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I hate commuting.\u00a0 I often lament that among the great things that happened during the pandemic was the dramatic reduction of traffic across the board, and when I was one of the poor unfortunate souls who had to begin returning to the office, commuting wasn\u2019t so bad because there were still a whole lot of lucky schmucks who were still allowed to work remotely and didn\u2019t add to the cars on the road.<\/span><\/p>\n Nowadays, traffic is right back to the same shitshow things were before the pandemic, and unlike the days when I wasn\u2019t married and didn\u2019t have kids, I can\u2019t be an early bird, and willingly head out to the office at a nice early time in order to have a more peaceful commute.\u00a0 No, I have to leave at a strict time, determined by how long it should take me to get to the office, and basically into the teeth of the morning rush hour.<\/span><\/p>\n Honestly, I actually have it kind of good, in terms of mileage.\u00a0 My commute is basically 7-8 miles each way, no highway driving, but it still takes the better part of 30 minutes to traverse it, because of fucking traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n Worst of all is the final mile of my drive, where there are some mornings where that last mile takes as much time as all the other distance before it, just because of the sheer overpopulated massive of human existence that clogs up the roads, right in front of my god damn building.\u00a0 Frankly, this daily malady of the final mile is largely in part why I\u2019m so salty about commuting, and why the thought of driving into the office four days a week is always met with a sneer.<\/span><\/p>\n My office park is made up of several buildings and has about four entry points.\u00a0 However, it\u2019s also close enough to the interstates to where the main roads just outside of the complex are often completely clogged by hordes of assholes trying to subvert the highway, preventing people who are just trying to get into the complex from being able to get in, not without waiting through numerous lights and taking some creative detouring just to get to work.<\/span><\/p>\n But recently, I accidentally came across an alternate route, that perhaps it\u2019s still too early to tell, but in the few times that I\u2019ve used it, has been a refreshing breath of fresh air, and has alleviated a tremendous amount of commuting anxiety from my daily list of grievances.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the access points has a two lane left turn into the grounds, but everyone camps the right lane, because there\u2019s a fairly immediate right turn upon turning in.\u00a0 Anyone who is in the left lane is obviously a supervillain akin to Thanos who will definitively try to force their way into the right and cut in front of others like the galaxy\u2019s biggest dick.<\/span><\/p>\n The other day, I got in the left lane, solely because I wanted to just make the light, and the time math dictated that it would be more efficient to make my left, camp in a parking lot for a minute while the mass of humanity that wanted to make their immediate right turns made their right turns, and then leisurely hop in the back of the line.\u00a0 But I also had the wherewithal to give a quick glance to Google Maps, and I saw that even if I didn\u2019t make the immediate right everyone was preparing to bully me out from making, the road would ultimately loop and eventually connect to a road that I needed to get on anyway, so I thought, hm, let\u2019s just see where this takes us.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s slightly longer, maybe adds a minute or three to my overall drive, but so far, has shown to be sparsely used, no speed bumps to further stress out my 13-year old whip, and by virtue of taking this road instead of the routes that 95% of other commuters that work in my office park take, seems to get me out of the traffic light rhythm from all the other clusterfucks of entry points, so I\u2019ve been able to leisurely cruise into the parking garage without any slow fucks trolling in front of me or any tryhard assholes tailgating behind me.<\/span><\/p>\n But most importantly, it has completely removed the mentally stressful need to fight and battle to get into the office complex, which is a tremendous weight lifted off my mind.\u00a0 I\u2019m often time the guy who will take back roads and alternate routes that might be longer, but if it keeps me moving and is less stressful, they\u2019re worth it.\u00a0 I\u2019m just very pleased to have found an alternate route on my tedious commute to the office, and I\u2019m hoping it continues to be the refreshing change of pace that will help calm down the stress of commuting for years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I hate commuting.\u00a0 I often lament that among the great things that happened during the pandemic was the dramatic reduction of traffic across the board, and when I was one of the poor unfortunate souls who had to begin returning to the office, commuting 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