[NYCGarbagePrince]

NY has some of the worst roads in the country. But it is common in the North East for roads to be shitty because of the temperature swings.

This may not be about potholes, but I was reading this the other day and it made me laugh...

"The worst single bottleneck in the country this year was the same as last year's: New York's Cross-Bronx Expressway, which is congested for 94 hours per week on average, where it meets the Bronx River Parkway at exit 4B."

Cross-Bronx Expressway is hell on earth.

Check out this list from 08. I doubt much has changed since then. No city has had the money to fix anything.

[texasmojo]

I hit a pothole the other dat and now my inner rim is bent.

[immiketoo]

Originally Posted by CollinsE90

Tell them there is a dozen donuts in the pot hole

Cops don't like soggy donuts...

Originally Posted by BTM

I just thought about this today actually. A huge summer campaign on Chicagoland expressways was repaving, wreaking havoc on commutes. Taking an exit today (for north avenue/lake street off 290e for the many OTers who know the area) there is a huge pothole in brand new pavement. Top notch, IDOT, top notch

Originally Posted by Feyd

Oh, these fuckers.... I watched a news report one morning just after the strike started where some union rep was bitching because even though these guys were making over $50/hr some of them ONLY worked 1000 hours in 2009 which is apparently about half of what they're used to.

Boo fucking hoo... $50k+ isn't a bad paycheck considering you only worked 2.5 days a week and when you're on the job your just leaning on a goddamn shovel. Quit sitting around and complaining about lack of hours and get a second job if your $100k salary is that important.... I think the real complaint is that since everyone's hours were reduced they weren't eligible for for their 2x/3x OT pay... $150/hr for leaning on a shovel is pretty good, you gotta admit.

There are a ton of American families who survive on much less than $50k/yr and don't complain about it, nor have the influence to disrupt hundreds of thousands of commuters every day. I wonder how many people died in the back of ambulances due to traffic jams this year in Chicago.


I vote that the construction jobs and the postal employee jobs be giving to people who actually want them/appreciate having the jobs like some FOB immigrants.

To both BTM and Feyd, that's our union labor hard at work for you. I firmly believe that the quality of work goes down when people know they can't be disciplined for poor performance. And, I once had to pick up some weight lifting equipment from McCormick PLace and almost got in a fight with a Teamster over the fact that he thought I couldnt load my own truck. I told him to suck it and he brought his three friends. I then introduced them to my little friends Smith and Wesson

Too bad all that energy couldn't be directed toward fixing the roads...

[Feyd]

Originally Posted by Quick6EF

I know I wouldn't want to stand in freezing temps doing physical labor -

Wasn't suggesting that I would either... but there are plenty of people in this country who would (in a fucking heartbeat) if it meant that they would be able to keep their house and provide for their families. Instead we have this band of retards who sqander everything and bitch about it the whole time. That's why I say give the jobs to the immigrants. At least they want to work and don't expect everything to just be given to them like 99.9% of the idiots who call themselves American citizens.

Originally Posted by immiketoo

Cops don't like soggy donuts...

To both BTM and Feyd, that's our union labor hard at work for you. I firmly believe that the quality of work goes down when people know they can't be disciplined for poor performance. And, I once had to pick up some weight lifting equipment from McCormick PLace and almost got in a fight with a Teamster over the fact that he thought I couldnt load my own truck. I told him to suck it and he brought his three friends. I then introduced them to my little friends Smith and Wesson

Too bad all that energy couldn't be directed toward fixing the roads...

As shitty as it probobly would have been for the city, I was hoping that all of those trade shows that were threatening to NOT sign back up to McCormick because of the union labor rates, etc. wouldn't.... fucking freeman. I've set up at so many shows in LV/LA/Chi that I've got a real... real sour taste in my mouth over those guys.


As some of you might know, I work in the POP (point of purchase) display industry. Every time there is a show there is an "awards" area where people set up their displays for judging. Naturally there are always electronics displays like XBOX/PS3/Bose, like you'd see at a Best Buy/Wal-Mart/Costco along with simple corrugate displays that sell things like pencils/office supplies/snacks (think Frito-Lay/Post-It), etc.

Not a joke: A few years ago here in Chicago my buddy and I came in one afternoon (pre-show, but post exibit hall closing) to put some finishing touches on one of our displays that was in the awards section and we litterally rolled up on 4-5 Freeman who had pulled a bunch of food from some of the displays (doritos/emeral nuts/coca-cola) and were playing video games at the XBOX endcap getting their greasy/cheese coverd hands all over it... all the while probobly billing $75/hr per person to do it.

Yet these are the people that are bitching about unfair wages.

[NYCGarbagePrince]

Feyd do you manufacture the products yourself? Or are you just a designer? If so, how do you feel about the sky rocketing C/B prices?

[Feyd]

Originally Posted by NYCGarbagePrince

Feyd do you manufacture the products yourself? Or are you just a designer? If so, how do you feel about the sky rocketing C/B prices?

Not following on the C/B?


I'm an Industrial Designer by schooling. I was a designer at a POP company in NY for a few years right out of college, but GotTFO because it was super depressing and with my whole hating people attitude, I got tired of dealing with all of the fucking marketing douche bags that exist in the Consumer Goods arenas of corporate America.

I'm now kind of a hybrid of designer/design engineer/production manager/general POP mercenary. I still get to utilize my degree, but now it's more of a DFM (design for manufacture) type of consulting that I do. We've got 4-5 designers and I look over their designs during the process to ensure that we can make everything look good and stay on budget. The designers like me quite a bit since I'm not your typical engineer (because at heart I'm still one of them) and it's been a good roll because it allows me to be sensitive to the designer's wishes, but at the same time allows me to not have to deal directly with the idiot clients.


As far as manufacturing goes I don't personally physically manufacture anything, but I oversee all manufacturing with our US/Overseas vendors and make lots of trips to the manufacturers to ensure that things are getting built correctly/answer any questions they have/re-engineer things that are giving them problems, etc. It's a pretty substantial buy year over year with our gross sales ~$15-20mil so I stay pretty busy.


That being said it's 12:30 and I'm still in my bathrobe.