Makes me worried.

As for this council, I'm not sure. I'm not seeing anything so far that has left me with a sense of optimism about this set of representatives. I look forward to being surprised.

This ain't good, #yyc.

I'm a 6'2", 290 lb former Jr. Dino wrestler (#GoDinos) with largely reasonable de-escalation skills, so I'm safe in nearly every environment. But — other people?

This is not good at all.

Nevermind the amount of assaults this year against staff and bus drivers: calgaryherald.com/news/fifth-a...

6. I get that it's cold: but what's with people actively blocking and surrounding the doorways into busses and trains, thus making it harder for their fellow passengers get off first?

5. A week ago, an elderly man walked up and down the LRT car I was in: screaming about nazis.

He eventually made his way to the exit doors that I was sitting beside, and ranted for the next fifteen minutes while facing outwards to the window.

I ignored the rant and put on my headphones.

4. After work last night, another traveller was using a large glass pipe to smoke... something, while on the transit platform.

3. Tonight I had the pleasure of smelling a fellow passenger's marijuana.

This was while another passenger had a set of speakers that was literally shaking the train car windows with its bass. For the curious, it was low-tier phonk mix.

2. This morning, an elderly man hovered around me on the train, walked by, and then walked by again, muttering 'cunt' on each pass (x3), while making eye contact with me.

I assume he was grumpy trying to find seating, as the train car only had 'leaning' pads available.

I was just standing there.

Congratulate me when I get to 1,260 hours. 😢 This is typically when I crumple.

I have to remind myself, nearly every hour on the hour... a cigarette is why there's withdrawal, not a solution to it.

oof.

I look forward to the publications and shared learnings on this subject. 😊

It is.

And it's so very, very nice.

Oh my.