After I left UTA, University of Texas at Arlington, today, I was slowly walking to my car to go home. Wednesdays are the worst for parking, so I have to park on the far east side of campus. I was pretty close, so I swung my bag around, where I keep my keys while I am in class, and open the pocket, all to find NO keys. I made an about face heading back to my lab classroom and the print lab.
There are thousands of students at UTA, and any one of them could have my keys if they were not still plugged into the workstations I used. My wife does not drive, what the heck was I supposed to do now? I found a giant concrete step to basically tear my back apart, scattering books, and other stuff around. Alas, I found them. Turns out, I boneheadedly clipped them to the holder, and then stuck them into an internal pocket. This bag I have has somewhere around twenty-five pockets, so it was not a surprise I found them in pocket number… twenty-three lets say.
I am glad I found them, because cabs sure are not cheap. I only live somewhere around eight miles, (~13K), so there is no telling how expensive that would have been. I work with a cabbie, and he says they charge $.25 per 1/9 mile (just short of 200 meters), with a $2 upfront fee + $1 fuel surcharge per person!
Basis of this story, why are there so many pockets, and why are cabs so freaken expensive?
