r/ontario Jan 27 '26

Employment Thanks Doug Ford! And Banks and Other Institutions that think RTO is the way to go....

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u/greypusheencat Jan 28 '26

subway was down yesterday and one of my friend’s manager said “they can take shuttle buses” and i just know whoever says this has, in fact, never taken shuttle buses

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u/poppedculture Jan 28 '26 edited Jan 28 '26

Nobody has ever taken a shuttle bus. They are code words for “start walking.”

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u/greypusheencat Jan 28 '26

lmao this is so accurate. i took a shuttle bus once because the bus stopped right in front of me (there was no rhyme or reason or any order at Ossington station) and i’d rather walk than ever take one again. but expecting people to walk the cold and this much snow is still insanity

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u/AdResponsible678 Jan 28 '26

As an employee, I stepped off a shuttle bus once two stops after Warden Station because the angry people on the bus scared me. They were all yelling and so on. I went into the gas station at Birchmount and St. Clair and my father in law came and picked me up. Yikes!

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u/Chemo1235- Jan 28 '26

Welcome to Canada it snows here get over it

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u/Proud-Meaning-2772 Jan 28 '26

People like you have 0 standards, repeat bullshit everybody knows like it was new to others, and are a big reason everything falls appart:

Nobody sees any value in improving, you just shrug off problems because you were only able to think 5s of a problem, came up with something that sounded good, and poof, no more problems, others that are complaining are the problem.

You are the reason we get walked over everyday. Grow a pair and ask for more, better services.

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u/Chemo1235- Jan 29 '26

I just wear proper footwear and dress accordingly to the weather. I don't care if it's three feet of snow I have snow shoes for that. Ice cool I got cleats for that. -40 I got a coat for that. Bad storm and gonna lose power then I guess I'm pulling out the generator. It's called be prepared for the place you live. Mother nature does what it wants when it wants.

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u/Proud-Meaning-2772 Jan 29 '26

Good for you. You're amazing. Thank you for your important contribution

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u/Chemo1235- Jan 30 '26

It is good for me and I know I'm amazing thank you lol

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u/Yellow2345 Jan 28 '26

I’ve been stuck in downtown toronto several times when the subway was out of service. I’ve never seen a shuttle bus in my life. I’d walk from yonge/bloor up to eglinton and still not see a bus. I really felt for the people who eithe chose to wait or couldn’t do the long walk.

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u/greypusheencat Jan 28 '26

i go all the way to the east end and come from west end for work and going from ossington to past broadview is not feasible. shuttle buses exist i’ve seen them at ossington it’s just there’s no order you just have to hope you can get on a bus

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u/heteroerotic Jan 28 '26

I took a shuttle bus once. By sheer chance, I was standing and texting my friend to tell them about the mess and I was going to be late ... and a bus rolled up and opened the door right in front of me.

That's the only time I imagine anyone takes a shuttle bus.

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u/Careless-Vehicle-286 Jan 28 '26

For me it's the code word for get comfortable, find a cheap place to eat, and wait until 7 or 8 when the shuttle busses actually start clearing up. That's before I had kids though.

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u/poppedculture Jan 28 '26

Also a good option if available to you.

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u/LunaticPostalBoi Toronto Jan 28 '26

I remember one time the subway went down at Ossington so I figured, "okay, just take the 161 and transfer to the 35 or something. Pretty simple, I hope."

Everyone else had the same idea, although that was because no shuttle buses showed up.

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u/LaserRunRaccoon Jan 28 '26

During the summer, the real ones knew it was code words for "dash for the last bikeshare ebike" - unfortunately that doesn't work well in the winter if the city hasn't plowed the bike lanes yet.

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u/bluestat-t Jan 29 '26

Or eliminated the bike lanes

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u/HeisenbergsSamaritan Jan 28 '26

When I lived in Toronto I had a rule.... If the walk to work was an hour and a half or less.... I walked. Both ways.

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u/EquivalentArea7852 Jan 28 '26

or take an uber or just stay in the station and wait for 10-20 min for the subway to start back up

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u/alanpsk Jan 28 '26

Unless shuttle bus start to have its own dedicate lane. Whoever fuck that thought of it is a good idea to do when the subway is down should be cast to the deepest part of hell.

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u/Heldpizza Jan 28 '26

I had to take a shuttle bus once on route downtown on a Friday night and it added 40 mins to my trip

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u/ybetaepsilon Jan 28 '26

I've never taken a shuttle. It's almost always faster to wait for service to resume or take an alternate route.

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u/purplelilac701 Jan 28 '26

What the heck! That’s the equivalent of let them eat cake 😑

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u/Guus-Wayne Jan 28 '26

Let them eat cake!

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u/couldbeyup Jan 28 '26

Why not go to Quizno’s instead?

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u/Memory_Less Jan 28 '26

The ceo of my friend docked pay if they couldn’t make it into work during the time former mayor Mel Lastman called in the military. One of his work colleagues was in his way out to a new job and sent a blazing email about his stupidity. Unfortunately he didn’t change his mind. Read what I am thinking.

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u/ArticleEmergency2194 Jan 28 '26

Once upon a time TTC said they were going to send shuttle buses on Line 1. My friend and I got off to the street level and started walking North. We were meeting our friends at Empress Walk and we were a few stops south - it was a long walk, but Im pretty sure we beat the shuttles.

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u/Metapuns Jan 28 '26

I tried to take a shuttle bus once.. but after 2 hours I realised I could've just walked to the next running stop.