Today was a day that could have turned everyone into an homicidal maniac
So, what happened you may ask? Let me tell you
This afternoon I was at a train museum in Treignes, me being careful about my planning decided to leave early. I grabbed the steamtrain of 15.30 to be sure I wouldn't be too late in Mariembourg to grab my train to Charleroi. However due to the fun incident where cows ended up on the track the train got a delay of 10 minutes which got cut down to 5 when we arrived. A bit too late since I saw my train rolling into the station, I decided to run for it. Yes, running with a recovering sprained ankle... for one km in less than 5 minutes. Yet my effort wasn't enough because when I got ont he platform I saw my train leaving.
Result? I had to wait for 1 hour and 20 minutes for the next train.
Got this train, luckily, and arrived at 55 in Charleroi, but my train to Brussels left at 54.... luckily I had a train in 25 minutes. Total delay already: 1 hour and 45 minutes.
In Brussels I arrived at 15 and decided to run again to grab my connection to home. As I was running up the stairs I shouted at someone "PLEASE, HOLD THAT TRAIN!", he nodded... but didn't do anything. I got on the platform and acces was denied due to the fact the departure procedure was already put in motion. The guy that I shoutingly asked to stop the train said to me "you should have been earlier"... at this point my blood was boiling and this is probably the moment I could have changed into a maniac, yet I decided to go for an hamburger... feeling completely defeated. But for some fun reason a bit of karma happened. The douche that didn't hold the train walked down the stairs whilst suddenly his suitcase falls down the stairs and got smashed into pieces....
At the hamburgerstand I sat down at a table whilst waiting for my burger, when this family arrived with 2 kids that were probably an express delivery from hell. Shouting and screaming seemed to be the only vocabulary those kids had... and the adults with them? They started laughing and ignoring them when they were screaming, I'm not talking about a small babyscreem but an 8-year-old-kid-that-doesn't-get-what-it-wants-scream, multiple of these screams ofcourse to keep the moral high
After having this "interesting" dinner I decided to take the metro to the Brussels North station since there I could see some trains passing (around 2 trains every minute). Ofcourse after drinking alot of water today I had to go to the toilets, to then find out they closed at 21.00 whilst I arrived at 21.02. Acces denied, except if you were the lady behind me. Then you were allowed to go to the toilets
After waiting for 40 minutes in Brussels North station (waited around 20 minutes in Brussels south) my total delay already became 2 hours and 45 minutes.
But it wouldn't have been a real train journey if the train I was on didn't got delayed. Arrived at my hometown with a total delay of 2 hours and 56 minutes, a record I could fit in my top 5 delays
You thought it was over yet? Not yet! I got my bike and as I cycled for 5 meters my front headlight stopped working, I did put my high visibility jacket on but being extremely annoyed by my fun travel I smacked the light. Which in my full surprise actually fixed it
As you can see... F U N, I had absolute fun