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Why Zipcar Rocks

The plan: get a rental for sunday around 7am, go snowboarding, be back by 4ish, give car back.

The first result: no results.

So I altered the plan to get it from 8pm the night before, and rent the car for 24 hours.

The result:

I am a bit baffled by this.

They’re not open on sunday. How can they not be open? And I tried other methods, rent it from the night before, tried maybe a bit later in the morning… all results are met with a barrier. I either can’t rent it early, or they’re not open, or the location is at an airport, or the car has to be back by noon.

How do you plan for a trip like mine?

I went to Zipcar. I found the closest car to my house (conveniently located a 20 second walk away), and all I have to do is show up sunday, swipe a card, and I’m in the car.

Sure its a bit more expensive, but hell, at least I’ll be driving a Mini, or a Wolkswagen, and all I have to do is show up to the car! My credit card gets billed automatically, and I will have nothing else to worry about.

Overheard in Toronto

Overheard on the southbound Spadina streetcar, from “a group of college-age girls, one a French exchange student,” the rest apparently locals.

French student: Why do you call eet a—how-do-you-say?—street car?

Other girls, laughing at her: Yep, it’s called a streetcar.

French student: Is very strange, eet is not a car, eet is a train. Are you sure there is not another name? In England, I believe is called “tram.”

Other girls, all at once: “Tram? Never heard of it.” “I don’t think tram is a word.” “Nope, tram is definitely not a word. It’s a streetcar.”

One girl, as the streetcar passes College: Oooh, this is a neat neighbourhood. There’s a great restaurant here: it’s super fancy, very high-end and elegant. It’s called the Red Room. I think it has a bar too.

via torontoist