Why do some people insist on driving ridiculously short distances?

Crock Rock · 05-03-2020 05:30PM #1

Two colleagues of mine, one of whom lives 950 metres from work and the other who lives 450 metres from the other side both insist on driving.

We work flexi time, I start at the earliest possible time and the one who lives 450 metres away starts at the latest possible time. The one who lives 950 metres away varies her time. So I can't always offer a lift to take cars off the road

I myself live 21.5 km. I've tried cycling but was nearly killed on two or three occasions and we have no changing rooms, despite having a mini gym. The bus takes two hours and I have to change in the city (as opposed to 20 minutes) and actually works out more expensive than the petrol. I even feel guilty driving.

Why do some people drive 450 metres.
Walk for fuck sake.

Plumbthedepths · 05-03-2020 05:33PM

Imagine a life where people mind their own business.

morritty · 05-03-2020 05:33PM

Because they can, and want to.

accensi0n · 05-03-2020 05:33PM

Ask them.

DelBoy Trotter · 05-03-2020 05:34PM

Because they are lazy

whisky_galore · 05-03-2020 05:34PM

Slash their tyres
That'll teach them.

SEPT 23 1989 · 05-03-2020 05:58PM

its not good for the car either

Gretas Gonna Get Ya! · 05-03-2020 05:58PM

Women: They don't want to get their hair wet walking to work.

Men: Could be any other reason - literally anything - perhaps they need their car to do a spot of serial killing after work. It's much harder to be a good serial killer without a car!

I always found a car to be a good method for getting away from any work colleagues you don't like on lunch breaks too. Works very well that way!

Western Lowland Gorilla · 05-03-2020 06:01PM

Crock Rock wrote: »

Two colleagues of mine, one of whom lives 950 metres from work and the other who lives 450 metres from the other side both insist on driving.

We work flexi time, I start at the earliest possible time and the one who lives 450 metres away starts at the latest possible time. The one who lives 950 metres away varies her time. So I can't always offer a lift to take cars off the road

I myself live 21.5 km. I've tried cycling but was nearly killed on two or three occasions and we have no changing rooms, despite having a mini gym. The bus takes two hours and I have to change in the city (as opposed to 20 minutes) and actually works out more expensive than the petrol. I even feel guilty driving.

Why do some people drive 450 metres.
Walk for fuck sake.

Always a good chance of rain.

What if they want to pop straight from work somewhere in a hurry after work or at lunchtime

What if they want to carry things that they need/want in the car which may be useful to have during work but would be burdensome to carry on person.

What If they have been attacked on the street previously and are nervous of walking alone?

Cee-Jay-Cee · 05-03-2020 08:31PM

I used to work with a person who drove 200m from his house to work. Our office was right behind his house, only for the fence was too high he could have climbed over it. The office was 100m from a Y junction and he lived 100m on the other side of the junction. He drove every single day and drove home for lunch and back again afterwards. He didn’t need his car for work as he was office based, he was simply a lazy prick that took up limited parking spaces at the office and left others who had no choice but to drive to work to point park out on the road or much further away.

RandomViewer · 05-03-2020 08:35PM

Why not, last time I looked it wasn't illegal

Greyfox · 05-03-2020 08:40PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Imagine a life where people mind their own business.

Na theirs nothing wrong with calling lazy people lazy.

RandomViewer · 05-03-2020 09:09PM

Greyfox wrote: »

Na theirs nothing wrong with calling lazy people lazy.

Tell that to my HR manager

NIMAN · 05-03-2020 09:12PM

Some folk are inherently lazy.

Would these people you talk about be overweight?

Arghus · 05-03-2020 09:18PM

I know a few people who can not contemplate walking any distance beyond 100-200 metres. And are frequently stunned when you tell them you've walked 10 minutes to get somewhere.

Better Than Christ · 05-03-2020 09:22PM

Because they can. And they will continue to do so until a government is brave enough to disincentivise unnecessary car usage and treat it not as a right or an indulgence that can be bought, but as something inherently harmful to society.

Zebra3 · 05-03-2020 09:26PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Imagine a life where people mind their own business.

It is other people's business though.

Needless pollution for starters.

irish_goat · 05-03-2020 09:33PM

I walk past a house each morning on the way to the bus and the mother there drops her teenage son to the same bus stop I go to, which is literally a 4 min walk away. She spends more time in the car than he would if he just walked. I'd understand if it was raining but it goes on in the summer too.

Jonybgud · 05-03-2020 09:35PM

irish_goat wrote: »

I walk past a house each morning on the way to the bus and the mother there drops her teenage son to the same bus stop I go to, which is literally a 4 min walk away. She spends more time in the car than he would if he just walked. I'd understand if it was raining but it goes on in the summer too.

Your medal's in the post.....:rolleyes:

Peregrine · 05-03-2020 09:37PM

Because we, as a society, have a car dependency problem.

NIMAN · 05-03-2020 09:44PM

irish_goat wrote: »

I walk past a house each morning on the way to the bus and the mother there drops her teenage son to the same bus stop I go to, which is literally a 4 min walk away. She spends more time in the car than he would if he just walked. I'd understand if it was raining but it goes on in the summer too.

Probably 2 issues when it comes to parents and kids.

1) Parents think there are paedo's everywhere and their kids aren't safe.

2) Kids are spoiled due to growing up getting lifted and laid because of (1) and as a result don't wanna walk, even short distances.

Redneck Reject71 · 05-03-2020 09:49PM

One of the co-workers I work with, live 400 feet from the office. And she drives to it in her Micra.

NIMAN · 05-03-2020 09:51PM

Redneck Reject71 wrote: »

One of the co-workers I work with, live 400 feet from the office. And she drives to it in her Micra.

Bet you she's massive!

lainey_d_123 · 05-03-2020 09:57PM

You don't know what invisible illnesses or disabilities they might have.

I love walking and walk pretty big distances on a regular basis (40-60 mins), would always choose to walk if possible, but when I'm having a flare up of my chronic illness, I get hugely fatigued and can barely manage to make it to the bus stop 3 minutes away. If I had a car, I'd definitely use it on my bad days.

I get a tremendous number of thoughtless comments from people who don't stop to wonder if the person they're slagging for being 'lazy' actually has a disability.

Neon_Lights · 05-03-2020 09:58PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

Imagine a life where people mind their own business.

He has a point though those people are lazy as

AndyBoBandy · 05-03-2020 10:00PM

Remember that time the Fianna Fáil Ceann Cobhairle (spelt wrong I know) got a limo to bring him from Gatwick Airport South Terminal to Gatwick Airport North Terminal.

Before the crash, it really was different times.

Are Fianna Fáil not back in government yet????

Jonybgud · 05-03-2020 10:00PM

The amount of people who think they know everyone else's business to the point of knowing what's best for them.

Neon_Lights · 05-03-2020 10:01PM

Jonybgud wrote: »

The amount of people who think they know everyone else's business to the point of knowing what's best for them.

If you can't walk 450m you're pretty much wrote off

Pinch Flat · 05-03-2020 10:03PM

Just lazy. Some of my neighbours drive 700 m to the local train station. And pay €4 per day to park there. Bizarre. My sons teacher passes us in her car driving to the school. Must be about 400 m from her door to the school

Plumbthedepths · 05-03-2020 10:08PM

Neon_Lights wrote: »

If you can't walk 450m you're pretty much wrote off

A friend of mine suffers chronic fatigue, a 450m walk sometimes may as well be a marathon. Should I tell him he's lazy as a bunch of internet know it alls thinks everyone should walk be capable of at least walking this distance.

Neon_Lights · 05-03-2020 10:11PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

A friend of mine suffers chronic fatigue, a 450m walk sometimes may as well be a marathon. Should I tell him he's lazy as a bunch of internet know it alls thinks everyone should walk be capable of at least walking this distance.

Probably should point him in the direction of better management strategies and encouragement as opposed to turning it into a sob story.

Why do some people insist on driving ridiculously short distances?

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