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I'd be pretty miserable for sure.......almost as miserable as I'd be if I had to write traffic tickets.
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...today, and the sun isn't even up. Seems some people just can't be inconvenienced with slowing down on the way to work. Boy, tell me about it! If Montana had all the police it needed Montana could end property and income tax and balance it's budget on speeding tickets alone. Of course, the police would have to slow down long enough to write the tickets! 
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I've never understood rushing to work. If you got an SOB for a Boss like I do then you would understand. Anyone comes in late is going to get yelled at.
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I used to see people who if they were 5 minutes late they got fired. So, with bad traffic, the pressures are kind of understandable.
Doesn't make it right, just makes it so.
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I used to see people who if they were 5 minutes late they got fired. So, with bad traffic, the pressures are kind of understandable.
Doesn't make it right, just makes it so. Yessir. I may put a couple of traffic units out there for a few days and see if calling in late from the jail works out better for them.
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Leaving earlier is a difficult concept for many.
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Doesn't make it right, just makes it so.
+1 Odd thing is ... It's okay if you get to work on time then screw around for an hour getting coffee, BS'ing about the NFL games on Sunday ... etc. BUT come in 5 minutes late and you are in for some schit.
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That's not too bad at all, Pat.
I get that before I even leave my house in the morning. And this from a Practicing Divorce Attorney!!!!! 
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Most of the people I work with are polite too. When these people act like jerks, I just think to myself..."But for the grace of God, there go I". They must lead miserable lives. Amen to that! 
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Leaving earlier is a difficult concept for many. ding, ding, ding Except for rare circumstance there is no excuse. Just get up earlier.
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You forget that speed limits are just "suggestions" that some of us follow to the great irritation of those whose right to speed we inhibit.
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I used to see people who if they were 5 minutes late they got fired. So, with bad traffic, the pressures are kind of understandable.
Doesn't make it right, just makes it so. Yessir. I may put a couple of traffic units out there for a few days and see if calling in late from the jail works out better for them. Yes, but after the first day they won't have to call in.
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I know you're right about that. The problem is not with the facilities personnel though, it's traffic passing a construction gate at 85mph. My job is to empty these lots without anybody dying and this particular one is a real challenge. Like sheep, these guys just aren't prepared to alter their ritual.
Edited to add...maybe they haven't had their coffee. A couple of large companies here have somehow arranged for Harris County sheriff's deputies to park in the median of major streets, with lights flashing, at entrances to major plants. They do it both to get people to slow down, and occasionally they stop traffic so people can make left turns safely. Usually they are out during rush hours.
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Our problem areas arenschool zones. And I have no objection to writing tickets to people who speed through school zones. It's less than a quarter mile, you can survive driving at the 15mph limit for that long.
You would be absolutely amazed at the amount of people i stop doing 40 plus through that zone
The best ones are the ones who try and get out of the speed violation by saying how sorry they are for not seeing the flashing lights indicating the zone, because they were sending a text message
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A local leo gave tickets at 60 and 50 mph- two each- in our local 25 mph residential zone. The way people are behaving astonishes me anymore. I suppose it should have dulled by now but to me it is still amazing. Driving, rudeness, whatever.
And, Pat, if you'd stopped me I hope I'd have been polite at least.
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The best ones are the ones who try and get out of the speed violation by saying how sorry they are for not seeing the flashing lights indicating the zone, because they were sending a text message
Here that would just get them another ticket.
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You should try to get out of our church lot after Mass! Kath and I just sit there and watch the games till it is empty, much wonderment to behold. Christian brotherly love seems to be left in the pew.
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That's not too bad at all, Pat.
I get that before I even leave my house in the morning. And this from a Practicing Divorce Attorney!!!!! he's just bragging, or wishing.
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I know you're right about that. The problem is not with the facilities personnel though, it's traffic passing a construction gate at 85mph. My job is to empty these lots without anybody dying and this particular one is a real challenge. Like sheep, these guys just aren't prepared to alter their ritual.
Edited to add...maybe they haven't had their coffee. A couple of large companies here have somehow arranged for Harris County sheriff's deputies to park in the median of major streets, with lights flashing, at entrances to major plants. They do it both to get people to slow down, and occasionally they stop traffic so people can make left turns safely. Usually they are out during rush hours. ======= Here, they just park some unmanned patrol cars in the hot spots. Seems to work.
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they tried that in Greensboro, but the cars end up on blocks.
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