…is freaking crap.<\/p>\n
On a decent day, taking the same route home as I did tonight because of the snow (all interstates instead of the ghetto-fab surface street way home), it takes probably 20-25 minutes to get home from work. Today, with a couple inches of residual snow on the highways and byways, it took about 35. I was thrilled. Even the non-main road I use to get to my apartment was all right. (Granted, it’s because there was no oncoming traffic, and I liked the grooves in the opposite lane better.) <\/p>\n
Road into the complex? Crappy, but not so bad.<\/p>\n
Road into parking area? Worsened by the guy that gave up and parallel parked in the entrance, but not too bad for the first 50 yards or so. <\/p>\n
But, Tony, wait! You don’t park 50 yards into your complex! <\/p>\n
Ah, but this time, I do. Why? Because my apartment complex decided after last week’s 4-6″ of snow that they would plow what they could around the cars. Which is fine. It got most of the snow off and gave us parking where before there was none. <\/p>\n
But they never came back.<\/p>\n
So, for a week, we wedged our way around snow piles and stacks of ice and muck, all in all probably taking away six, maybe seven of about 20 spaces. But we managed. <\/p>\n
Today? Different story. Rumors of 9″ of blowing, drifting snow. I think they drove through once. But not only that, the spots they refused to come back and clean up after last week’s storm grew. They drifted. Instead of taking up a parking spot, they took up one and a half parking spaces. Maybe two. It’s not that large of a complex, yet nothing was done. With parking lines blurred and obliterated, cars took up two spaces where the snow would allow. There’s a box truck that has moved once in probably five weeks. Another car has also sat idle, but at least it’s within a spot (I remember from the days when we could see pavement). It’s a complete mess, and while I can usually do pretty good with letting things slide, figuring people are trying their best, and knowing that the whole city is fighting Mother Nature’s punches today, I still can’t help but thinking someone out there is to be held accountable, in some way.<\/p>\n
Spots should have been plowed as they allowed this past weekend. Something should be done about cars sitting idle for weeks on end. Something had to be done.<\/p>\n
Fortunately for me, something was<\/em> done. After getting stuck trying to maneuver around to take a shot at a parking space (which turned out to be unavailable thanks to drifting around the box truck), a couple of my neighbors walked up (a good distance, too!) and helped dig, push, shovel, scrape and work me around until I could get into a spot. <\/p>\n A 35 minute drive home, a 35 minute effort to get into a parking space. And if it weren’t for a pair of new-found great neighbors, I’d still be out there slugging away at Mother Nature.<\/p>\n I really do hope I catch them around again, because they really do deserve a beer. Or twelve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" …is freaking crap. On a decent day, taking the same route home as I did tonight because of the snow (all interstates instead of the ghetto-fab surface street way home), it takes probably 20-25 minutes to get home from work. Today, with a couple inches of residual snow on the highways and byways, it took … Continue reading Ohhhh…. the weather outside…<\/span>