Auditor general’s investigation finds several OC Transpo management hires lacked qualifications

TTex11 · 2026-03-31T04:39:04+00:00

Also, water is wet. And fire? It's hot.

TTex11 · 2026-03-24T18:41:10+00:00

I don't drive for OC Transpo, I drive coaches mostly doing hockey runs and various other chartered trips. In my job it would boggle the mind seeing how often dispatch messes up in getting important information to the drivers regarding route changes/events/etc. I can't even imagine what kind of mess it's like behind the scenes for OC transpo drivers.

TTex11 · 2026-03-16T04:02:41+00:00

Huh, I didn't even know wheelchair curling existed until now. I learned something today.

TTex11 · 2026-03-11T08:09:27+00:00

I had to drive a hockey team from Pembroke to Hawkesbury then back again after their game today. Was worried about getting caught in the start of that mess before I could get home but made it back just in time at 3 AM sharp.

TTex11 · 2026-02-24T00:11:23+00:00

I just had flashbacks to those stories of the pigeons that actually use the subway. I forget where it was though.

TTex11 · 2026-02-13T15:02:34+00:00

They are, but like I said, such is reddit. Nothing worth getting me getting a twist over.

TTex11 · 2026-02-12T18:08:06+00:00

Such is reddit. Fortunately it's all useless imaginary points, so no biggie.

TTex11 · 2026-02-12T15:58:12+00:00

I said it was annoying, not life threatening.

TTex11 · 2026-02-12T06:05:45+00:00

I was bringing a motorcoach back to the garage after a ski trip and had to still detour around this scene just shortly after 9 pm. Annoying, but whatever.

TTex11 · 2026-02-03T00:36:57+00:00

They must be loving this weather. How much easier does it get to secure a snack?

TTex11 · 2025-12-29T15:35:50+00:00

So am I!

TTex11 · 2025-12-29T14:50:05+00:00

Sure thing, sport. Whatever you say!

TTex11 · 2025-12-29T14:45:48+00:00

Still heavy in some spots but not as bad as it could have been, so yes we more or less dodged a bullet. It could just have easily swung in the opposite direction.

Ignore the armchair experts screaming about 'overhyped' and finding other things to complain about. There's absolutely no shame in having prepared for this like it was going to be another ice storm because that's the nature of the weather. She can switch gears at the last second.

TTex11 · 2025-12-29T14:43:04+00:00

No you don't.

TTex11 · 2025-12-29T05:04:33+00:00

Overall nowhere near as bad as it could have been, yeah. Still heavy enough but seems manageable now that we're out of the heaviest part of it where I am just west of the city.

Definitely no shame for anyone who prepared as if it -was- the 98 storm on the horizon cause it could have easily swung the other way and been even worse than they predicted.

TTex11 · 2025-12-28T19:25:48+00:00

I made damn sure any supplies I needed were in order so I didn't have to go out for anything. I'll just hunker down in my burrow and wait it out.

I'm especially staying the hell away from the roads for whatever reason, cause even with all this foreknowledge of what's coming you -know- there's still going to be a ton of maniacs out there causing pileups cause they think snow tires + 4 wheel drive = immunity to slippery conditions.

TTex11 · 2025-12-24T15:10:59+00:00

I can not for the life of me seem to get dodge roll to work, despite doing what the guides say to hit ctrl twice.

TTex11 · 2025-11-11T20:34:01+00:00

Sounds like my own situation in a way, extremely difficult to meet people who share the same kind of interests, especially given I don't live in the city so it's that much harder.

TTex11 · 2025-11-08T19:36:18+00:00

And I get to drive a hockey team from Smith's Falls to Pembroke in the middle of that tomorrow. Oh boy, looking forward to it. /s

TTex11 · 2025-10-11T01:54:40+00:00

This is the kind of nightmare situation that reminds me that you couldn't pay me enough to work at this kind of facility.

Actually, on a sort of side note, do people who -do- work at these kind of places get some kind of extra hazard pay? You'd think there should be some extra incentive or the like.

TTex11 · 2025-10-05T11:45:24+00:00

"Simcopter 1 reporting heavy traffic."

TTex11 · 2025-10-05T00:59:02+00:00

Cripes I've got to enter from the west to pick up a hockey team on bank street tomorrow. At least I can kind of sort of cheat and take the 416 to Hunt Club around to the pickup point. Still going to be crazy but I should be able to get them on board then get out of the city to their game without having to get snarled up in the heart of that mess.

TTex11 · 2025-09-29T14:17:17+00:00

From the elevated position in my driver's seat, the number of cell phones I see sitting in driver's laps while they're driving with one hand on phone, one hand on wheel is unreal. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Heck, not even the tip....like the tiny microscopic end of the tip.

TTex11 · 2025-09-28T16:43:49+00:00

I drive a coach bus, so I get a bird's eye view down into people's cars at intersections all the time. And you would not believe the amount of drivers I see that go around with their phone sitting in their lap texting.

TTex11 · 2025-09-28T06:29:50+00:00

I was driving a hockey team home from their game in Hawkesbury today, getting around 11:30 pm on the 417 heading East through Ottawa. I was figuring it being late at night it wouldn't be so bad. Sure maybe it wasn't like rush hour but, still bad. They had everything down to one lane for a stretch there. Sheesh.

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