Sunday, April 16, 2006
The Road WarriorMany people including me complain about their commutes in California. The roads are crowded, the other drivers are crazy and rude, and the weather is terrible as it's been in the last few weeks. All of that combined makes for a depressing way to spend a large chunk of your life so your can make enough money to live here.
But that was before I read about Dave Givens who won first place in the "America's Longest Commute" contest sponsored by Midas, an auto repair company. Givens drives 186 miles -- one way -- to go to work, from his home in Mariposa, California to his company in San Jose (also in California, but after that distance, he could have been two states away). He has been making this 372-mile commute journey which takes him seven hours each day, five days a week since 1989.
Givens says that he loves his job at Cisco, but doesn't want to give up living on his ranch in the Sierra Nevada mountains, near Yosemite National Park. His prize is $10,000 in gas money (that should be good for two weeks in his case), some free car maintenance service from Midas and cooking lessons from George Foreman, Midas's ad man who doubles as failed boxer and grill machine marketer.
Compared to Givens I really have nothing to complain. My commute does seem to take three hours, but I am thankful it's only 16 miles each way. The dogs can actually run faster.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 6:12 AM
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Ah, yes. My commute is eight miles. By comparison, if I were living in California, I think that would scale down to about sixteen feet.
Armen,
We almost agree. I thought traveling with a trained person would greatly reduce my stress.
Connecticut,
I thought I could stand in one spot and see your whole state. OK, stop yelling. I'd have to walk a mile.
Stacie,
But you get to do that by dogsled. And that makes it 25 miles of pure joy.
John,
That's very true. Some red lights here can take 5 minutes to cross because of the back-up. On a good day.
We almost agree. I thought traveling with a trained person would greatly reduce my stress.
Connecticut,
I thought I could stand in one spot and see your whole state. OK, stop yelling. I'd have to walk a mile.
Stacie,
But you get to do that by dogsled. And that makes it 25 miles of pure joy.
John,
That's very true. Some red lights here can take 5 minutes to cross because of the back-up. On a good day.
Hey we are not that small. That's Rhose Island you're talking about.
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