And when I promised myself yet again that I will stop posting complaints about NSB (the train company in Norway) they outdo themselves with a new advertising campaign claiming that you can save up to 19 work days a year. It popped up in my Facebook feed the day after a rather vicious commuting day with a long delay. So now my blog has an NSB category…

Really NSB?

They even made a web site where you can do your own personal calculations. Yeah, my results didn’t quite add up to reality so I decided to correct it for them.

Theory vs. practice

I just hope that frustration fumes aren’t bad for the environment so there is at least something positive about me not giving up and starting to drive.

Calculation were made with a very conservative average of a 15 minute delay per day for the same amount of days NSB used in their calculation (230).

Sorry for the Norwegian in the image. In short, they claim I save 46 hours a year, I claim I loose 58 hours on delays. They claim I save a lot of money and I say I was too late to pick up my kid twice (had to call someone to have her picked up on time).