My running commentary on life: Part 2: The TTC is trying to be more multicultural

I saw this on the way out of a TTC bus today, thought you might enjoy it.










I don't know how well you can see this picture, it's kinda blurry, but it's clearly a guy with a distinctly middle-eastern beard (Oh no! He said Middle-Eastern! Duck and cover! (Geez grow up guys)). This seems to be an attempt by the TTC to be more accepting of all cultures, and reflecting that in it's advertising. I'm all for representing minorities (ok, by this point they're majorities) but I'm always amused when a company tries to be multicultural, and they end up having every culture represented except WASPS. It's great.


I wonder if some day we white people will be annoyed because we'd have become a minority and felt that we were being discriminated against. If this were to happen, and the race card was played, I would simply be tickled pink by that.



Anyway, here comes my [short] rant about the TTC (Torontonians, listen up, eh?): Why on earth is the TTC saying that it's committed to "customer service and excellence" when their chair, who was up for the mayoral race, just admitted to having multiple (what was it, 15 or 30 of them?) affairs? How can you trust someone to run a service who has this type of problem / history? Seriously guys, time for a major overhaul of the Toronto Transit Commission.



All of that said, I do love the TTC. Take it every day. ;)

My Running Commentary on Life Part 1

You gotta love some of the stuff you see on Bloor Street.



























Definition of Aerobic: "1. Biology:

• Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen. [..]
• Involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body"

See, that would have been an interesting meeting for the advertisement board that came up with the name of this "health care product". My other gripe is with the liquid oxygen for sale. A quick google says that that would have to be kept at a frosty -118.6 degrees Celsius.

Well, it'll kill any zits you might wanna get rid of... But this must be one of those products that are generally classified as being "Dermatologist Prescribed". Yah, that's it... Thank God for free health care, right?

"All Hybrid".

Do you want more proof that the auto industry's in the can?


Here it is:

[Oh what a feeling!] ...it is to come crashing out the front windshield of your Toyota because some shit-for-brains forgot that the gas pedal sticks to the floor.

I'm sure that's supposed to be delight on her face, but someone at Toyota should seriously have had a small red flag in his head going up when he saw this commercial. Then again, someone should have noticed the fact that the people taking full advantage of the Corolla's 132 hp were having small issues, such as gas pedal problems?