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Fuck. The. Phillies.
Yeah, that's right. I said it.
My office is directly across the street from a PATCO station. PATCO, for those of you not from this area, is the train which runs from New Jersey to Philadelphia. Many stops on both sides of the bridge and I've used it more than once (in my misspent youth and my more cantankerous years) to travel.
Today, there's a giant fuck-off parade in the city because the Phillies won the World Series. Many people from South Jersey support the Phillies and wish to go to the parade, but not drive there.
I don't know if you can see where this is going. However, LET ME TELL YOU INTERNETS, I was not pleased in the least to pull into the parking lot this morning and almost get hit by some parade-going jackass going in reverse. Our wee parking lot is almost full, or rather- was almost full when I came in half an hour ago. It's probably full by now.
I'm so angry I could spit. This is private property. We are a goddamn doctor's office, who will be seeing patients shortly. How will our patients park, if there are no spots and no street parking?
Personally, I think they should all be frigging towed. This, apparently, is not a popular opinion around the office. I do not believe that the local team winning the World Series, which is not a global game and thus, the name gets on my fucking nerves, is a good enough reason for people to just start blatantly ignoring private property signs (which state you will be towed if you are unauthorized to park here). I do not care in the slightest that the Phillies won. I didn't care yesterday and I REALLY don't care today. I don't like sports, I don't follow any sports teams, and I certainly don't give a good goddamn who wins what "important" game.
Our executive assistant went outside to speak to a couple of the boneheads hanging around their Mazda. It would seem there is a two to three hour wait just to buy tickets to get on the goddamn train (the Engineer was unable to go to school today because three of the train stations closer to our apartment building were also overrun by these bagger-smashers). Some people are leaving, but most of them are not.
Now, I'm concerned about leaving the office at any point today for fear of losing my parking spot. I'm also not very fond of the idea of what kind of state these people will be in on their way home after the parade. I work until 8 o'clock; everyone else in the building is usually gone by 5 or 6. I do not want to be dealing with shitfaced a-holes. And given the events on Broad Street the other night, I'm sure there will be at least a couple.
This is irritating beyond all possible belief.
Yeah, that's right. I said it.
My office is directly across the street from a PATCO station. PATCO, for those of you not from this area, is the train which runs from New Jersey to Philadelphia. Many stops on both sides of the bridge and I've used it more than once (in my misspent youth and my more cantankerous years) to travel.
Today, there's a giant fuck-off parade in the city because the Phillies won the World Series. Many people from South Jersey support the Phillies and wish to go to the parade, but not drive there.
I don't know if you can see where this is going. However, LET ME TELL YOU INTERNETS, I was not pleased in the least to pull into the parking lot this morning and almost get hit by some parade-going jackass going in reverse. Our wee parking lot is almost full, or rather- was almost full when I came in half an hour ago. It's probably full by now.
I'm so angry I could spit. This is private property. We are a goddamn doctor's office, who will be seeing patients shortly. How will our patients park, if there are no spots and no street parking?
Personally, I think they should all be frigging towed. This, apparently, is not a popular opinion around the office. I do not believe that the local team winning the World Series, which is not a global game and thus, the name gets on my fucking nerves, is a good enough reason for people to just start blatantly ignoring private property signs (which state you will be towed if you are unauthorized to park here). I do not care in the slightest that the Phillies won. I didn't care yesterday and I REALLY don't care today. I don't like sports, I don't follow any sports teams, and I certainly don't give a good goddamn who wins what "important" game.
Our executive assistant went outside to speak to a couple of the boneheads hanging around their Mazda. It would seem there is a two to three hour wait just to buy tickets to get on the goddamn train (the Engineer was unable to go to school today because three of the train stations closer to our apartment building were also overrun by these bagger-smashers). Some people are leaving, but most of them are not.
Now, I'm concerned about leaving the office at any point today for fear of losing my parking spot. I'm also not very fond of the idea of what kind of state these people will be in on their way home after the parade. I work until 8 o'clock; everyone else in the building is usually gone by 5 or 6. I do not want to be dealing with shitfaced a-holes. And given the events on Broad Street the other night, I'm sure there will be at least a couple.
This is irritating beyond all possible belief.
