Cruel and unusual torture

I wonder if Amnesty International have cottoned on to the inhumane methods that are being practised right here in Sydney, by none other than the salubrious state rail.

It occurred to me this morning, as we were all crammed into an already overfilled train, like a pack of battery commuters.

To top off the experience, it’s the muggiest day so far this year, and there’s no air-conditioning in the train. You know it’s hot when the train stops at a station and when the doors open, the temperature outside, that was previously thought to be hot, rushes in like cool breeze.

Then the real torture begins of the trains stopping in between the stations for what seems like forever, effectively trapping everyone in a (barely) standing room only sauna. As the oxygen is rapidly depleting, the only thing you can concentrate on to keep you going, is that one solitary bead of sweat that starts at the base of your neck and maliciously meanders its way down the entire length of your back, at an excruciatingly slow crawl, to finally disappear in the depths of your butt crack, only to be magically transported back to the top again, like a hyperactive kid at a water slide park, to repeat the process all over again. It’s reminiscent of some warped Chinese water torture method.

The train stops between stations for seemingly no reason, for what seems an eternity, then starts again, only to go so slowly that im sure a 90yo grandmother could walk faster.. forcing us all to be kept like hostages and endure this punishment for as long as they can draw it out.


If this was a prison, human rights groups would be up in arms about the conditions, and yet, we accept this, as its run by the state, and called a transport “service”. What amuses me is that we actually pay to undergo this torture (hmm mind you some people pay good money to be treated badly although I challenge anyone to find me someone who gets off on overcrowded overheated trains)

That bike is looking like a good alternative to get to and from work.

(as you can tell.. i didnt enjoy getting to work today)