Going Mad on the TTC

Toronto

The longest stretch of tunnel on the Yonge line is between Eglinton and Lawrence stations. That’s a fact.

If you stand right at the front of the car, right by the driver’s cabin, you are rarely pushed or shoved. I’ve been standing there for 4 years now when I go to work because it allows me to jigger with my iPhone in peace. That’s a fact.

It’s breezy there, so you can’t smell your fellow passengers. That’s a fact.

Three times in the past month, I’ve smelled smoke as soon as we’ve left Eglinton station. And it’s sustained until Lawrence station, where I get off. And not because someone new has moved near me and I can smell residual smoke, either. After Eglinton, the subway car usually empties out. I’ve been an avid non-smoker all my life and I notice even a small waft of smoke. It grosses me out. That’s a fact!

So with these facts, I am convinced that the driver is having a smoke break as he drives.

9 thoughts on “Going Mad on the TTC

  1. Furface

    Come to think of it, just after that I lived at Yorkmills and Bayview and worked at Royal Bank Plaza – so Yorkmills to Union Station and back – I so HATE the TEET!!

  2. Furface

    I used to work at Sherway Gardens and took the teet from Chester Station to Islington every friggin’ mornin’ – and then a 5-10 minute bus ride – but then A&A Records and Tapes went tits-up – or that franchise did.

  3. Dead Robot

    Sean: I knew someone was going to dispute that. I use to work at Yorkdale mall, I know that long strip.

    photog: I started to write something and I came across as an old coot with a chip on my shoulder and you kids get off my lawn, with your gyrating hips and your Facebooks!

  4. photog2

    I have the TTC complaint link bookmarked, file a complaint! The last complaint I filed was about a collector that would not accept pennies (and not a whole bunch of them, only 5 cents worth).

  5. Sean

    I question your ‘facts’ – clearly the longest distance between subway stops is between St. Clair West and Eglinton West…

    FACT CHECKER!

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