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After two hours and twenty minutes sitting in traffic, with at least another forty minutes before I could possibly get there, I gave up on trying to get into the office today. VDOT has spent the last 36 hours clearing the main roads. The neighborhoods suck, but once you get out, the major thoroughfares are clear, dry, and completely open. Maryland and DC? Not so much. Once I got inside the Beltway, everything just stopped. The Fed is open today, so of course, they're all trying to get back to work. I-66 and US 50 once you get to the Roosevelt? Down to ONE lane. 66 and 50 merge going on to the Roosevelt. That's 5 lanes of incoming traffic. Wisconsin Ave? Still not cleared (which means M street is also still not cleared), so US 29 was also at a standstill. Wilson Blvd? Not moving. Getting into or through Rosslyn? Good luck with that. The Metro is still on limited service, and, just for fun, the Red line is shut down due to a derailment at Farragut North. Basically, you can't do anything in DC proper, and it's fucking up everything surrounding it. Which is, I suppose, normal.
After two hours and twenty minutes sitting in traffic, with at least another forty minutes before I could possibly get there, I gave up on trying to get into the office today. VDOT has spent the last 36 hours clearing the main roads. The neighborhoods suck, but once you get out, the major thoroughfares are clear, dry, and completely open. Maryland and DC? Not so much. Once I got inside the Beltway, everything just stopped. The Fed is open today, so of course, they're all trying to get back to work. I-66 and US 50 once you get to the Roosevelt? Down to ONE lane. 66 and 50 merge going on to the Roosevelt. That's 5 lanes of incoming traffic. Wisconsin Ave? Still not cleared (which means M street is also still not cleared), so US 29 was also at a standstill. Wilson Blvd? Not moving. Getting into or through Rosslyn? Good luck with that. The Metro is still on limited service, and, just for fun, the Red line is shut down due to a derailment at Farragut North. Basically, you can't do anything in DC proper, and it's fucking up everything surrounding it. Which is, I suppose, normal.
After two hours and twenty minutes sitting in traffic, with at least another forty minutes before I could possibly get there, I gave up on trying to get into the office today. VDOT has spent the last 36 hours clearing the main roads. The neighborhoods suck, but once you get out, the major thoroughfares are clear, dry, and completely open. Maryland and DC? Not so much. Once I got inside the Beltway, everything just stopped. The Fed is open today, so of course, they're all trying to get back to work. I-66 and US 50 once you get to the Roosevelt? Down to ONE lane. 66 and 50 merge going on to the Roosevelt. That's 5 lanes of incoming traffic. Wisconsin Ave? Still not cleared (which means M street is also still not cleared), so US 29 was also at a standstill. Wilson Blvd? Not moving. Getting into or through Rosslyn? Good luck with that. The Metro is still on limited service, and, just for fun, the Red line is shut down due to a derailment at Farragut North. Basically, you can't do anything in DC proper, and it's fucking up everything surrounding it. Which is, I suppose, normal.
I will take an aggressive, but predictable, asshole to share the road with over a panicky, and consequently random, driver any day of the week.
Dear People Who Are Afraid of All the Other Cars On the Road With You:
Don't leave your driveway. Ever.
Dear People Who Are Afraid of All the Other Cars On the Road With You:
Don't leave your driveway. Ever.
I will take an aggressive, but predictable, asshole to share the road with over a panicky, and consequently random, driver any day of the week.
Dear People Who Are Afraid of All the Other Cars On the Road With You:
Don't leave your driveway. Ever.
Dear People Who Are Afraid of All the Other Cars On the Road With You:
Don't leave your driveway. Ever.
I will take an aggressive, but predictable, asshole to share the road with over a panicky, and consequently random, driver any day of the week.
Dear People Who Are Afraid of All the Other Cars On the Road With You:
Don't leave your driveway. Ever.
Dear People Who Are Afraid of All the Other Cars On the Road With You:
Don't leave your driveway. Ever.
Seriously, FOUR? It took four hours to drive from Reston to FedEx Field for last night's U2 concert. If they hadn't started late, instead of missing the opening act (Muse, whoever the hell they are) and the first U2 song, we'd have missed half the main act. Google Earth is confirming the route I took as the shortest at 37.4 miles (with an estimated driving time of 46 minutes, ha ha, I gave us two hours) by taking the Dulles Toll Road to the Capitol Beltway and taking the north side of the beltway to the stadium exits for the north side parking lots.
Dear Maryland: Fuck you and your lack of capacity (we were moving fine until we crossed the Potomac, then everything went to shit, and it was primarily normal commuter traffic).
At least it was a good show.
Dear Maryland: Fuck you and your lack of capacity (we were moving fine until we crossed the Potomac, then everything went to shit, and it was primarily normal commuter traffic).
At least it was a good show.
Seriously, FOUR? It took four hours to drive from Reston to FedEx Field for last night's U2 concert. If they hadn't started late, instead of missing the opening act (Muse, whoever the hell they are) and the first U2 song, we'd have missed half the main act. Google Earth is confirming the route I took as the shortest at 37.4 miles (with an estimated driving time of 46 minutes, ha ha, I gave us two hours) by taking the Dulles Toll Road to the Capitol Beltway and taking the north side of the beltway to the stadium exits for the north side parking lots.
Dear Maryland: Fuck you and your lack of capacity (we were moving fine until we crossed the Potomac, then everything went to shit, and it was primarily normal commuter traffic).
At least it was a good show.
Dear Maryland: Fuck you and your lack of capacity (we were moving fine until we crossed the Potomac, then everything went to shit, and it was primarily normal commuter traffic).
At least it was a good show.
Seriously, FOUR? It took four hours to drive from Reston to FedEx Field for last night's U2 concert. If they hadn't started late, instead of missing the opening act (Muse, whoever the hell they are) and the first U2 song, we'd have missed half the main act. Google Earth is confirming the route I took as the shortest at 37.4 miles (with an estimated driving time of 46 minutes, ha ha, I gave us two hours) by taking the Dulles Toll Road to the Capitol Beltway and taking the north side of the beltway to the stadium exits for the north side parking lots.
Dear Maryland: Fuck you and your lack of capacity (we were moving fine until we crossed the Potomac, then everything went to shit, and it was primarily normal commuter traffic).
At least it was a good show.
Dear Maryland: Fuck you and your lack of capacity (we were moving fine until we crossed the Potomac, then everything went to shit, and it was primarily normal commuter traffic).
At least it was a good show.
If you are afraid to drive in anything but perfect weather?
Please, do the rest of us a favor and STAY THE FUCK HOME!
I hate spending an extra twenty minutes sitting in fucking traffic because ZOMGWTFBBQ!? there's a drop of rain!!!!!
I hate people.
It's not even coming down consistently enough to call it drizzle, but you'd think we were driving in a downpour based on people's reactions.
Please, do the rest of us a favor and STAY THE FUCK HOME!
I hate spending an extra twenty minutes sitting in fucking traffic because ZOMGWTFBBQ!? there's a drop of rain!!!!!
I hate people.
It's not even coming down consistently enough to call it drizzle, but you'd think we were driving in a downpour based on people's reactions.
If you are afraid to drive in anything but perfect weather?
Please, do the rest of us a favor and STAY THE FUCK HOME!
I hate spending an extra twenty minutes sitting in fucking traffic because ZOMGWTFBBQ!? there's a drop of rain!!!!!
I hate people.
It's not even coming down consistently enough to call it drizzle, but you'd think we were driving in a downpour based on people's reactions.
Please, do the rest of us a favor and STAY THE FUCK HOME!
I hate spending an extra twenty minutes sitting in fucking traffic because ZOMGWTFBBQ!? there's a drop of rain!!!!!
I hate people.
It's not even coming down consistently enough to call it drizzle, but you'd think we were driving in a downpour based on people's reactions.
If you are afraid to drive in anything but perfect weather?
Please, do the rest of us a favor and STAY THE FUCK HOME!
I hate spending an extra twenty minutes sitting in fucking traffic because ZOMGWTFBBQ!? there's a drop of rain!!!!!
I hate people.
It's not even coming down consistently enough to call it drizzle, but you'd think we were driving in a downpour based on people's reactions.
Please, do the rest of us a favor and STAY THE FUCK HOME!
I hate spending an extra twenty minutes sitting in fucking traffic because ZOMGWTFBBQ!? there's a drop of rain!!!!!
I hate people.
It's not even coming down consistently enough to call it drizzle, but you'd think we were driving in a downpour based on people's reactions.
It used to be that seeing a Mercedes or BMW marque on a car was a sign that you've probably got a huge asshole of a driver in front of you. Lately, that role seems to have been taken over by Lexus drivers.
What is it with these people in their overpriced Toyotas that makes them thoughtless, reckless, and uncaring?
Acura and Infinity drivers don't seem to be any worse than the general population, and maybe the other drivers of German cars have just stopped being assholes to me, since I'm in the club, but Lexus? Nope, it's almost guaranteed that the power suit wearing man or woman behind the wheel drives like they're doing you a favor by magnanimously allowing you on their road.
What is it with these people in their overpriced Toyotas that makes them thoughtless, reckless, and uncaring?
Acura and Infinity drivers don't seem to be any worse than the general population, and maybe the other drivers of German cars have just stopped being assholes to me, since I'm in the club, but Lexus? Nope, it's almost guaranteed that the power suit wearing man or woman behind the wheel drives like they're doing you a favor by magnanimously allowing you on their road.
It used to be that seeing a Mercedes or BMW marque on a car was a sign that you've probably got a huge asshole of a driver in front of you. Lately, that role seems to have been taken over by Lexus drivers.
What is it with these people in their overpriced Toyotas that makes them thoughtless, reckless, and uncaring?
Acura and Infinity drivers don't seem to be any worse than the general population, and maybe the other drivers of German cars have just stopped being assholes to me, since I'm in the club, but Lexus? Nope, it's almost guaranteed that the power suit wearing man or woman behind the wheel drives like they're doing you a favor by magnanimously allowing you on their road.
What is it with these people in their overpriced Toyotas that makes them thoughtless, reckless, and uncaring?
Acura and Infinity drivers don't seem to be any worse than the general population, and maybe the other drivers of German cars have just stopped being assholes to me, since I'm in the club, but Lexus? Nope, it's almost guaranteed that the power suit wearing man or woman behind the wheel drives like they're doing you a favor by magnanimously allowing you on their road.
It used to be that seeing a Mercedes or BMW marque on a car was a sign that you've probably got a huge asshole of a driver in front of you. Lately, that role seems to have been taken over by Lexus drivers.
What is it with these people in their overpriced Toyotas that makes them thoughtless, reckless, and uncaring?
Acura and Infinity drivers don't seem to be any worse than the general population, and maybe the other drivers of German cars have just stopped being assholes to me, since I'm in the club, but Lexus? Nope, it's almost guaranteed that the power suit wearing man or woman behind the wheel drives like they're doing you a favor by magnanimously allowing you on their road.
What is it with these people in their overpriced Toyotas that makes them thoughtless, reckless, and uncaring?
Acura and Infinity drivers don't seem to be any worse than the general population, and maybe the other drivers of German cars have just stopped being assholes to me, since I'm in the club, but Lexus? Nope, it's almost guaranteed that the power suit wearing man or woman behind the wheel drives like they're doing you a favor by magnanimously allowing you on their road.
Not going to work.
If the roads had been treated, I'd have probably not turned around and come home, but when I'm sliding around doing 25 - 30 on Fairfax Co. Parkway? Fuck it.
I was going to go in, work for a bit, and come home with the laptop that's currently sitting in its dock on my desk. If I had known yesterday when I left work that snow was even a possibility, I'd have brought it home with me, but I usually only take it home on the weekends.
And we're almost out of milk. This is hilarious, if you have any idea at all about how the DC metro area responds to snow. I wonder if either of the grocery stores nearby have any left?
If the roads had been treated, I'd have probably not turned around and come home, but when I'm sliding around doing 25 - 30 on Fairfax Co. Parkway? Fuck it.
I was going to go in, work for a bit, and come home with the laptop that's currently sitting in its dock on my desk. If I had known yesterday when I left work that snow was even a possibility, I'd have brought it home with me, but I usually only take it home on the weekends.
And we're almost out of milk. This is hilarious, if you have any idea at all about how the DC metro area responds to snow. I wonder if either of the grocery stores nearby have any left?
Not going to work.
If the roads had been treated, I'd have probably not turned around and come home, but when I'm sliding around doing 25 - 30 on Fairfax Co. Parkway? Fuck it.
I was going to go in, work for a bit, and come home with the laptop that's currently sitting in its dock on my desk. If I had known yesterday when I left work that snow was even a possibility, I'd have brought it home with me, but I usually only take it home on the weekends.
And we're almost out of milk. This is hilarious, if you have any idea at all about how the DC metro area responds to snow. I wonder if either of the grocery stores nearby have any left?
If the roads had been treated, I'd have probably not turned around and come home, but when I'm sliding around doing 25 - 30 on Fairfax Co. Parkway? Fuck it.
I was going to go in, work for a bit, and come home with the laptop that's currently sitting in its dock on my desk. If I had known yesterday when I left work that snow was even a possibility, I'd have brought it home with me, but I usually only take it home on the weekends.
And we're almost out of milk. This is hilarious, if you have any idea at all about how the DC metro area responds to snow. I wonder if either of the grocery stores nearby have any left?
Not going to work.
If the roads had been treated, I'd have probably not turned around and come home, but when I'm sliding around doing 25 - 30 on Fairfax Co. Parkway? Fuck it.
I was going to go in, work for a bit, and come home with the laptop that's currently sitting in its dock on my desk. If I had known yesterday when I left work that snow was even a possibility, I'd have brought it home with me, but I usually only take it home on the weekends.
And we're almost out of milk. This is hilarious, if you have any idea at all about how the DC metro area responds to snow. I wonder if either of the grocery stores nearby have any left?
If the roads had been treated, I'd have probably not turned around and come home, but when I'm sliding around doing 25 - 30 on Fairfax Co. Parkway? Fuck it.
I was going to go in, work for a bit, and come home with the laptop that's currently sitting in its dock on my desk. If I had known yesterday when I left work that snow was even a possibility, I'd have brought it home with me, but I usually only take it home on the weekends.
And we're almost out of milk. This is hilarious, if you have any idea at all about how the DC metro area responds to snow. I wonder if either of the grocery stores nearby have any left?
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