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Madison Metro Transit
So this week I have jury duty. And I can't say much about it at the moment, except that since our sunny, 80-degree weather has passed, my morning commute to the capitol square is now accomplished via city bus rather than by bicycle. Kevin very patiently (very patiently!) explained the required bus route to me, and off I went this morning with a dollar and two quarters in hand. Delightfully, the Madison buses play a very peppy recorded announcement of the two cross street names of every stop you pass on your way. At least it's delightful up to a point. I live very close to one Jenifer Street which makes up a part of my route downtown. So for this stretch of the way I had what felt like a very personalized update of my own progress through town. I start hearing
"Jennifer! at Baldwin!"
and "Jennifer! at Few!"
followed by "Jennifer! at Ingersoll!"
until I started to feel like yelling something back in the affirmative... some sort of confirmation of the recorded announcements. Thankfully it didn't go on for too long, but on my way home it felt kind of surreal after the tiring day of civic duty. Maybe tomorrow I'll bring some music & headphones.
4 comments:
awesome.
I'm excited to hear about your jury duty. I'm sort-of fascinated by jury duty. I would like to be on a jury.
Yes... that's how I felt last week. That feeling has passed, in case you were wondering.
I've never actually been chosen for a jury. In fact, I've never even been called into a room for selection. I always end up sitting in the holding room with a book all day.
Are they reimbursing you for your travel expenses? In San Diego they pay for you to get there, but not to get back home.
Sitting with a book was exactly what I'd been looking forward to. Silly me. Yep, I get little booklets of bus passes. Those who drive get $0.45 per mile round trip.
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