The snowball effect

Woke up and got ready, like any other day. Got my daughter Jasmine strapped into the stroller. Along we went to the daycare center.

I signed her in at 8:30AM. Perfect timing, I thought.

Then I left and went across the street to catch the 22.

...Waited
...Waited

Over 10 minutes past. I was beginning to freeze my ass off.

Finally, at 8:45 the bus shows up.

Met the light rail northbound to Midtown/Lake Street.

The 21 was scheduled to show up at 9:07AM

...I was waiting between 8:55 and 9AM

Decided to walk because I was already late enough.

(The bus only beat me to the stop by a quarter block.)

Got to work at 10 minutes after 9...for once, my boss was
on time. Go figure.

Lesson learned

1) Never assume the bus will be coming at the same time everyday.
2) It is better to wait a bit longer at the first transfer, avoiding the "snowball effect" in having the other train/buses leave a couple minutes prior to showing up, thus waiting extra long.

I did manage to get my morning coffee today. The only thing that saved this less than good morning.

Oh, forgot to mention. The native was sitting next to me this morning. Looking the same as the day before...and the day prior to that.