Public Transport

Argggghhhh.. public transport is annoying!!! Well.. not all of them per se... just connex...
They kept increasing the ticket fares.. but the services offered are still soooo bad!!!
The following happened in just one day... 8 hours apart to be exact:
Electrical fire at Melb Central train station control room in the morning.. during peak hour.. trains couldn't go through city loop...
Gas released in response to a false fire alarm... same station... around 4pm - evening peak hour..
Imagine this: passengers from 2 platforms (i.e. different train lines) were told to catch the next train from another platform.. so passengers from all 3 different train lines were all trying to squeeze in into a single train...
Then some were cancelled..
Then the trains were delayed...
And they couldn't even tell us how long the train was gonna be delayed for...
For one train.. they said it was going to be delayed for 9 minutes... it came 3 minutes after the announcement was made
For another train (my train).. an announcement was made for a 12 minute delay... it came 8 minutes after the announcement
Geez.. couldn't even get that right...

I haven't seen the movie 'Jumper'.. I've only seen bits & pieces of it from the trailer... But wouldn't it be cool to be able to 'jump' from one spot to another? That way I don't have to rely on public transport
Don't get me wrong... I'm not spoilt.. I don't need a chauffeur and a private limousine to get to places... I wouldn't have any problems with taking the public transport if THEY COULD JUST RUN IT PROPERLY!!! Just like they do in Japan...
Seriously.. trains are always on time over there.. and we're talking about trains that come every 3 minutes or so...
The interval here is at least 15 minutes.. and they can't even manage to do it properly...