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   Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 07:35:26 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

   Unfortunately, I have discovered the OTHER reason Americans don't take trains. My train is delayed 10 hours. They have arranged to put us all on a bus (or two? Or five?). So now I have to wait around for three hours to get on a freaking BUS. I hate buses with a passion brighter than the sun.

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 07:35:22 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

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     I think what pisses me off the most about this is that they must have known about the delay yesterday. Yet they waited until midday today to tell me. I could have made other arrangements and been home by now.

     And they keep sending me texts like this, despite the fact that I clearly know what's going on after speaking to three different Amtrak people and getting a new ticket from one of them. 🙄

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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 07:35:23 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

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     And the train that has been delayed has already been enroute for 2 days.

     Sure, the train is great. When it works as advertised and meets your scheduling needs.

     Bill repeated this.
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     Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ (mlanger@mastodon.world)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 07:35:25 JST Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️

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     My mistake. It's delayed 15 hours.

     Also, for all you Europeans trying to make us feel guilty for flying instead of taking trains, there is just ONE TRAIN PER DAY between Chicago and Seattle, two of the largest cities in the US.