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I had a 70 minute commute each way for a couple years but I joined a carpool, the type where you call a number posted on the freeway. The psychological benefit
by zwieback 8y ago
I had a 70 minute commute each way for a couple years but I joined a carpool, the type where you call a number posted on the freeway.
The psychological benefits of carpooling with people otherwise unrelated were, for me, surprisingly high. On the way to work we'd discuss the day ahead, on the way back recap stuff or talk about our plans for the night or weekend.
I don't want to go back to long car commutes but would happily sign up for a carpool again if needed.
- irrational 8y agoWhat did you do if a project required you to stay late that day?
- zwieback 8y agoGenerally that just wasn't an option. I cleared it with my manager and there were only a couple of times that I can remember where we had either a customer visit or total crunch time and I'd drive myself on days where I wasn't the DD. This was in the early 90s so remote internet login wasn't even possible and we didn't have laptops either, sounds hard to believe even to myself now.