.'