Distance.

[Sofar]

I want to see how long the commute for the average man in customer service. I know the average commute world wide is twenty-six miles, but that's factoring in a wide variety of professions and life styles. How far do you live from work, and how do you get there? (I'm not doing a poll, because polls are stupid.)

I live exactly one mile from my grill, and there is a pleasent tree-lined boulevard that just happens to lead directly from my house to the restaurant, and this is a rarity in this city: I don't have to walk up any hills, except for one, and that one's got a staircase going up it so it's easy. It takes about twenty minutes to walk there.

[Casino Jockey]

i am about 35km from my work - i get there via a horrible commute on the train

[powerboy]

I live exactly 10.7 miles from work. Coming home, it is 12.2-12.4 miles

[Shironu-Akaineko]

no idea in miles, but I know it takes me 10 minutes on a good day.
And I go by car. My own. Solo.

[draftermatt]

I don't work in customer service per say, but

I live 24.5 miles from my job, and I drive everyday. In my SUV that gets 18-20 miles per gallon.

Ironically, I don't complain about how much I spend on gas either. Just that it's too expensive.

[Barefootgirl]

I live 12.2 miles from my job, and it takes me 20-25 minutes in the car. Its the shortest commute I've ever had in my adult working life, and its wonderful. I used to have to take three trains to get to work when I worked in Docklands, and that truly stank. It was a fun job, but I hated the awful commute.

[iradney]

I live about 12 miles from work. Depending on the traffic, it can take me anywhere from 20 minutes to 90 minutes to get to work.
I go in my own car, by myself. I don't car pool because there is no-one at my work that lives near me. There is one girl that lives 9 miles away from me, but it adds to my travel time, and then I also have to inconvenience myself as I will not be able to go to gym first thing in the morning or after work. I prefer travelling on my steam, thank you.

[draggar]

I love my commute now, 3-4 miles.

[scruff]

6 miles.

10 mins walk to bus stop, wait for bus, 20mins bus ride, another 15mins walk to office.

since the "wait for bus" period varies from 30 seconds to 2 hours, it's a nasty commute. (So am leaving. )

[Bella_Vixen]

About 9½ miles, or about 17-25 minutes, depending on:
*time of day (I work a couple swing shifts, so it's always different)
*going to work or going home
*whether I have to do the price surveys

I may be moving in a few months, which might be even better (or worse ) because one place I'm looking into is about 5 minutes away from work.

[digilight]

About 10 miles or 10-15 minutes. Now once or twice a week I have a pickup or delivery in a town that is north of the city I work in and west of the town I live in. So I am able to make a big giant loop of it. On those days its about a 60-80 minuted trip (from office to home) but 80% of it is thru the mountains so its cool.

[protege]

I'm about 16 miles from work. Those 16 miles take about 45 minutes to cover if I'm running late in the morning. Yet, oddly enough, they take only 30-35 minutes in the afternoon. Why? No school buses and crackhead crossing guards stopping traffic at every light to deal with

[ArenaBoy]

For Whiskeyclone: 6 miles and about 10 minutes ideally.

For the party venue: 15 miles and 30 minutes.

For the college festival: 13 miles and 27 minutes.

[TNT]

Current job: Three blocks. Yes, I walk.

Previous job: 50 feet, or put another way, just across the street. I walked there, too. (I worked at that job for two years before moving right beside it. I wanted to move and I thought... "hey, I really working in that neighborhood, I might as live there, too.")

Several jobs before that: 30 miles each way during rush hour traffic. I couldn't find a decent job where I lived, so I commuted a bit north. The interstate made it a fairly quick trip... except that for three straight summers, there was massive road construction. 10 miles each way were cut to one lane, and we drove through "cattle chutes" -- concrete barriers on both sides. I didn't like those at all, but I did it any way.

[Becks]

Approximately 5 miles, depending on which way you go. It takes anywhere between 8-20 minutes, depending on who's driving, which way they choose to go, how much traffic there is and what time I start work.