Even if you go faster, you still won’t be able to get there on time…

Once again, I was tempted to tweet to Amtrak who is (notoriously) optimistic about being able to make up time when they have train delays. They even have a note on their status that they can be late, but then on-time again. Certainly, we all know if you leave a station 45 minutes late, it will not turn into merely a 12 minute delay…no matter how fast the train can go.

If only the ruby red slippers were a thing and we could just click our heels together repeating “there’s no place like home”. I think many would use this as an alternate means of transport. (Even if the house randomly landed on a witch.)

Of course, that’s a fictional tale and no witches are harmed in this story.

But, even though we all think that we can get there sooner, reality doesn’t prove that out in trains, automobiles or planes in the summer for that matter. Today’s GPS and tracking tools can pretty accurately predict what is happening with traffic – even on adjacent roads and via alternative routes – if you left late, with no buffer, you will be late to arrive. If it appears to maybe raining or thundering (with lightning of course) on either end of the trip – or in the middle – there will be delays.

You actually can’t “go faster” enough to get there on time anymore. Know your limits. Call ahead and give them the update. Just don’t call Amtrak; but if you choose to tweet, they might just answer you and say they wish ruby slippers were a thing, too but theirs would go clickity-clack…

~ Dawn aka Hat Girl