Can't believe how lazy some people are for coffee
04-17-09, 05:29 AM
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Can't believe how lazy some people are for coffee
So I got up extra early but the reason Im homenow is two fold. 1. to post this 2. I forgot my cellphone. I got up extra early because of a missed client meeeting yesterday which I had to make up today and whiile Iw as driving to the local coffee shop for my coffee and doughnuts this pair of ~18-19yr (would have been less a year on each as I have a hard itme telling girls fromt hier appearance to thier age) girls is chatting up in front of me in line. SO they get thier coffee and leave tothier car and I just finished up in the line and go ot my car only ot realize I forgot my cellphone.
The girls leave in thier SUV first out of the parking lot asI'm exiting my parking spot and tailing them as they're on my route home. Guess what? They're approx. less then 50yards after 2-3 turns on the road to the coffee shop.
Gezzz... I've rode that route before many times on my bike so that SUV loked kinda familiar as I never did go into that street as it was a 'no-exit' court road. Anyways... morning to you all.
I gotta bail as I got a 100km drive to the client now. Have a safe one people.
The girls leave in thier SUV first out of the parking lot asI'm exiting my parking spot and tailing them as they're on my route home. Guess what? They're approx. less then 50yards after 2-3 turns on the road to the coffee shop.
Gezzz... I've rode that route before many times on my bike so that SUV loked kinda familiar as I never did go into that street as it was a 'no-exit' court road. Anyways... morning to you all. I gotta bail as I got a 100km drive to the client now. Have a safe one people.
04-17-09, 05:32 AM
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Almost wanted to drive into the road and say to them 'hey you could have walked there instead being less then 50yrads to the coffee shop'. 
04-17-09, 05:34 AM
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Please get a good nights sleep before posting.
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04-17-09, 05:46 AM
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Maybe they stopped there on the way home?
Anyway sorry I guess? I don't pay that much attention to strangers really.
Anyway sorry I guess? I don't pay that much attention to strangers really.
04-17-09, 06:23 AM
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Maybe they don't own bicycles?
Maybe they're not as able-bodied as you judge them to be?
Maybe they're devoting their energies to proofreading things they're going to post to the internet?
Or, yeah, maybe they're just products of a car culture. Who knows? It's rare that people -- and that includes you and me -- pull our heads out of our daily routine and ask ourselves if there's a better way we could be doing what we're doing (much less think critically about what "better" means). It's a lot easier to fall back on habit -- or on a habitual dismissal of other ways of doing things.
Maybe they're not as able-bodied as you judge them to be?
Maybe they're devoting their energies to proofreading things they're going to post to the internet?
Or, yeah, maybe they're just products of a car culture. Who knows? It's rare that people -- and that includes you and me -- pull our heads out of our daily routine and ask ourselves if there's a better way we could be doing what we're doing (much less think critically about what "better" means). It's a lot easier to fall back on habit -- or on a habitual dismissal of other ways of doing things.
04-17-09, 06:55 AM
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Seen it far too often down here in Georgia also; I think Georgia may be one of the fattest cities in America. Folks drive around and around in the grocery store parking lot to get two spots closer to the door; by the time they've parked I'm inside and have my basket half full.
I know folks that live two and three miles from work and wouldn't think of hopping on their bikes and commuting to work (and they tell me they own a bike), but in the car they hop for that 2-3 mile drive. Then at lunch they eat Lean Cuisine meals with a Diet Coke and complain about their weight problem.
I know folks that live two and three miles from work and wouldn't think of hopping on their bikes and commuting to work (and they tell me they own a bike), but in the car they hop for that 2-3 mile drive. Then at lunch they eat Lean Cuisine meals with a Diet Coke and complain about their weight problem.
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04-17-09, 07:08 AM
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You gonna eat that?
You are clearly morally superior to them.
There. Is that what you wanted to hear?
There. Is that what you wanted to hear?
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04-17-09, 07:51 AM
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Sorry, I couldn't resist, even though I agree with you. Atlanta is designed to perpetuate it too. I moved to Decatur about a year ago (from Cobb Co.) and it is nice to live in a community that was designed for walking. And it is nice to be able to bike everywhere too, I used to bike from Smyrna to downtown everyday, and it really was not fun. Outside of the city, Atlanta was designed ONLY for cars, not anything else.
04-17-09, 08:01 AM
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Sorry, I couldn't resist, even though I agree with you. Atlanta is designed to perpetuate it too. I moved to Decatur about a year ago (from Cobb Co.) and it is nice to live in a community that was designed for walking. And it is nice to be able to bike everywhere too, I used to bike from Smyrna to downtown everyday, and it really was not fun. Outside of the city, Atlanta was designed ONLY for cars, not anything else.
Sorry, I couldn't resist, even though I agree with you. Atlanta is designed to perpetuate it too. I moved to Decatur about a year ago (from Cobb Co.) and it is nice to live in a community that was designed for walking. And it is nice to be able to bike everywhere too, I used to bike from Smyrna to downtown everyday, and it really was not fun. Outside of the city, Atlanta was designed ONLY for cars, not anything else.
I totally agree with you about Decatur, I live near downtown and love it. The folks that live in Decatur walk or ride all over downtown; I wouldn’t want to live anyplace else in Georgia. We’ve probably passed each other on a few occasions.
04-17-09, 08:07 AM
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Some mornings I'm so lazy that I won't get up from my desk and walk the 20 paces to the lunchroom to get a cup of coffee.
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04-17-09, 08:37 AM
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Maybe they don't own bicycles?
Maybe they're not as able-bodied as you judge them to be?
Maybe they're devoting their energies to proofreading things they're going to post to the internet?
Or, yeah, maybe they're just products of a car culture. Who knows? It's rare that people -- and that includes you and me -- pull our heads out of our daily routine and ask ourselves if there's a better way we could be doing what we're doing (much less think critically about what "better" means). It's a lot easier to fall back on habit -- or on a habitual dismissal of other ways of doing things.
Maybe they're not as able-bodied as you judge them to be?
Maybe they're devoting their energies to proofreading things they're going to post to the internet?
Or, yeah, maybe they're just products of a car culture. Who knows? It's rare that people -- and that includes you and me -- pull our heads out of our daily routine and ask ourselves if there's a better way we could be doing what we're doing (much less think critically about what "better" means). It's a lot easier to fall back on habit -- or on a habitual dismissal of other ways of doing things.
Maybe they even like driving. *gasp!*
04-17-09, 11:57 AM
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50yds? It takes more effort to get in and out of car twice than walk that distance. Lazy? Nah. Stupid? Yeah.
04-17-09, 11:30 PM
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I live in Detroit and when people get to fat to walk, they drive until they can't fit in and out of the car door so they just stop drinking coffee out. ew!
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I watched a guy drive a similar distance for dog food, he lived about 5 houses from the shop. Dog must have been really hungry.
04-18-09, 05:10 AM
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Real conversation, but paraphrased:
"Wow, you live 25km from work and you ride your bike?"
"Yeah, it's not too bad. How far away do you live?"
"Oh, I'm really close. Only one block away."
"That's great. You could bike!"
"NOOOOO...! I couldn't do that. I drive."
"Wow, you live 25km from work and you ride your bike?"
"Yeah, it's not too bad. How far away do you live?"
"Oh, I'm really close. Only one block away."
"That's great. You could bike!"
"NOOOOO...! I couldn't do that. I drive."