Wah How to use Count on + Gerund / Noun

We can use Count on + Gerund / Noun to talk about something that you hope or expect to happen, or something you had planned about it.

• I counted on finding towels in my hotel room. (But I hadn't found it.)
• I was counting on being paid today. 
• I was counting on finding a good restaurant in this neighborhood.
• We're counting on about 50 people coming to the party.

When we use Not + Count on + Gerund / Noun to talk about something unexpected or something you hadn't planned about it.

• I never counted on having the camel meat for dinner. (I hadn't expected to have the camel meat for dinner.)
• The bad climate was something we hadn't counted on.
• I didn't count on the prices being so high.
• She hadn't counted on it raining.

We can use this form after can to talk about the reliability.

• I think you can count on him. (You can trust him.)
• You can't count on the weather in Bangkok. (The weather is not reliable)
• You can count on traveling in Tokyo. (I am sure, you would have a great time there.)

I weren't counting on having to stand in line for a day.