Atlanta is f@*!

[IronWing]

I-20 now.

http://www.ajc.com/news/traffic/lan...kles-repairs-underway/hYsmmjeyaXo6qfDIYm94mM/

Buckle up, it's going to be a rough ride!

 

[BarkingGhostar]

On dry, clear days in Atlanta you can have 50 car accidents on the highway because someone spit.

 

[ponyo]

This morning was the first day I drove to downtown for work since the bridge collapse. Took me one and half hours to drive 18 miles. Before it was about an hour. So my morning commute is taking me extra 30 minutes. Better than I expected.

 

[Genx87]

If it took me 1 hour to drive 18 miles. I would work from home or find another job.

 

[Ruptga]

If it took me 1 hour to drive 18 miles. I would work from home or find another job.

Yeah, I have no idea why anyone puts up with that either.

 

[Ns1]

Yeah, I have no idea why anyone puts up with that either.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ to commute vs $$$$$ to not commute.

 

[OutHouse]

The heat from the flames should provide a rising column of air. That should be enough.

 

[ponyo]

If it took me 1 hour to drive 18 miles. I would work from home or find another job.

No, I'm lucky and probably have it better than most people. If you live in or near a big city, traffic is just something you learn to deal with. My commute is pretty flexible for the most part. I only work about an hour or two few days a week. Today I came home at 10:30 am.

 

[Ruptga]

No, I'm lucky and probably have it better than most people. If you live in or near a big city, traffic is just something you learn to deal with. My commute is pretty flexible for the most part. I only work about an hour or two few days a week. Today I came home at 10:30 am.

Lucky would be commuting in the direction everyone isn't, or not commuting at all. My last two jobs have had me driving west while the eastbound side is a parking lot, then when I'd come home the situation would be reversed, and that was nice. No one that averages 18mph on the highway is lucky when it comes to their commute, 18mph is for bicycles.

 

[ponyo]

Lucky would be commuting in the direction everyone isn't, or not commuting at all. My last two jobs have had me driving west while the eastbound side is a parking lot, then when I'd come home the situation would be reversed, and that was nice. No one that averages 18mph on the highway is lucky when it comes to their commute, 18mph is for bicycles.

I'm sure if you give a person an option of A) working 40 hours a week with zero commute time or B) working about 6 hours a week but having to spend another 6 hours in commute with total time spent of 12 hours, everyone would choose option B. And as a bonus, option B salary is multiple times of option A.

 

[Red Squirrel]

This morning was the first day I drove to downtown for work since the bridge collapse. Took me one and half hours to drive 18 miles. Before it was about an hour. So my morning commute is taking me extra 30 minutes. Better than I expected.

Even an hour for 18 miles is crazy. I would go insane and want to hook a hose from the exhaust to the cabin if I had to do that every single day.

And I get annoyed when the Tim Horton's drive thru is backlogged and I still make it to work in less than 10 minutes. I'm like maybe 2 miles from work.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

It really speaks more about the corporate culture if "We don't give a damn about your fucking commute". My employers, which has about 270K employees, could not give one bit about the consequences of the city. They just reaffirmed that it is the employees responsibility to make adjustments (ahem, leave earlier). Even if this means spending three hours driving into the office to get to work and an hour and a half getting home.

So, the alternative if a mass labor walk out as they can see nothing bad coming from a walk out, but they can smile evilly at the employees spending almost eight hours a day in transit because the upper management refuses to accept technology in the workplace in the 21st century. I have repeatedly challenged them to take away the laptop and SecreID token and replace it with a desktop--but they then shutup because that would mean the upper management would have to come into the office.

BTW, yesterday I wanted to go into the office but from Jimmy Carter on I-85, through the top end of I-285 up to Roswell Road was in black (Google Maps traffic indicator) until 11AM, red until 1PM. All routes leading toward I-285 from the NE part of the suburbs were also in black. Does the employer care? Nope, they would be happy to have work delayed months, profited impacted, etc., to suit their superior intellect.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I'm sure if you give a person an option of A) working 40 hours a week with zero commute time or B) working about 6 hours a week but having to spend another 6 hours in commute with total time spent of 12 hours, everyone would choose option B. And as a bonus, option B salary is multiple times of option A.

Not in the slightest, I'd rather have enough work to do to warrant actually working 40 hours than sit in traffic for 6 hours a week. If I only had 6 hours of work to do a week in a given job I'd just find another job.

 

[ponyo]

Not in the slightest, I'd rather have enough work to do to warrant actually working 40 hours than sit in traffic for 6 hours a week. If I only had 6 hours of work to do a week in a given job I'd just find another job.

I paid my dues and did 60-100 hours a week for about 10 years. No way I would voluntarily go back to working even 40 hours a week now. Yesterday, I did my 1 hour of work. Today, I'm chilling at home in my pajamas eating breakfast and drinking coffee. After breakfast, I'll probably go for a walk in the park with my wife and plan what I want to cook for lunch and dinner. Work is getting done. I pay others to do it.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I paid my dues and did 60-100 hours a week for about 10 years. No way I would voluntarily go back to working even 40 hours a week now. Yesterday, I did my 1 hour of work. Today, I'm chilling at home in my pajamas eating breakfast and drinking coffee. After breakfast, I'll probably go for a walk in the park with my wife and plan what I want to cook for lunch and dinner. Work is getting done. I pay others to do it.

Not everyone can be a chief, some of us have to be indians. Having said that, if you're working 60-100 hours a week without being exceptionally well compensated you might be doing it wrong

 

[Red Squirrel]

Not in the slightest, I'd rather have enough work to do to warrant actually working 40 hours than sit in traffic for 6 hours a week. If I only had 6 hours of work to do a week in a given job I'd just find another job.

Yeah no kidding, it would not be enough pay wise, and if it happened to be enough I'd just want to work a single 12 hour shift instead. That's what I like about my job, it's a mix of 12 and 8 hour shifts, I just ask to get more 12's. Means more time off.

 

[Ns1]

Having said that, if you're working 60-100 hours a week without being exceptionally well compensated you might be doing it wrong

Based on the bbq thread, it doesn't seem like Ponyo is doing it wrong.

 

[NoTine42]

Now the side streets are getting in on the action, as 5th street has a sinkhole:
http://www.ajc.com/news/traffic/sin...n-reopening-uncertain/lk5K8U1GOex0SorkHIE6UP/

 

[highland145]

lol Next...black ice.

 

[Ichinisan]

Next: The zombie apocalypse as depicted in The Walking Dead.

 

[Kaido]

Next: The zombie apocalypse as depicted in The Walking Dead.

I think they just film live traffic in Atlanta for the highway scenes in TWD.

 

[Ichinisan]

I think they just film live traffic in Atlanta for the highway scenes in TWD.

 

[KentState]

I have to make the trek into the city tomorrow and really not looking forward to it. Luckily it's to turn in my work equipment and do an exit interview so I won't have to ever do it again.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I went into the office yesterday. First dozen miles are only four lanes that are under construction due to the HOT lane expansion. New lanes being created from scratch, which require new bridge construction, etc. And now the traffic for the last seven miles is poop because of the I-85 collapse and redirected traffic affecting the top end of perimeter. I jumped onto PIB before the parking lot known as I-85 and took it inside the perimeter, then back roads to get to my workplace. I did this as I left at 11:30AM and got to the office at 1PM. My usual drive is 32 miles but now it is 42 miles and I averaged 28 MPH.

 

[dainthomas]

I just assume that's what all the hillfolk from Atlanta drive.