Today, I was late for work again because of road workers in front of my house parking me in. This has been going on since February, and will be until August, "Weather permitting." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, the parking shuttle for work pulled away right as I was walking up to it. I was late to work. For the second day in a row. FML
Today, I came home from work to find construction workers repaving my street. I work the graveyard shift. FML
Today, I realized that basically half of my route to work now is road construction with traffic narrowed to one lane in both directions and backups for miles. I really wish they wouldn't start so many projects at once. Even trying to get around it is a pain. FML
Today, I got out of my house at 6:30am to find that some road workers had dug out a trench in the road right in front of my driveway, then fucked off, leaving their van up the street. There are no buses within walking distance so I missed a full day of work and my boss is pissed. FML
Today, I had to drive through a parking lot that they fucked up so bad that you have to put your car in reverse to go around it. I have to go there 6 times a week. FML
Today, just like every workday for the last 6 months, the construction workers in my building made loud noises in the morning and woke me up almost 2 hours before I would otherwise have to get up. This will continue for one more year. I'm not a morning person, and I live in a protected historical building. FML
Today, our road into town has been closed for construction for more than 2 years. Taking the shortest way around, which is twice as long, I discovered that it was now closed as well. This is not the first time they've done this. FML
Today, I can at last cool off the house by opening my windows after one week of heatwave. Unfortunately, some asshat working for the city decided to repair the street, or rather bang bang bang on the pavement, right in front of them. From 10 pm to 6 am. Every night. For a week. They won't stop. FML
Today, despite getting to the bus stop early, the first bus didn’t turn up. The second one was late, and severe traffic caused me to be late for work. I can’t afford for my wages to be docked from this. FML
Today, all the roads going in and out of my town are closed due to flooding. I work 3 towns away, and was threatened with termination if I didn't come to work. FML
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Thaylok 17
park your car extending out just enough to keep them from parking there. put your trash cans there or otherwise block your path out with something you control
TwoBytesCarley 27
As much as this sucks, if you know this could happen, plan accordingly. Add extra time to your morning schedule so you will not be late for work (and will have some extra time on the days where you’re not dealing with the vehicle). Either that, or park somewhere else until the city is done with the repairs.
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Thaylok 17
park your car extending out just enough to keep them from parking there. put your trash cans there or otherwise block your path out with something you control
TwoBytesCarley 27
As much as this sucks, if you know this could happen, plan accordingly. Add extra time to your morning schedule so you will not be late for work (and will have some extra time on the days where you’re not dealing with the vehicle). Either that, or park somewhere else until the city is done with the repairs.
Yudith 28
Extoll the virtues of working from home to your boss. Enjoy working in pajamas!
RichardPencil 32
Well, you'd better start saving a lot of babies, but that might not even help.
ImGladImNotU 16
Call their company and file a complaint. Had to do this at my work place because they wouldn't do anything from talking to them
spinningrecords 14
Park on the street, or in front of your driveway. They don’t care, be creative.
wheresmydarts 1
depending where you live, there are laws against blocking your driveway in