Monday, January 22, 2007

BC Ferries Fabricates Falseity

Saturday morning: I got up nice and early and made sure that I was on time for the ferry to the island to make it to my cousin D's bridesmaid dress pick out/try on day. I arrive there just in time and the ticket counter lady informs me that there has been a 'medical emergency' on board the ferry and that they had to turn back to Victoria to tend to the passenger. We were all informed that the ferry would be at least an hour late because of this.

Normally people get real pissy if the ferry is even 5 minutes late so I was beyond impressed that no one was bitching and whining about the inconvenience. However, in a group there is always at least one shit disturber who has to stir the pot and get everyone riled up over nothing. Our shit disturber was a middle-aged woman wearing a fuschia pink nylon track suit with a purple sweat shirt with kittens on it (they had those jewels in their eyes...like the ones Ivana Trump tries to pawn off on the home shoppers network). She was walking around mumbling about how this was a ploy by BC Ferries because the ferry has hit something again or has broken down and they just don't want us to know about it, etc. etc. She would not shut up. Finally this BC Ferries employee appeared in the middle of the crowd and shouted "Look, the gentleman had a heart attack, everybody calm down, the ferry will be here soon!". With that, everyone calmed down (even the shit disturber) and felt bad for the guy who had a heart attack.

I read the Victoria Times Colonist yesterday though and on the front page it mentions the Saturday morning ferry delay. Turns out the 'heart attack guy' was actually a 40 year old guy who tripped and wiped out on an arcade game because he was a klutz! Granted he got a nasty gash on his head and a wee concussion but seriously, did that require turning the ferry full of people back to Victoria to tend to? And why not tell us the truth? Seriously, when will they build that bridge? I am sick to death of BC Ferries and all of the crap that comes with it: Long waits, fare going up every single trip, awful White Spot food, shitty coffee, 9$ salads and Pacificats (the catamaran, whale-killing, log running-over ferries that were used for 5 months, stupid NDP).

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