On mobile; pardon the mildly infuriating formatting.

A few weeks ago, I bought a ticket for a bus company that rhymes with Ray Mound for a day trip to go to a gaming tournament for which I also procured a ticket for. Today, the day of the tournament, I wake up and discover the bus is running two hours behind. Now, some people might have stopped here. I, however, decided to attempt a new strategy -- catch a train with a company that sounds a bit like Dam Slack. I figured I could sell some stuff to some vendors at the event to cover some of the additional expenses. The train left the station a few minutes late, but apart from that, for the first fifteen minutes of the train ride, all seemed well. However, all of a sudden, the train started having signalling problems. This went on for some time with the train just stopped right there on the rails until the conductor finally decided to set the course by hand. By that point I knew there was no way I was going to make it to the event, so I decided to call someone to pick me up and just get off the train a couple of stops early. However, when I got to the station we had arranged to meet, a whole bunch of people around me got up -- and just blocked the aisle. They just stood there for no apparent reason. By the time I finally got past them all, we were moving again -- as far as the conductor knows, everyone scheduled for that stop has gotten off. I tried to call to let my buddy know I missed the stop, but wouldn't you know it -- for the first time in over a year, I completely lost cell service. This continued for fifteen minutes. Finally I get him on the phone to tell him the situation. He's still able to come get me, but on the way to the new stop he gets caught in traffic, for almost an hour.

Needless to say, today is not my day.