niftynei on Nostr: thought my train left at 5p; got to the station at 4.12p. couldn’t find my train on ...
thought my train left at 5p; got to the station at 4.12p. couldn’t find my train on the board, no luck finding my ticket in my email.
checked the train ticketing app, next train is at 4.28p. yep, i can definitely see that train on the board. it’s now 4.16p.
i smash buy a ticket on the app and start looking for the track but cant find it. head to the information desk, ask where the track is. turns out it’s all the way at the end if the station on the second floor. it’s now 4.21p.
i run. make it to the platform, there’s a big flight of stairs up. I have 100lbs of luggage, there’s no time to look for an elevator so i start dragging.
I make it to the platform. it’s now 4.26p. the train is still there. I head to the nearest door and climb on.
ive been on this route before and know that the regular fare cars always get overbooked. you end up spending the 4 and a half hour ride sitting in the aisle. i paid extra for a first class ticket so i could avoid this fate (and tried to arrive forty minutes early rip)
problem is, i have no idea where the first class car is. im stuck in the middle of the train. the aisles are crowded. I’m dragging two oversize suitcases.
i start walking towards the front of the train but it’s ugly. the aisles are strewn with people who are hunkering down for a long ride. they are very much unhappy about me pushing past them. i feel bad but at this point i have paid for not one but two tickets on this train. i am getting to the first class car, preferably before we get to the next station and more people board.
it’s insane to me that the tickets are sold without reservations, this whole situation feels extremely chaotic. sure it’s partly my fault, it’s also completely nuts to me how oversold trains here are.
i only have to walk through three cars to get to the first class car. it’s also packed but there’s no one in the aisle and there is one empty seat next to a sleeping lady. i wake her up to so she’ll move her stuff off the unoccupied seat. there’s even a luggage rack on this car, what a luxury.
luggage stowed, seat acquired,
and we’re on the way to Berlin 🙌 🇨🇿 🚆🇩🇪
checked the train ticketing app, next train is at 4.28p. yep, i can definitely see that train on the board. it’s now 4.16p.
i smash buy a ticket on the app and start looking for the track but cant find it. head to the information desk, ask where the track is. turns out it’s all the way at the end if the station on the second floor. it’s now 4.21p.
i run. make it to the platform, there’s a big flight of stairs up. I have 100lbs of luggage, there’s no time to look for an elevator so i start dragging.
I make it to the platform. it’s now 4.26p. the train is still there. I head to the nearest door and climb on.
ive been on this route before and know that the regular fare cars always get overbooked. you end up spending the 4 and a half hour ride sitting in the aisle. i paid extra for a first class ticket so i could avoid this fate (and tried to arrive forty minutes early rip)
problem is, i have no idea where the first class car is. im stuck in the middle of the train. the aisles are crowded. I’m dragging two oversize suitcases.
i start walking towards the front of the train but it’s ugly. the aisles are strewn with people who are hunkering down for a long ride. they are very much unhappy about me pushing past them. i feel bad but at this point i have paid for not one but two tickets on this train. i am getting to the first class car, preferably before we get to the next station and more people board.
it’s insane to me that the tickets are sold without reservations, this whole situation feels extremely chaotic. sure it’s partly my fault, it’s also completely nuts to me how oversold trains here are.
i only have to walk through three cars to get to the first class car. it’s also packed but there’s no one in the aisle and there is one empty seat next to a sleeping lady. i wake her up to so she’ll move her stuff off the unoccupied seat. there’s even a luggage rack on this car, what a luxury.
luggage stowed, seat acquired,
and we’re on the way to Berlin 🙌 🇨🇿 🚆🇩🇪