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I went out in the world today to get some things before work. Got to stand in line next to a woman who seemed most interested in her beliefs about Elon Musk....and him being involved with space exploration....because he controls the weather.

I can't be the only one who regrets leaving the house. What do ya got?

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I go out of my way to seek employment with limited exposure to other people. I'm currently in restaurant work while I get some things sorted...at the back of the house, away from the public,lol
HPIguy said:
I get to interact with, and explain highly technical subject matter to these types of people at times.

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Ritz413 said:
I go out of my way to seek employment with limited exposure to other people. I'm currently in restaurant work while I get some things sorted...at the back of the house, away from the public,lol
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I have limited exposure, but still have to sometimes. I'm pretty well compensated for it, can't complain.
 
Preaching to the choir, I'm at home on leave until further notice because of people. Luckily my Union has my back.

This morning I dropped my son off at school, it's just on the edge of the city where we live. I have to cross a highway system to go to this business park where the school is.

When I leave, I normally go either right, which is the least dangerous route, or left, which exposes you to on coming traffic from either direction.

I decided to go straight this morning because I had errands to run, so right into town.

This very thick individual decides they want to make a left into my truck while I am going straight through the intersection.

Thankfully it's big enough that I could throw the truck towards on coming cars, then bring it back in time to not go into the ditch and catch a glimpse of the people behind him with their mouths a gape.

I already have a 20k claim on my truck because some idiot didn't secure the tailgate on his Semi Trailer, this one would have wrote it off for sure with them combined.

Jesus help me on my next journey in a bit.

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CreepyQuarryCrawler said:
Preaching to the choir, I'm at home on leave until further notice because of people. Luckily my Union has my back.

This morning I dropped my son off at school, it's just on the edge of the city where we live. I have to cross a highway system to go to this business park where the school is.

When I leave, I normally go either right, which is the least dangerous route, or left, which exposes you to on coming traffic from either direction.

I decided to go straight this morning because I had errands to run, so right into town.

This very thick individual decides they want to make a left into my truck while I am going straight through the intersection.

Thankfully it's big enough that I could throw the truck towards on coming cars, then bring it back in time to not go into the ditch and catch a glimpse of the people behind him with their mouths a gape.

I already have a 20k claim on my truck because some idiot didn't secure the tailgate on his Semi Trailer, this one would have wrote it off for sure with them combined.

Jesus help me on my next journey in a bit.

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Glad they missed!
 
CreepyQuarryCrawler said:
Preaching to the choir, I'm at home on leave until further notice because of people. Luckily my Union has my back.

This morning I dropped my son off at school, it's just on the edge of the city where we live. I have to cross a highway system to go to this business park where the school is.

When I leave, I normally go either right, which is the least dangerous route, or left, which exposes you to on coming traffic from either direction.

I decided to go straight this morning because I had errands to run, so right into town.

This very thick individual decides they want to make a left into my truck while I am going straight through the intersection.

Thankfully it's big enough that I could throw the truck towards on coming cars, then bring it back in time to not go into the ditch and catch a glimpse of the people behind him with their mouths a gape.

Jesus help me on my next journey in a bit.

Scared-dog-Jesus-take-the-wheel-Meme.jpg



I already have a 20k claim on my truck because some idiot didn't secure the tailgate on his Semi Trailer, this one would have wrote it off for sure with them combined.
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They don't drive any better here. I had a guy a couple weeks back commit to pulling out of side street in front of me. Realize he didn't have the room, and commits to making an emergency u turn, leaving him broadside to oncoming traffic as I go by.
 
Driving used to be something I enjoy, I tend to look at it more utilitarian these days.
There's way too much traffic here.
I've grown up here my whole life, I moved around the city but back where it started.
It used to take me five minutes to drive from my parents old house to the local mall.
That drive would probably be fifteen minutes now. The amount of traffic light congestion is unreal.

However, I also understand where I live, if you don't have a car you're basically sol
 
sitting at a red light one morning i watched a homeless guy sitting on the sidewalk shoot what I'm assuming was heroin.
intersection of Cerritos ave and Camden Dr. he was on the residential side of the street almost in front of someone's house.

then there was that time i saw a homeless guy poop between 2 cars parked on the side of the street. he stopped, dropped, plopped, hitched up his pants and kept on walking like nothing had happened.

then there was the time i saw a homeless guy laying down on the grass along side the street with his pants down, he appeared to be whipping his ass with a towel.

then there was the time i saw a homeless lady very slowly walking down the street in a daze with nothing on from the waist down.

then there was the time i saw a homeless guy taking a bath at the car wash. (i mean, at least he was bathing i guess)

then there was the time i saw a Karen giving a Corvette driver crap for backing his car into a spot in the back of the parking lot. i did the same thing but with a Toyota Tacoma and she didn't say anything to me.

then there was the time i was in Target and the kid (maybe about 4yo) in line in front of me told him mom he had to go poddy and she told him they were almost home and to wait, and he 💩 his pants like 30 seconds later. she acted like nothing happened but we were all standing there smelling it and the kid was walking funny. it was like wtf lady.

then there was the idiot this morning in the right lane that slowed, signaled and attempted to turn right at every intersection and side street only to dart across 3 lanes of traffic at the last second to make a left turn. CRV go figure.

then this one time back in early high school me and a friend were ridding our bikes on the trail along the riverbed and some old guy stopped us and asked us if we wanted to see a dead body. we were like naw, were good dude. and he rode off like nothing happened and me and my friend were like wtf was that?
 
Suburban_Hooligan said:
sitting at a red light one morning i watched a homeless guy sitting on the sidewalk shoot what I'm assuming was heroin.
intersection of Cerritos ave and Camden Dr. he was on the residential side of the street almost in front of someone's house.

then there was that time i saw a homeless guy poop between 2 cars parked on the side of the street. he stopped, dropped, plopped, hitched up his pants and kept on walking like nothing had happened.

then there was the time i saw a homeless guy laying down on the grass along side the street with his pants down, he appeared to be whipping his ass with a towel.

then there was the time i saw a homeless lady very slowly walking down the street in a daze with nothing on from the waist down.

then there was the time i saw a homeless guy taking a bath at the car wash. (i mean, at least he was bathing i guess)

then there was the time i saw a Karen giving a Corvette driver crap for backing his car into a spot in the back of the parking lot. i did the same thing but with a Toyota Tacoma and she didn't say anything to me.

then there was the time i was in Target and the kid (maybe about 4yo) in line in front of me told him mom he had to go poddy and she told him they were almost home and to wait, and he 💩 his pants like 30 seconds later. she acted like nothing happened but we were all standing there smelling it and the kid was walking funny. it was like wtf lady.

then there was the idiot this morning in the right lane that slowed, signaled and attempted to turn right at every intersection and side street only to dart across 3 lanes of traffic at the last second to make a left turn. CRV go figure.

then this one time back in early high school me and a friend were ridding our bikes on the trail along the riverbed and some old guy stopped us and asked us if we wanted to see a dead body. we were like naw, were good dude. and he rode off like nothing happened and me and my friend were like wtf was that?
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Sounds like a popular YouTube channel in the making
 
Ritz413 said:
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Is that Walking the Streets of LA, or walking the streets of Seattle? So many YT videos showing it.

We have a huge homeless population here too.

There was a giant push to open up one of our major intersections to pedestrian traffic, it was made to be this iconic moment.

I drove through there recently, it's the core of downtown, there is a guy right there, standing on the curb where 100k cars drive through a day, lighting up a crack pipe.

The reason it was never open to people is simple, traffic flow, 100k cars go through there a day.

We had underground passage connected to malls and high rise towers.

The water proofing is failing, having worked for the municipal government I got to see the rain gutters behind the scenes.

So they made the decision to just condemn the thing and the people's businesses down there too.

I think it's safe to say everywhere is being run by criminals, our local government is no different.

There is still on going things in the media about a scandal from a decade ago surrounding the Police HQ where I was stationed for a bit. That thing will cost us money until the end of time.

The electrician I was stationed there with in the maintenance department, he got zapped by 600v live un capped wires in the suspended ceiling.

Tossed him across the room.

He's retired now.
 
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Suburban_Hooligan said:
sitting at a red light one morning i watched a homeless guy sitting on the sidewalk shoot what I'm assuming was heroin.
intersection of Cerritos ave and Camden Dr. he was on the residential side of the street almost in front of someone's house.

then there was that time i saw a homeless guy poop between 2 cars parked on the side of the street. he stopped, dropped, plopped, hitched up his pants and kept on walking like nothing had happened.

then there was the time i saw a homeless guy laying down on the grass along side the street with his pants down, he appeared to be whipping his ass with a towel.

then there was the time i saw a homeless lady very slowly walking down the street in a daze with nothing on from the waist down.

then there was the time i saw a homeless guy taking a bath at the car wash. (i mean, at least he was bathing i guess)

then there was the time i saw a Karen giving a Corvette driver crap for backing his car into a spot in the back of the parking lot. i did the same thing but with a Toyota Tacoma and she didn't say anything to me.

then there was the time i was in Target and the kid (maybe about 4yo) in line in front of me told him mom he had to go poddy and she told him they were almost home and to wait, and he 💩 his pants like 30 seconds later. she acted like nothing happened but we were all standing there smelling it and the kid was walking funny. it was like wtf lady.

then there was the idiot this morning in the right lane that slowed, signaled and attempted to turn right at every intersection and side street only to dart across 3 lanes of traffic at the last second to make a left turn. CRV go figure.

then this one time back in early high school me and a friend were ridding our bikes on the trail along the riverbed and some old guy stopped us and asked us if we wanted to see a dead body. we were like naw, were good dude. and he rode off like nothing happened and me and my friend were like wtf was that?
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When I was landscaping I was given the duty to clean up after a homeless lot lizard at a warehouse. Having dogs i didn't hesitate to scrape it up with a shovel. 🤢🤮
 
Better them putting on a show then the guy directly across the street. I call him the neighborhood's version of Jim Jones. Nothing like a guy who gets locked up in the nut house a few months at a time....who wants to come by and tell me all about what my belief system should be. Last time I kicked him out so I could get back to work, he stood across the street cursing me, and yelling at the sky about the 2nd coming.
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Suburban_Hooligan said:
it would probably violate there terms and conditions.
although i have claimed that if i had a dashcam i could have a semi successful idiot drivers channel.
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If you want some ideas, check out Dashcam Nation, they have posted 350+ videos of "idiots in cars" caught on dashcam. I enjoy watching them, but not experiencing them. I don't have a dashcam because my parents won't let me get one. Anyways, storytime! About 6 months ago, maybe a month and a half after I got my license, I was driving through a busy intersection in town and had the green light. As I'm going through, a lady driving a stupidly lifted Chevy in an ugly bright green color with tires thinner than my English teacher's patience decides that a red light is a gentle suggestion and tries to blow through. When she sees me going through, she lays on the horn like I'M the problem, then makes a sudden right turn behind me, almost getting rear-ended by an even bigger not lifted F450 park district truck. I was heading to the Shell for gas, and she pulled in behind me and started cussing me out while I was fueling up. And although I'm not supposed to have more than one other non family member in the car until April 2nd (turn 17), I had 3 of my friends from marching band with me, all of them seniors. They got out to get snacks, saw the lady, started walking towards her, and she got back in and sped off. Sigh. Even worse, if she had hit me, my car would likely have been totaled, because I drive a Ford Escape.
 
When I was still working, I drove 70 miles each way from Terre Haute to Indianapolis on I-70. An old friend of mine owned a trucking company that basically put drivers and shippers together all over the US. He told me the stretch of highway I drove was the most dangerous drive in the entire country. And I told him I 100% believe him.

Every single day for 8 years there was some kind of crazy accident or some crazy driver causing problems. I saw a semi driving with the entire trailer engulfed in flames. Sheets of stainless steel about 4' x 6' flying out of the side of a trailer through a huge gaping hole where a skid fell over, and these sheets were flying through the air like giant playing cards, and 4 lanes if traffic doing 70+ mph behind him. 12" x 12" x 2 foot long blocks of wood unsecured and flying off a flatbed, and I was nearly ran off the road a dozen or more times by people trying to merge into me. One crazy sob passed me in 12" of snow on 465 (the loop around Indy) and did a 360° spin and plastered his car against the left side retaining wall, missing me in a Hyundai Accent by inches.

These days, my disability basically has me homebound. I kinda prefer not to socialize with the public anyway, and that includes my neighbors, and even some of my own familiy for various reasons. I hate drama, and drama seems to be the way of the world these days. Going to the doc stresses me out so bad, by the time I get there they want to put me on blood pressure meds. No thanks. My blood pressure medication is my recliner and a locked door.
 

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