Commuting Survivor Gifts

The Tube.

Road sign: "Good Start, but you've still got a ways to go."

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

Packed like sardines

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

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

"I'll be a bit late... sorry."

Holiday Sales: The Starting Line

Fairy tale

"Coffee...Cigarettes...Bubble gum..."

Comparing lottery odds with bus punctuality.

Motorway notices reading: 'Fog. But if you can read this, it isn't that bad'.

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

'Kate was running late for work and to make matters worse she put a ladder in her stockings'

'No wonder you can't relax! Seven hundred miles in one day!'

'I'm looking for a romantic tale of wild, unbridled passion I can read while being pushed and groped on the subway.'

The Bus Stop.

"I hope you like sandy beaches, fresh ocean air, and bumper to bumper traffic"

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

"Hard day at the train station dear?"

Lost in the shuffle, Bob refused to stop and ask for directions.

Pedestrian crossing signal - 'Ready when you are'.

Road Construction Blues.

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

The subway-delay prophet of doom

"It makes the commute that much easier."

Taxi in congestion - Thank you for not getting out and walking

I wish I never had to ride on another bus for as long as I live. Is there a Greek God of cabs I can pray to? I think his name is "Hackus." Bus.

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

City Bus...Leave the driving to us!

"Lockdown was almost over. At home Gerald furiously practised his harassed commuter look."

Espresso Lanes

"Yes, I was a little late again, but it isn't like I have any control over the traffic or how many daily puzzles keep coming out!"

"No, I've never been to the Hamptons, but I have been in hellish traffic."

'Hold on, I have to throw a little road rage at this guy beside me.'