Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
And this is why I now take a different route that is 1 mile longer, but passes zero schools, vs. my old summer route that passed by THREE schools, 2 of which were right around 7:30. Traffic was redonkulous when school started back.
Similar phenomenon here. I work in about the middle of a large Midwestern University. During the summer, there are far fewer people around and the commute was not very stressful. Now that the students and whoever else are back, I've found that the passes are much closer between 5 and 5:30 (the timeframe I want to head home, just like everybody else). It's spooking me enough to think I should stay at work a little later or maybe go get a beer just to avoid the a$$holes.