I have given a bit of thought to this one and decided that it is time to gripe.
As I have alluded to before, I travel to and from work using our local public transit system (something, incidentally, that I encourage others to do when it is practical to do so).
During the course of the day today, I spoke to two of my co-workers on the subject (supplying both with copies of the schedules, I might add), and have had to warn them about a “gotcha” that caught me when I started using the buses last year, and which I have seen getting other people as well.
The busiest routes in CDTA’s service area are the ones that run along New York State highway 5, which is called State Street in Schenectady and Central Avenue in Albany. It is served by several bus routes, the busiest being route 55.
Well route 55 is a local, and it has a counterpart that is an express. The schedules all call the express “55X.” The bus stop signs in Schenectady also say “55X.” The web site says “55X.” You will be hard-pressed, however, to find a bus that has that number displayed. No, unless you find a really old bus with an ancient rollsign, that is. All of the newer LED signs say “57X.” So do some of the rollsigns. The stops in Albany all say “57X.” To add to the confusion, the recorded announcement says, “Route fifty seven, Schenectady - Albany express.”
… But nothing printed prepares you for this. Therefore, you stand at the bus stop, and you wait, and you wait, while one after another of the bus you want flies by, but you don’t know it, because there is no consistency in the route numbers.
What, then, is the point of even having them?
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Naming legal beverages after narcotics is a stupid idea
Recently, there have been a handful of legal beverages that have hit the market, which beverages have been named after narcotics. Right off the top of my head, there is one called Cocaine, and another called Drank.
Now think this through with me for a second. Suppose you are an EMT, and you have just arrived at a scene where someone has been hurt. There is a party going on, full blast, and this person is unconcious. You ask someone nearby what he has had. Remember, you’ve come into this cold, and have no idea what this person has been doing for the past several hours, and probably have never met this person before. You have no idea. If you ask, and are told that he (or she) has had cocaine or drank or some other narcotic, you are going to, no doubt, alter your treatment accordingly.
I expect that this misinformation will also make it to the doctors at the hospital, and will just make it all the more entertaining.
No, naming legal beverages after illegal narcotics is a flat-out dumb idea.