• smokebuddy [he/him]
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    1815 days ago

    your city probably won’t add transit service when they suddenly force everyone back, but just think of it as more you time

    • no bananaOP
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      2015 days ago

      I love sitting by myself in a steel box waiting for every other steel box to move 2 miles in 1.5 hours traffic congestion my favorite

      • TJA!
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        Well, better to sit in a steel box by yourself than sitting in a steel box with a lot of other people and getting sick.

        • @[email protected]
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          Sitting in a steel box where someone else drives, you get to spend your time semi useful. Either by doing work, reading a book, watching Netflix or playing games.

          • TJA!
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            Yes, living in a country with a good network of big steel boxes, I sometimes also use them to get to my destination. A lot of the times they are rather full so I have to stand and stare into the air.

            But mostly I am using my metal bars on two wheels so that I am not protected from nature and reach my destination equally fast, but full of sweat. But safe from people entering my personal space and spitting their illnesses into my face.

            • smokebuddy [he/him]
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              111 days ago

              I think I once saw a documentary about this, where the introduction featured an average Toyota Corolla driver on their way to work… moving slower than a geriatric using a walker.

        • no bananaOP
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          1015 days ago

          Yes, but car centric planning, man

            • no bananaOP
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              315 days ago

              I actually in reality live in a really good place for walking and cycling, but I do understand the pain in the ass that is traffic congestion and “just add more lanes, man” mentality.

  • JaggedRobotPubes
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    1415 days ago

    Billy, how do you want to make me rich(er) when you grow up?

  • @[email protected]
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    915 days ago

    I’d rather work in an office than food-service or retail. A workshop would be good too, rather not on-site construction.

    • no bananaOP
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      315 days ago

      In a workshop making shovels for those outside people am I right

      • @[email protected]
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        415 days ago

        A small shop couldn’t complete with a factory for something generic like shovels, it has to be custom stuff. I used to work at a metal shop that did that, till earlier this year, as a design technician on programming the cutter and press break.

        My wife worked there, too, but the company hit financial troubles. She found a new job at a shop making ducting and delivering it. I ended up in a bakery for a couple of months.

        People that work outdoors are far tougher than me!

        I’ve been a food runner, a cashier, store support, retail systems technician, and done tradeshow setup all across the country. There’s a job fair at the Naval Shipyard in town that I’m hoping might have something I could do.

        • no bananaOP
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          115 days ago

          I don’t know about that, we’ve got a local shovel maker actually. Probably depends on many factors whether or not such an operation works out but it’s certainly possible.

    • Prison Mike
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      214 days ago

      I work from home, love my job and make a great salary. I also have ~10 years of food service experience and would prefer to go back to that than to hear my office-working coworkers complain about the same shit I hear in the monthly meetings every day.