said commute takes 20-60 minutes depending on traffic (determined by someone at CalTrans rolling dice to see how many lanes they'll block off so six guys can stand around watching one guy do stuff in a hole) and I am so fucking sick of signing papers for cars and filing papers and endless mountains of more titles and folders to process coming in and the phone ringing literally all fucking day as people call in with the dumbest shit imaginable (hi there this is a person at the call center and I'm not sure what to do so I called you guys instead of my supervisor for some reason, hi there do you have the title for the vehicle we purchased at auction yesterday that said "title absent possible duplicate title application required" on the announcements, what do you mean it isn't there yet, can you give me information about a car that has all of its information listed on your website)

ha ha just doing a funny bit doomer

  • Adkml [he/him]
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    15 days ago

    I normally try to push back on the whole "your tax dollars at rest" thing with roadwork because generally they're waiting on o e person to finish what they're doing before they can do their job but then last week we went through a work zone with one person spraying a garden hose on the road with literally no other work being d9ne and SIX FUCKING PEOPLE leaning on the back of a work truck watching him.

    Literally if you're doing this work at least have the common sense to not stand around with a half dozen other people watching one person work strictly to avoid that visual stereotype.

    • SuperZutsuki [they/them, any]
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      15 days ago

      There's also the realization that DOTs spend 100x more on roadwork than expanding transit beyond personal cars

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        15 days ago

        Yea but it would be the same crews building the mass transit and I'm sure all the people obsessed with cars would constantly make this complaint about rail crews too.

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
      hexagon
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      15 days ago

      It seems to happen a lot is the thing, half the time I don't even see any fucking equipment just roadblocks

      • Adkml [he/him]
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        15 days ago

        Yea there seriously needs to be some kind of rule they have to pick up the fucking signs when nobody's working there.

        Nothing like going 35 in a 65 for 4 miles in a reduced one lane road on a Saturday without a high vis vest anywhere in fucking sight.