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Scenario #1: Like a lot of people, I have a fairly hectic transit schedule. On the days when I stay over at my boyfriend’s house, I have to take a train and bus into work. Naturally, I don’t leave myself much buffer time, so I am usually rushing to the stops so as not to see a bus/train whizzing by me right as I get there.
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When did Pittsburgh get trains?
[QUOTE=Jamaika a jamaikaiaké]
Wikipedia on Granny Knot: “When attempting to tie a reef [square] knot, it can be easy to substitute a granny knot accidentally, but this is dangerous because the latter slips if heavily tested.”
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So? So can a reef knot: if one line is pulled taut then the other line can slip along it.
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I would be a little more with you on this if not for that ‘I don’t leave myself much buffer time’. Sorry, but if you aren’t allowing sufficient time to do simple tasks like dress yourself then you lose a lot of credibility. If it was once or twice that’s one thing, but you apparently know the transit schedule and choose to barely allow time to get there.
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Tell it like it is.
Forget the scarf getting dirty…I would be more concerned about it getting caught in something.
That would make for a really interesting news story though.
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum]
When did Pittsburgh get trains?
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It is technically a light rail. Goes from downtown to the outer neighborhoods like Dormont and Mount Lebanon. Everyone I know calls it a train.
Mostly I just hate interacting with strangers and knowing that people can see and are looking at me. It makes me self conscious and paranoid. And yes I should just suck it up but also, maybe people should spend a little less time looking at one another’s clothes. And no I’m not going to schedule in more time to accomodate nebby noses. (Although to be fair, this doesn’t happen every day or anything. I just felt like posting because I was stopped by one woman and fixed my shoes and like five minutes later they came undone and I was stopped by somebody else. It gets frustrating. And also I don’t double knot my shoes, old habits die hard.)
Christ on a cracker! How fucking long does it take you to tie your shoes?
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum]
When did Pittsburgh get trains?
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I’m not familiar with mass transit amenities out there, but she does mention that this is an issue on mornings after she has spent the night at her boyfriend’s home. Perhaps her boyfriend lives in an outlying community that has train service to a place where she can take a bus for the remainder of her journey.
[QUOTE=davenportavenger]
And no I’m not going to schedule in more time to accomodate nebby noses. (Although to be fair, this doesn’t happen every day or anything. I just felt like posting because I was stopped by one woman and fixed my shoes and like five minutes later they came undone and I was stopped by somebody else. It gets frustrating. And also I don’t double knot my shoes, old habits die hard.)
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Or you know, you could give yourself more time so you’re not running around like an idiot, possibly endangering yourself.
:rolleyes:
Jesus, you know what traffic is like in Pittsburgh!!! Are you trying to win a Darwin Award?
[QUOTE=dropzone]
…and not try to climb out of a stalled elevator. Climbing off a stalled escalator is okay, though.
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If an elevator begins to move while you’re in the gap, there’s no guarantee that it’s going to move in the direction that makes the gap BIGGER, you know.
You might end up with half a mind to write a letter to the building maintenance supervisor.
[QUOTE=davenportavenger]
And no I’m not going to schedule in more time to accomodate nebby noses.
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I think you’re missing the point. You should schedule more time so that you do not have to run through crowds with vestments rampant. Poor form, and rather pointless. If getting up 5 minutes earlier makes the morning commute more serene, where is the sacrifice in that?
Getcha some of these, davenportavenger, and you won’t have to worry about it again.
Maybe people don’t want to see you trip on a shoelace or scarf end and fall under the bus/train while you’re rushing about all undone?
I personally don’t “check out” clothes often, but I do watch for potential hazards, and that includes trailing scarves, women dragging long coats down the stairs ahead of me that I might step on if I’m not careful, people letting those black wheeled bags trail way behind them in a crowd, and yes, even the stray flopping shoelace now and then. Perhaps those concerned citizens are also watching out for themselves and others, not just you. Would you prefer they let you know by standing on the scarf or lace themselves and watching you fall?
[QUOTE=davenportavenger]
Mostly I just hate interacting with strangers and knowing that people can see and are looking at me. It makes me self conscious and paranoid.
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It sounds like you have worse problems than untied shoe laces. Buy some Merrells and try and do something about your self conciousness. I guarantee you will be 100 times more self concious if you should fall over your untied shoelaces.
[QUOTE=davenportavenger]
Mostly I just hate interacting with strangers and knowing that people can see and are looking at me. It makes me self conscious and paranoid.
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This just seems ass-backwards to me. Nothing says “Hey! Look at me!” like untied shoes and a scarf dragging the ground.
Of course, I’m getting to that ‘Kids these days with their baggy pants and their untied shoes…’ stage of my life…
Ask your doctor what benzodiazepines are right for you. I’m a xanax man, myself.
[QUOTE=davenportavenger]
Scenario #1: Like a lot of people, I have a fairly hectic transit schedule. On the days when I stay over at my boyfriend’s house, I have to take a train and bus into work. Naturally, I don’t leave myself much buffer time, so I am usually rushing to the stops so as not to see a bus/train whizzing by me right as I get there.
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Bolding mine.
Why is not leaving yourself enough time ‘natural’?
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… But until then, when I’m sprinting around with my I-am-in-a-rush-don’t-fuck-with-me face on, take a hint and don’t fuck with me. You’re making me feel like a mentally disabled ten-year-old and forcing me to interact with you. And most importantly, I might miss my fucking bus.
To repeat:
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Bolding mine.
Sprinting is not walking.
Sprinting around with untied shoelaces is likely to cause an accident.
[QUOTE=davenportavenger]
You’re making me feel like a mentally disabled ten-year-old…
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If the untied shoe fits…
[QUOTE=davenportavenger]
Mostly I just hate interacting with strangers and knowing that people can see and are looking at me.
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Me too. The other day a complete stranger nodded at me and said, “hi,” and I nearly went catatonic. I’m sick of people acting like I’m the one with a problem.
[QUOTE=davenportavenger]
Mostly I just hate interacting with strangers and knowing that people can see and are looking at me.
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[Adam Savage in hick voice]Now there’s your problem…[/ASihv]
