Commuting in Bangkok has never been much fun and last week it got a whole lot worse if you happened to be a regular traveller on the BTS. The word "frustration" springs to mind, with perhaps a touch of "exasperation", "agitation" and a general feeling of "disgruntlement". It was definitely not good for the blood pressure.
The delays exposed just how much the Big Mango relies on the BTS for moving people around on a daily basis. When the Skytrain breaks down, much of the city breaks down. To be fair, there's not a rail commuter system in the world that doesn't experience similar problems -- ask any London commuter. It just goes with the territory.
On the BTS, there was a kind of resigned Que Sera Sera acceptance of the situation -- whatever will be, will be. While there was plenty of steam being let off on social media, on the trains themselves there were surprisingly few open expressions of discontent and some even made jokes.
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