Please don't do this. It's ok to be late.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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that depends on where you work. at some places 3 late clock ins, can be a fireable offense. in the world of contracting its usually not a big deal.
Then it’s not a place worth working at
Another option is leaving earlier. Don't drive a car you can't see out of.
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Fortunately, I'm in a leadership position at my workplace, and I say it's ok no matter what! No matter what happens because of lateness is not worth someone potentially hurting themselves or others.
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Better be late to work then a late worker.
Better to be a smart feller
not in America when you can get fired anytime
I do understand, but it's still not worth killing yourself or others
In Norway you lose your license immediately if the police sees you driving like this
Good punishment. If you don’t consider this extremely dangerous you shouldn’t really be allowed to operate any machine bigger than a lego set.
In the U.S. you might lose your job if you don't. One missed alarm.
Good luck.
Yeah but the US is fucked when it comes to the working situation and workers rights.
Sure. Though that doesn't change the shittiness at all. It just represents the issue the loudest, and one that occurs in more places than just the U.S.: Abysmal working conditions and shitty bosses. Forgive me for pointing out something I think everyone already understands, though we are part of a global economy. To create effective change we should also act as a global force to promote those changes.
In a perfect world, at least. Sadly, problems on our own doorstep takes away a lot of energy to do just that.
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it is unlikely that they see "you" driving then. just to mention ;-)
Pro-tip: you don't have to defrost a windshield if you walk, bike, or take public transit instead.
I work over 2 hours away each way by bus or 20 minute drive. I'm gonna drive. Not everyone has the option.
Ah yes, because those are definitely viable options for everyone. Sarcasm aside, I'm not saying that these aren't the ideal modes of transport, but they simply aren't viable options for a large portion of people (including me).
In my city, the school buses only pick up kids that live more than 1 mile from the school. I live in a pretty dense (albeit still single-family) neighborhood, so almost everybody who goes to my kid's school lives too close to ride the bus.
It's amazing how the majority of the parents are apparently willing to spend five or ten minutes clearing the frost off their car windshield only to drive half a mile and then wait another ten or fifteen minutes in line at the car drop-off, when my entire round trip by bike is maybe ten minutes total.
Frankly, the "large portion of people" in my anecdote are just flat-out doing it wrong, to both society's and their own detriment.
The number of people who do have alternatives are a lot higher than many of them are willing to admit.
Yeah people will use bikes or public transit if it's a better option for them than driving. But decades of carmaker lobbying, terrible zoning laws and bad urban design makes driving the only available option for most Americans.
Cities who invest in good public transit and sensible urban design always see a huge decrease in car traffic.
I was about to say. Imagine driving to work.
My wife takes the car, and I transit because she works closer but in a corner of the city, while I work in a highly transit centric part of the city. It only takes me like 35-40 mins to walk, bus, and walk. Plus my dog can come with and we get a nice little walk in for the morning!
Imagine having to leave your house to go to work.
My commute consists of walking down the stairs into my office. Takes about a minute unless there's a cat, in which case I'll be stuck for a few minutes giving him pets and letting him know he is a good kitty.
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Speedrun tip: just completely remove your windshield with a sledgehammer to remove the ice
Much easier than pouring boiling water on a frozen windshield I guess.
That's too messy and requires a tool. Just push on it from the inside with your feet. It might even come out in one piece so you can put it back.
(Don't do this except in emergencies.)
That’s a separate category, 0% defrost 100% sledge, because the no windshield glitch reduces head on collisions so effectively
Cue the sound of me revving the engine to heat the defrost after I half ass the scraping
I just got a manual for the first time in a while and I forgot how great driving at 45 mph in 2nd gear to warm up your car is.
Most (all?) automatics have a couple gears to manually select.
Or at the very least you can put it in "L" which will keep it in a lower gear longer, which burns more fuel but warms the car up faster.
Though I'd only do this on really cold days because it's incredibly inefficient.
Wonder what’s more inefficient, a little extra wear and tear, and gas for low gear revving, or letting it warm up for 10 minutes.
Iirc, most car manufacturers don’t recommend letting it warm up on idle. Most say to take of at a moderate speed to warm the engine up “properly”.
I know that driving a car will get it up to operating temperature faster, but whether it's more efficient to let it idle for 10 minutes or to drive in a lower gear could be a toss-up.
This is why we need the MythBusters to get federal funding so they test these things.
I totaled a car this way when I was 17. Would not recommend.
My first car didn't have a blower in the air conditioning system. It worked off of convection. The first winter I drove it, I'd roll down the window and stick my head out into the weather.
Haha, funny. You could’ve killed someone.
Look the ford pinto was peak engineering at the time, it was as safe as it got back then🤷♀️
F in the chat for your brows😩😩
I usually just spray a lot of washer fluid on it.
Dude this is gold lmfao
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