That darn booking clerk!

Yesterday I went to a workshop at UI Salemba. I was wise enough not to take my privilege to use office car, I decided to take the train instead. It's easier, cheaper, more unstressful, etc. The problem was that I didn't know the schedule.

So there I was, standing in front of the booking clerk, and asking about the schedule. I knew that there's a written schedule, but I wanted to know specific schedule...the depok-turn trains. That means, trains would return to jakarta from depok. They won't go to Bogor because Depok is their last station. That means also...they won't be loaded as bogor trains will. I chose that special trains. 

Unfortunately, the clerk got some issue with his life, and that cause me his victim that morning. He said that the AC economy train will be there at 9.15 am, which was impossible to catch since the program started at 9 (it was 7.15 am). I asked about the other depok-turn trains going to Jakarta, he clearly and annoyingly said there were no such train anymore. I was so shocked and so believed in him, so I just asked the economy train.

I walked through the platform feeling angry, and suddenly I was standing at the end of the platform. A train passed me by, I didn't get in, I just got a seat at the platform instead. I read my book comfortably while watching people around me. It's so funny they could be my inspiration in one way and another. Until I heard about a depok-turn train from jakarta at exactly 7.30 am! Omigod....Damn you mr. booking clerk!!! 

I run as fast as I could to the other platform, and almost gave up because the train was already horned. The guys I passed by shouted "impossible...impossible" but I wasn't Debby at all if I didn't try. I shouted to people at the train "WAIIITTTTTTT..." while running. When I got almost in front of the train, the ijver gave sign for me to across the railroad and accepted me inside the train while mumbling "don't do this again". Thank God...I almost stopped breathing!

This morning when I cross the train station again on my way to campus, I looked for that darn clerk, but it's already other person there. Hmmm...maybe I wasn't allowed to be angry at those kind of people. It's not worth it after all. I promised to myself to be more precise and demanding because I'm the customer, I'm the king...and you are my servant.