I Hate DeCamp

The Way It Should Be

This morning I took the 8:54 66 bus into the city. My driver was Friendly, Professional Dreadlocks Guy (not to be confused with Silent Dreadlocks Guy, who is a contestant for Worst DeCamp Driver Ever). The bus was right on time. FPDG took my ticket with a warm "good morning." He drove expeditiously yet carefully, pulling into the Port Authority at exactly 9:28. As we approached the end of the tunnel, he informed us in a soothing tone -- so as not to rouse those of his charges savoring the last moments of their slumber? -- that we would soon be arriving at our destination. Finally, he wished us all good day.

O, DeCamp! Would that all your drivers were as capable, as caring as Friendly, Professional Dreadlocks Guy!

DeCamp Has a New Website!

I'm still recovering from the shock, so I haven't had time to really dig into all the shiny new features and functionality the redesigned decamp.com has to offer. Some preliminary observations:

There are a lot more words. And someone has decided that all of them should go on the home page.

Things move. But for no real reason. I do like the haunted ghost bus on the home page -- those madly spinning wheels, the angry headlights, that dark and forbidding windshield. Spooky.

Message boards! Though not yet a hotbed of activity...

DeCamp wants us to know what's up. I'm not sure what the new email newsletter has to offer -- recipes? an advice column? -- but I've signed up for it, so we'll see. And now with mobile alerts, I'll know exactly why my bus is a half-hour late.

There is one aspect of the site that seems truly innovative: scrolling home page alerts alerting you to things that are wrong with the site. I don't think I've ever seen that before.

"The website people." Tee-hee.

Not Bad

My scheduled 11:44 bus arrived at 11:55, which qualifies as early in DeCamp time. I only had to switch seats once to find one with a properly functioning recliner button. (I did, however, crush the knees of the gentleman behind me on my first try.) All in all, not a bad trip.