NT What is your commute time?

[ILLMAS]

Just curious on how much time other spend on getting to work/office?  

If I leave during morning rush hour it can take me between 30-45 minutes, getting home is worst, it can range from 30-75 minutes and I only live 9 miles away from work.

[Possi]

Less than 5 seconds. I have to go all the way downstairs. Sometimes, I get dressed first.

[Tax Prep by Deb]

About 30 seconds, just have to go thru garage to get to my office, sometimes a minute depending on traffic!

[Lynn EA USTCP in Louisiana]

My office and house are also 9 miles apart.  Morning commute is about 20 - 30 minutes; afternoon can vary from 15 - 45.

 

[Catherine]

My office is a mile from my house.  I usually work shifted hours because of traffic; 10AM to 7PM - at which time, it's about three minutes in either direction.  If I tried to get here at 8AM, it would take at least an extra fifteen minutes due to the backup at two nasty left turns (even though I go right at one of them).  On the rare occasion I have left at 5PM, I can sit at the end of the parking lot for 4-5 minutes waiting for traffic to clear to let me turn out - but the way back only has one less-than-nasty left so that doesn't take more than ten minutes.  Two winters ago, when the snow piles were too high to see safely at the corners, I took the (very!) long way around and that's an easy fifteen minutes with traffic, lights, and extra distance - it takes a route around a golf course and conservation land, so it's more like 5-6 miles.

[Lion EA]

A few seconds to walk to my home office.  I do NOT get dressed first, just add a sweatshirt and slippers to my jammies.  When clients are expected, I do dress!  But, I don't have to open the door to unexpected clients, because I have a large mail slot in my front door for drop-offs.  Also, I have a couple biz clients where I go to their site and wear clothing.  Those trips, which vary from weekly to monthly, are 20-35 minutes long, barring construction, accidents, etc.  I time those for afternoon or late morning arrivals and departures in the evening after the thick of rush hour, and can drive to one of those sites entirely on back roads.

[Gail in Virginia]

I live about 11 miles away from the office, and it usually takes between 15 and 20 minutes.  Mornings the biggest problem is the school buses; afternoons, the problem is getting out of the driveway here at the office.  Unless I get behind a tractor or a log truck - then all bets are off.

[Medlin Software, Dennis]

Breakfast can be a mess... Sometimes the dogs head out the same time I step across the hall.  If there is a jam in the hallway, I work remotely from bed until it clears.  My lovely wife of 31 years delivers breakfast, after the dogs are fed..

[Elrod]

Some peoples commute can be very physical...............

 

[Medlin Software, Dennis]

Also, my preference has rubbed off on our kids.  One just moved to a three minute walk from his office (he can see it from his apartment) because the 2 hours a day on a nearly free bus was wasted time for him, and the one is about ten minutes from his place of work.

My parents had more than an hour each way for most of my youth... latch key was not something I wanted to continue.

[Abby Normal]

18 miles, 25 minutes. It's my podcast listening time... unless I'm fed up with the world, then I crank up some hard rock.

I take the scenic route out of town to avoid school buses. It's a mile longer, but I'd rather see this than the back of a school bus.

[RitaB]

Depends on whether I go thru the Post Office first.  If not, fifteen minutes.

[Lee B]

One Mile - 4 minutes

[Ringers]

14 seconds to get from my bedroom to my office downstairs.  I used to do it in 9 seconds, but I am getting older now.

[TaxmannEA]

30 miles, 50 minutes more or less depending on snow, stray livestock, deer,etc.

[Yardley CPA]

11 miles, 15 minutes (give or take a few). 

[rfassett]

60 miles - an hour and 15 minutes on non-snow days; an hour and a half with weather.  Up until 2 and a half years ago, I had a 5 to 7 minute commute.  But in anticipation of retiring someday, we moved to a piece of God's country.  Believe it or not, being there at the beginning and ending of the day makes the commute tolerable.

 

 

[Lion EA]

Looks beautiful.  Why don't you wean your clients to more remote methods so you can work from home, or closer to home?  And, sit in your yard when the bears are willing to share it with you?!

[RitaB]

Here's my view on Post Office days.

 

[rfassett]

22 minutes ago, Lion EA said:

Looks beautiful.  Why don't you wean your clients to more remote methods so you can work from home, or closer to home?  And, sit in your yard when the bears are willing to share it with you?!

Thanks! It is more beautiful than the picture portrays!  And we (my wife works here with me) are trying to spend more time there.  I hired a part-time CPA to be in the office when I am not.  Tax season has me here 5 days per week, but after April 15th, we will be in the office just two or three days per week.

[Roberts]

1.5 miles, 4 stop lights and it can take anywhere from 4-8 minutes.

Really burns my britches when it's 8 minutes too. I drive it 2x per day each way because I go home for lunch.

 

My grandfather was a farmer and when we were talking about our commutes one day he commented it took him 2 hours to commute some days.

30 minutes at the hardware store.

30 minutes at the coffee shop.

30 minutes at the grain elevator.

30 minutes back at the house tell my grandmother all the news and THEN he finally arrived at work.

Longest mile ever.

[NECPA in NEBRASKA]

30 seconds for me to the basement, faster if I fall down the stairs.

[Medlin Software, Dennis]

Stairs.  Careful if you get a new pair of work shoes (slippers).  My latest pair has a slightly longer sole in front, and I tripped going UP stairs.

[jasdlm]

1 mile. 3 to 6 minutes.  4 stoplights.  I'm with Roberts.  'Really Burns My Britches' when it's 6 minutes.  That is hilarious, Roberts.  I'm going to file that away for future use!

My grandfather was and father still is exactly on your grandfather's commute schedule!  I'm from KS, but sounds like we have the same sort of hometown situation.

[Elrod]

1 hour ago, NECPA in NEBRASKA said:

30 seconds for me to the basement, faster if I fall down the stairs.

SLOW...

 

Fast.....