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My dad was am IBM lifer, when they said they could wear suits that weren't black he wore a blue suit and his boss asked him if he rode the bus to work.
by atl_tom 5mo ago
My dad was am IBM lifer, when they said they could wear suits that weren't black he wore a blue suit and his boss asked him if he rode the bus to work.
- CSSer 5mo agoWait, I'm confused. Was that supposed to be an insult?!
- nomel 5mo agoThis is a very legitimate question: In the US, where is it not? Public buses aren't safe, clean, or timely. Where I am, it's 2.5 hours rather than a 26 minute commute by car. The only reason you ride one is usually if you are already in the proximity of your destination, especially if that destination is downtown. For all other cases, private or ride-share makes way more sense. We're talking buses here, not shuttles, light rails, monorails, etc.
- bel8 5mo agoLondon buses are a pleasure in contrast.
- pseudohadamard 5mo agoI worked at IBM Research, totally unlike the rest of IBM in terms of how it was run, and being a non-US person it was quite natural for me to take the bus to work because either that or train is how you get to work. I never met any coworkers on there, although I did get to know the cafeteria staff, cleaners, and so on, who all caught the bus, quite well.
- kelvinjps10 5mo agoIn other countries most people use public transportation and small percentage uses car
- throw1234567891 5mo agoUS is different, deal with it.
- voxic11 5mo agoMany in the US also use public transportation when they can but busses are generally thought of as a last resort. Unlike trains, teams, or subways their schedule is at the whim of traffic. So the general thinking is that if you are going to be stuck in traffic anyways you might as well be comfortable in your own car if you can afford one.
- bbatha 5mo agoInteresting, IBM sales and consulting were infamous for sending in an army of blue suits in
- relaxing 5mo agoThat would have been in the 1980s.