Rant: Go ahead, chip me

Well, it finally happened. And on my birthday no less. I got half way to the Village (from Tomlinson) on the Greenie before realizing that I had forgotten my RFID-bearing Case ID, which is needed to get my car out of the Village parking garage, at my desk.

This was especially frustrating because while I was waiting for the greenie, the nextbus sign said the shuttle was "Arriving." For ten. solid. minutes.

I seem to recall reading somewhere on http://planet.case.edu, the theory that the GPS tracking system for the commuter shuttle gets confused because that shuttle stops twice at UH. But that doesn't explain why the tracking system can't figure out that the commuter shuttle isn't at Crawford when it isn't at Crawford. For ten. solid. minutes. I gotta tell you, I check nextbus before I leave my desk and whether I wait 2 minutes or 20 for the shuttle is still a complete crap shoot.

And then there is that whole can't-get-my-card-sans-ID business. I know. I have my moments of forgetfulness. Should they be penalized with 45-minutes of laps around campus just to be able to drive home. (Yes, I am just pissed because it wasted 45 minutes of my birthday.) If only that d@mn RFID chip COULD be implanted in my left index finger, my car would never be stuck in the Village again.

And y'know what. The RFID privacy freaks have it all wrong. If nextbus can't figure out where a GPS-enabled shuttle is, then how the heck is anyone going to be able to track me via an RFID chip in my left index finger.

So go ahead, chip me.