Will you take a third?

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   Sometimes we stuff a slug in the trunk when it gets too full in the car, they don't seem to mind at all.

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SillyBilly Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 14 Dec 2005 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote SillyBilly Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Will you take a third? Posted: 17 Jan 2006 at 4:58pm
	Sometimes we stuff a slug in the trunk when it gets too full in the car, they don't seem to mind at all.

n/a Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote n/a Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Jan 2006 at 3:12pm
	True, some people are timid and do not speak up when maybe they should. And others are not that comfortable with the SLUG system and rules. And some are still a little sleepy at 7am. But that does not mean that others, who are bold, experienced or awake, should take advantage or be rude. Courtesy is the key, so let's remember our elementary school manners and don't cut in line. It's not rude to ask if a driver will take three, and if the first person in line won't ask, why not the fifth? But the first person in line for that destination should have dibs on that ride, it keeps the line moving and we all get moving faster. No need to cut in or to get upset about it. Let's keep it light and we'll all get home safe!

sluDgE Members Profile Find Members Posts Master Slug Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote sluDgE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jan 2006 at 12:35pm
	Maybe it's something in the air or in the water. [:p]

murphy1 Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 13 Jan 2006 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote murphy1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 Jan 2006 at 9:19am
	quote: Originally posted by carleric [br]I have been slugging every day out of Tacketts and Potomac Mills for better than a year now and have NEVER seen behavior like that which Pana describes. Is this line-cutting more common than I think it is? Am I just lucky in my choice of lots? Yes...you're lucky in your choice of lots...I picked up from Tacketts and Potomac for several years. Montclair also for awhile. Never ever have I seen the rudeness that I've seen in the Stafford lots in the past 6 months I've been picking up down here! It's horrible. Both with slugs jumping in front of each other and more so with drivers cutting in line at the lots and at the Pentagon. It's bad enough that I've actually had several days recently that I've left the lot and just sat in the regular lanes of traffic rather than watch the rudness. What has happened to kindness??

mycroftt Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote mycroftt Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 07 Mar 2005 at 8:03am
	quote: Originally posted by RobertLangDirect [br] Depend what you mean by compensation. Look at the larger view. People ask to "take a third" when the waiting-pickup lines are long and the cars are plentiful. By taking a third, you speed up the commute and encourage others to stand in line for a ride. Does it have a down side? Maybe, but I do not get a lot of feedback by drivers who are "stranded." The way I view it is that slugging should benefit both riders and drivers. When a driver takes more than two riders, he is potentially depriving the next driver of having enough riders to use HOV. When I hear a rider ask a driver to take extra riders I hear "I don't care about the rest of the drivers - I only care about my own personal immediate needs. They can sit here all day for all I care. I'm important and I need to get to work now". Of course that doesn't hold true under those exceptional circumstances we all know so well. When I'm at the front of the line and all those immediate gratification types are bellowing for me to ask if the driver will take a third I just keep my mouth shut.

PanaRican Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote PanaRican Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 Mar 2005 at 2:19pm
	When I used to go to Bob's I didn't get there until about 7:20, and yes, sluDgE, they probably are the same ones that race across OKM. It bothered me that they would rather risk their lives to run across 6+ lanes of traffic just to get a ride 2 minutes before me. The one, and only, day that I saw a cop at the lot was actually humorous to me b/c people were still running across the street and the cop was just giving out tickets. I wouldn't ever wish anything bad on anybody, but if I had the choice to get to work ALIVE and get there a minute late, i'd still choose to get there alive, but that's just me.

P8R10TZ Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote P8R10TZ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Mar 2005 at 11:52am
	If there are four riders waiting for a ride, and the weather is not bad, I don't like to take a third. My reason for this is now that fourth rider (who would become a lone rider) may have to wait much longer for a ride home. If there's five or more...sure come on in! [:)]

sluDgE Members Profile Find Members Posts Master Slug Joined: 27 Oct 2003 Status: Offline Points: 501	Post Options Post Reply Quote sluDgE Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Mar 2005 at 7:19am
	And I bet those line-jumpers at Bob's are the same ones who risk life and limb by running across OKM Rd in the middle of the block, and it's just too much bother for them to cross OKM safely in the crosswalk with the light at the intersection. [:(] Some folks just can't slow their lives down a bit to obey the laws and the rules of politeness. Be safe and polite, y'all. [;)] Keep on sluggin'! [:)]

DC2RV Members Profile Find Members Posts Master Slug Joined: 28 Feb 2002 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 1014	Post Options Post Reply Quote DC2RV Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 2005 at 5:59pm
	What time do you (or did you) get to Bob's. I've seen civility, I've seen rudeness - but I wouldn't generalize everyone as being rude. I'm usually there between 6:30 and 6:45. (of course 5 minutes makes a big difference...)

PanaRican Members Profile Find Members Posts New Slug Joined: 31 Jan 2005 Location: VA Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote PanaRican Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 Mar 2005 at 4:28pm
	Also, carleric, I slug from the Pentagon in the evening and in the morning from Springfield and let me tell you, they are all jumpy to get in first. I see people cut on a daily basis. But what sucks is that the people getting cut infront of don't say anything. I guess to avoid an argument since it isn't really worth it, but there might be a small handfull of people who do it and since I get there at the same time everyday, I see the same people doing it probably. I stopped going to Bob's for just that reason, they are rude up there - the drivers AND the riders!!!