So it rained this morning, a lot. My boss tells me it was the heaviest rain for 100 years (which luckily only lasted an hour or so).

 

Anyway, we ended up sitting the storm out at home and leaving about 40 minutes later than normal, the traffic was really bad on the way in but we still got to the office in about 1hr 15mins (about double the normal time), nothing compared to the epic journey of one of my colleagues though:

 

He got picked up at his home in Pudong this morning at 7:40 am and only arrived in the office at around 1:20pm after spending almost six hours on the road, barely moving (his journey time is normally less than 1 hour).

 

Apparently he pays a taxi driver a fixed monthly fee to bring him to the office every day, so obviously getting out of the car, walking to the nearest metro station and spending 5 or 6 rmb (essentially paying twice for the same trip) taking the metro to the office was out of the question. I thought about asking him why but in the end I didn’t bother, as I’ve mentioned before, “why?” questions always end in frustration in China and should be avoided. at all costs!

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