More Transportation issues aka my life just got 1,000 more difficult!!!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I found a guy who will do shopping for me if I need him to. I remembered seeing his ad on the banks ad board 2 years ago. I remember him from school. He was a grade behind me. I called him and he still runs errands and charges 10 dollars a trip. That would be 4 more than a bus trip but still would be better than nothing.

If I had the money, I would seriously consider suing the new manager of the bus for discrimination against seniors and people who depend on the bus for survival and poor people because now I'm gonna have to find money I don't really have to just keep my already low standard of living!!!!!

[Karen]

If I had the money, I would seriously consider suing the new manager of the bus for discrimination against seniors and people who depend on the bus for survival and poor people because now I'm gonna have to find money I don't really have to just keep my already low standard of living!!!!!

Call local lawyers, see if anyone would take the case pro bono, you never know!

[pomtzu]

Wow - what a mess. I hope you can get some positive results - just holler loud and long - and get everyone you can, to holler right along with you. The masses can usually get much better results, than one lone person.

I guess I'll think twice about complaining about the price of gas the next time I need to fill up my car. I should just be grateful that I have that car to get into and go wherever I want, whenever I want.

Hang in there and know that I'm thinking positive for you - if that helps any.........

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I now have the mail addy AND the email addy of Boss Man's Boss! I will start writing a letter soon. I want to take my time and have everything in it I want to say before I email it. Usually, I react then wish I had added something else. Might not be any good but at least I'm gonna spoil his "not complaints" record he seems to think he holds.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

After all this mess started, I ordered some food and stuff on line for the cats. The last of the order came today. It came in three boxes. I was amazed to see one man come up my three steep front steps carrying 3 big boxes. Each box contained a 16 pound bag of dry food and one of them had a 32 pack can of wet cat food in it too.

I am so amazed that one guy could carry all of that. I had my curtains open and saw him actually carry them!!! Now what to do with the boxes? I can take them apart easily and put them in trash bags and in the trash but in the mean time my cats are having a grand time playing FORT in them.

[pomtzu]

Wow. Food and play things all in the same delivery - now that's a real bargain.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Well next week is when the new bus rules officially take place. They finally put a notice on the on line paper about it.They told how we now need to schedule rides 24 hrs in advance. Odd though not one word was mentioned about how they will now limit the amount of things we can bring on the bus.

Well you know I just had to point that out! So in the comment section I posted: One thing that was omitted and riders need to be aware of is there is now a limit on the amount and size of things allowed on the buses. I will now have to order the majority of my groceries on line since my life will not fit into the two tote bags allowed and the bus is my ONLY means of transportation! I cannot afford to make a dozen trips toget what I used to get in a few trips each month.

I thought about adding more but figured that should give them something to chew on for now.

[momcat]

Hi MoFF, Reading about your transportation problems made me think a bit. You might want to consider contacting someone at the address below about getting help with this deplorable situation. Should you contact them and they say they can't help, be sure to ask if they know who can:

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
New England Building
503 S. Kansas Ave
Topeka, Ks. 55503-3404
1-800-432-3535
[email protected]

[Pinot's Mom]

Hi MoFF, Reading about your transportation problems made me think a bit. You might want to consider contacting someone at the address below about getting help with this deplorable situation. Should you contact them and they say they can't help, be sure to ask if they know who can:

Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
New England Building
503 S. Kansas Ave
Topeka, Ks. 55503-3404
1-800-432-3535
[email protected]

I agree with this tact. I think you need to take things to a more regulated source. We have a service in MD called MTA Mobility if you'd like to look up and compare services. I believe they have 24 hour notice as well, but the other restrictions I think are too stringent. It just might give you leverage to have info from comparable services. Good luck!

[momoffuzzyfaces]

Thanks everyone! After chatting with my favorite bus driver, the one who was rehired, I am hoping things might get better. He said he has been talking to Boss Man and seems to think he is really trying to do a good job but just wants everything done his way. So, I will wait a while.

When I asked if they had decided on how many tote bags we could fill at a run, he told me it's still a work in progress. The entire thing is a work in progress he said. It's more the not being able to take my cats to the vet and go with them, and the problems with scheduling a return home time in advance and the cost, that has me most bummed out. Well, plus it's a pain in the rear trying to get things I need home.

I have a nice young guy (ok he's two years younger than me) coming to get a list of the canned goods I want to stock up on and things on Wednesday like potatoes and sugar. Those are hard for me to get home on the bus unless I just need a can or two. Too heavy for me to carry in a tote bag. He has several others he shops for. I just hate having to rely on someone else to shop for me. sigh

I was expecting part of my Walmart shipment to come today. The tracking said it was picked up by Fed Ex. It was supposed to come today but it's after 4 now so I expect it won't come now until Monday. It's just these little things all add up and irk me no end when it was so much easier to just be able to go myself and bring it home.