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Parking karma?
Feb. 13th, 2006 08:44 amMy job is most desirable in the summer and least desirable, by far, after a big snowstorm. I am thoroughly UNjazzed about the prospect this morning, even though I woke without incident thanks to the brilliant sun.
It's not the temperature (12°) and it's not slippery road conditions, both of which are manageable. It's the parking. And while that might not seem like a terrible tragedy to you office types, remember that I park anywhere from 4-8 times a day all over town.
Like most major cities, Boston kind of sucks in the snow-removal category, not due to lack of effort, but lack of place to put snow. They do a decent job clearing the driving surfaces of the roads, but that leaves those snow-piled monstrosities on the sides of the roads which are lovingly called Where I'm Supposed To Park My Little Car.
When there's less than 6" of snow, the Focus can pretty much handle it all. I don't know what the actual total was yesterday, but my guess is at least three times that. No bushwhacking for me. I have to drive around and drive around and find some place that some nice person has driven out of and has NOT saved for themselves, plow through crazy amounts of snow to get in, and then pray that I can get out.
Four to eight times a day until the snow has melted down considerably.
I have to be up in Roxbury at 9:30 and I'm already preparing my appeals to the parking gods. I'm helping a coworker with an assessment and though it would be much easier if we both got up a little earlier and met at work so that we could go in one car (much easier to park one than two), she insisted that she leave from home tomorrow. Aah well. It will be an adventure, I'm sure.
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The thing I like most about those Johari window thingers is not the adjectives chosen, but the adjectives /not/ chosen. Out of all of the people who chose for me and all of the words chosen, no one has chosed "cheerful" or "happy." I think there's a clear message in there. Not sure what I can do about it at the moment, but it definitely sticks out.
It's not the temperature (12°) and it's not slippery road conditions, both of which are manageable. It's the parking. And while that might not seem like a terrible tragedy to you office types, remember that I park anywhere from 4-8 times a day all over town.
Like most major cities, Boston kind of sucks in the snow-removal category, not due to lack of effort, but lack of place to put snow. They do a decent job clearing the driving surfaces of the roads, but that leaves those snow-piled monstrosities on the sides of the roads which are lovingly called Where I'm Supposed To Park My Little Car.
When there's less than 6" of snow, the Focus can pretty much handle it all. I don't know what the actual total was yesterday, but my guess is at least three times that. No bushwhacking for me. I have to drive around and drive around and find some place that some nice person has driven out of and has NOT saved for themselves, plow through crazy amounts of snow to get in, and then pray that I can get out.
Four to eight times a day until the snow has melted down considerably.
I have to be up in Roxbury at 9:30 and I'm already preparing my appeals to the parking gods. I'm helping a coworker with an assessment and though it would be much easier if we both got up a little earlier and met at work so that we could go in one car (much easier to park one than two), she insisted that she leave from home tomorrow. Aah well. It will be an adventure, I'm sure.
~//~
The thing I like most about those Johari window thingers is not the adjectives chosen, but the adjectives /not/ chosen. Out of all of the people who chose for me and all of the words chosen, no one has chosed "cheerful" or "happy." I think there's a clear message in there. Not sure what I can do about it at the moment, but it definitely sticks out.
