By Anonymous - 31/03/2014 11:49 - Netherlands - Vlissingen

Today, I had to take the train from my hometown to my university for a very important meeting concerning my foreign exchange program. When I finally arrived, I noticed a Post-it on the door: "Meeting cancelled, sick". I basically made a 9-hour day-trip for a half-an-hour walk. FML
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telli164 30

You'd think maybe they'd at least call, or email. How inconsiderate.

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ticklewhizzer 5

With all the technology available today, this just shouldn't happen anymore. Call, text, or email, but who the heck leaves notes?

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Omniprism 14

Have they not heard of phones? That would have so pissed me off. Sorry that happened to you.

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kristin_oatmeal 9

but healthy enough to place the post it note

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Ray_of_midnight 22

Wait, you can even *take* a 4-hour train ride in the Netherlands? I've ridden the trains there. It's a small country, and the train network is both extensive and very fast.

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Shade1982 20

Have you been to the same Netherlands I am living in? The public transportation system is notoriously unreliable and pretty much always late. A trip to the next stop could take you four hours if you're especially unlucky...

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Fsvb 32

It is possible, but not from zeeland to even the most far away universitys. If you would live in the north-east of NL, Groningen and you'd have to go to the far south-east it would be 4 hours. But from zeeland.. YOu'd have to live in a village or something and need a bus that takes an hour to a train station and even then it's hard to travel 4.5 hours. And it would really make me question why OP would pick a university or school so far away and why he/she would not just go and live there.

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Ray_of_midnight 22

@58 Yes I have. I've ridden NS and GVB in Amsterdam. It's leaps and bounds better than anything we have in America, where I've ridden public transportation systems in Boston, NYC, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and D.C.--arguably some of the best examples in the U.S. Apparently Maastricht to Groningen by train is just shy of five hours, found that out from poking around ns.nl.

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plunkit 6

I was once axcaturated in the netheregions

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Fl0r1an 5

it is actually possible if for instance OP lives in Maastricht and studies in Groningen: that's about 4,5 hours by train, and another 4,5 back

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vanaathiel 13

Anyone stop to consider that maybe their university isn't in the same country? They could be attending school internationally. That sucks OP, I'd ask them to call you next time. Inconsiderate.

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Shade1982 20

Not counting the detours, forced lay-overs due to construction and extra wait times on stops...

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Fsvb 32

Even though you got downvoted, I agree. When I saw that OP lives in Zeeland, Netherlands, I was confused. OP either studies abroad, has really bad luck with the trains (NS), but otherwise, I do not see how this is possible. From Zeeland to Groningen is like what, 3 hours? So that would be 6 hours in total, maybe add some bus time like half an hour x 2. That would make 7 hours. But then again, if you studie THAT far away, why not just move there??

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