Take The Train: AMTRAK At Your Service

Hey, recently decided to go to LA and get there by train. Well, I needed to leave out of San Jose, CA at 11:59 PM on the night of travel. Got there and guess what? All the parking is owned by CalTrain and limited to 24 hours which is shorter than my planned trip.

So, I call Amtrak and ask what they suggest. I am directed by some lady on the phone to a small lot at the other end of the world where Amtrak has parking. Snag is you need to get a permit from the ticket agent and at 11:30 at night there is no such person.

Ended up driving. Called customer relations next morning and talked to ‘Bob’ who informed me I should have looked into parking before buying my ticket. “After all,” he said, “If you were going to the airport you’d check out the parking before wouldn’t you!”

I said something like, ” ‘fuck no’ as airports have lots of long term parking and no snot ass customer relations people like you, Bob.”

Getting a refund is a bitch and they tag you for a 10% penalty for not taking their train.

Isn’t this typical of these quasi-governmental agencies. Jesus, you’d think they’d get it but NOT ANY ARM OF OR OUR GOVERNMENT.

So if you ever get the urge to go somewhere by Amtrak, sit down until the urge pases, book a plane and leave your Glock at home.

We can’t produce a DVD player, television, cell phone, computer or anything else worth a fuck but we can produce prime quality 100% pure bullshit. That is actually our gross national product. Now if our balance of trade is out of whack, it’s because no other country on Earth wants American bullshit any more–they manufacture enough of their own to keep them happy and their citizens asleep at the wheel.