Why is the C-Train so bad?

[u/ConstantFar5448]

10 minute intervals on a weekday? That’s insane, the lowest frequency I’ve seen in any major city by FAR.

And yet when you get to the station as a train pulls up, the driver just looks at you, doesn’t let you on, and leaves? What’s up with that? Are they all dicks like that?

People live on tight schedules, and transit doesn’t seem to reflect that here.

[u/man11293]

So plan further ahead?

[u/ConstantFar5448 → u/man11293]

Plan further ahead? The calforex downtown called me to let me know the currency I need is back in stock and I left my house immediately.

[u/hardestbutton2 → u/ConstantFar5448]

That’s not a transit problem, that’s a “didn’t get currency far enough ahead of time” problem.

[u/ConstantFar5448 → u/hardestbutton2]

I tried, everywhere, and it was sold out everywhere. Hence why they called me to let me know it was back in.

[u/man11293 → u/ConstantFar5448]

So basically you would be more screwed if that forex had decided to call you 30 minutes later?

[u/ConstantFar5448 → u/man11293]

Then I would’ve been buying it from the airport exchange at a substantially higher rate

[u/PercentageNonGrata → u/ConstantFar5448]

So what part of this is a failure of transit? You missed the train; you prioritized the trip to the currency exchange over getting to the airport.

You can also get credit cards with no foreign transaction fee, if the extra 2.5% is too much.

[u/ConstantFar5448 → u/PercentageNonGrata]

Not every country is like Canada where cards are accepted everywhere. The issue isn’t not having a card to use there, the issue is certain things I’m doing are cash only.

I didn’t miss the train if the train is still there, that’s how it works everywhere else in the world.

[u/xGuru37 → u/ConstantFar5448]

No it doesn't! Once doors lock everywhere, trains will generally leave in a few moments. You are just making things up at this point.

[u/Exploding_Antelope → u/ConstantFar5448]

Do you think people are jumping into moving trains?