Traffic was close to zero here during covid lockdowns. It was bliss - it was quiet and serene like I’ve never experienced before.
Is it wrong to be wistful about the car-free depths of a pandemic?
Absolutely not, that shit was sick. What wasn’t sick is that I had to work through the pandemic. 😡
Tbh I’ve been glad that I had the privilege to get out of my flat for work because of the many stories I’ve been told about ppl almost going insane. Then again I could have organised more than one online-“LAN” party and just gamed the whole time with my friends. But I also like my workplace at the time as I’ve been actively researching in the virology field and every day turned out to be full of suprises regarding SARS-CoV-2.
Just one more lane, that’ll fix everything
Make it a paid Express lane and you’ve got a deal!
Don’t forget to sell it to the Saudis.
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Traffic in my area when going to work is completely random; ranges from 45min to 65 minutes (going home is always hell, at least 70 minutes guaranteed)
I’ll bet there’s a pattern to it. If you found out which companies have hybrid office policies, and which days of the week they go in, I bet it would align nicely with the days that the traffic is worse.
Rain can add 50% journey time due to accidents.
That’s why I prefer buses. Even if it takes much longer to go to destination, I can always listen to podcasts or watch something on YouTube.
I was debating it, but it’s close to 2 hours with public transit, with no chances of it being faster.
I’d have to take one bus, one train, one subway, then another bus
I’d have to take one bus, one train, one subway, then another bus
That’s why I don’t prefer buses, especially if there are long delays in-between stops.
When I was younger I had to take the bus to work across town and it involved multiple transfers, long waits, and a 3 mile round trip walk. I had to leave my house at 4:30 am to be on the first bus of the day, which was 4:45 am, just to be at work at 7:10 am. If I missed the first bus by a couple minutes then I was automatically an hour late since they didn’t start running every half hour until a couple hours later in the day.
As someone that lives in a small city where my morning commute is 15 minutes, and 20 on the way home, this is fucking insane to me. 70 minutes is 3/4 of the way to the next town at highway speeds.
Edit: To add to that, I work four 10s rather than five 8s a week. If I had to drive that long every day for work, I’d only have about an hour and a half - 2 hours to relax before it’s time for bed if I want 8 hours of sleep.
Dude, you can’t even travel 10 miles in 70 minutes during rush hour in big cities. Half the time you can get out and walk faster than the cars are moving.
I have a drawbridge on my way to work. A drawbridge! Barges come in under that bridge.
Different philosophy around here. No such thing as late really because a random one hour delay is just too much to solve by leaving early.
If you had a 1974 Dodge Monaco, preferably the police cruiser version, you could jump that drawbridge with no problem.
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Boss: you live here now. I expect 3x productivity for a $0.50 cent raise with a maximum daily rate of quiet mumbling. Problem solved!
How much is half a dollar cents in USD?
Uh, $0.50 or 50¢? Is this a trick question?
I think their point is that you would already read $0.50 as 50 cents, so adding the word cent to that makes it redundant.
Ah good call
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