The anger of the Limerick-born bus driver isn't satisfied by taunting the spirit of the elderly. No. In this way they are separate from the Cork-based animal. Where a bus driver from Cork might drive slowly away from a bus stop with a chasing zimmer-framed old fellah in his rearview sights, not fast enough for him to give up the chase mind, the Limerick driver waits. While the Cork driver believes in the omnipotence and omniscience that is due his kind, Limerick drivers are positively cordial in their demeanor. But their anger is more cynically focused.
I generally try to get into work for about 8:30 - 8:45 which means getting the bus in either at 8 or 8:15 (ish). Since I've lived in Limerick (about 5 to 6 weeks now) the bus service has appeared adequate. A bus leaves for work every fifteen minutes, and from work every ten. However, I have noticed next to no correlation between the actual times of departure and the timetabled times of departure on a day to day basis.
To this end I've made a spreadsheet.
I'll agree that 13 data samples isn't sufficient to accurately determine the traits of the bus system. However...
On average it leaves two and a half minutes early and has a standard deviation of two and a fifth minutes. The only reason I know of the lower ones is because I've seen the bus drive into the sunrise... Thanks to second year mechanical engineering I know this isn't good. And note - I'm the second bus stop on the route meaning you could probably take a minute off all those times for a 'back to base' interpolation.
How can I possibly model this random process to optimally control in-bed time? This is madness, I'm sure you'll agree.
1 comments:
what does second year mechanical engineering have to do with sunrises?
also.. jesus christ stop making spreadsheets of busses and get a job. i mean.. oh shit you have a job. right, thats it. TAKE UP EQUESTRIAN SPORTS!
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