Etiquette Question

Haven't we already established that it's okay, in some limited circumstances, to bypass the first car in line if the second car alread has two people?

If so, why are we still yelling at each other?

Turn down the hyperbole, people. Sheesh.

I was simply giving a comparison to show that what you view as a "sacrifice" is a necessity for most people and in the grand scheme of things, very minimal. Whether it be to drive 3 miles to the commuter lot to hop on the vanpool (my situation), or to drive 58 miles from F'Burg to DC daily....your car needs gas to run. In my opinion, putting gas in your car is a choice you make....not a sacrifice.

It's obvious that you are someone who feels the need to have the last word...so here's your chance.

KCWolfPck....out!

i]Originally posted by getmehome pweeze[/i]
[br]So, you think that my husband and I, who always slug together, should slug separate, if the car we get into just so happens to pick both of us up, even if the driver already has a 2nd in the car before us? Just because you may have to wait for another slug, for the car you may wait in after us?? Ok, so sorry to inconvenience you, NOT!!

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“Yes, I think any "to hell with the rest of the world" attitude is juvenile, self-serving, and more than a little clueless. The slugging system exists to benefit those who participate in it and decisions on what should be done in any given situation should be predicated on maximizing the benefits for ALL the participants. Selfish and juvenile behaviour like you describe may benefit oneself in the short term, because it provides an immediate solution to a short-term need but it does little to help everybody get home and even less to promote a healthy level of participation in slugging that would benefit all participants. If anyone could really be so selfish as to blithely inconvenience another slug and another driver or so clueless as to be unable to identify solutions that benefit everybody, than I can only say that selfish individual is a prime example of someone without whose participation the slugging system would be greatly improved.”

quote: TDAR-

[You cant stand to be apart? Is that the reason here?? Helping another individual would seem the right thing to do....I mean what are we talking about here....1 hour of being apart??

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As an answer to both of you fools...

Its about getting to work and home, isnt that the name of the game here? We both work in DC, live in the same house (in VA), share one car. So, does that mean that we have to take separate slug cars to and from work, to play lets see who gets home to the lot first? Then number one, has to wait for number two, to arrive at the lot to go home? You are joking, right? Or, next you'll suggest that we go out and buy a second car, so we can each drive two separate cars to the lot every morning, so we can possibly not interfere with the way you might be affected? Piss off to both of you.

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"I'll give you a real life example of how "I want to ride in THAT car" affects the dynamics of the line. I was slugging from Rosslyn to 610 and was fourth (of four people) in line. Two cars pull up and I immediately move toward the second car. The other three people all began piling in the first car. When I suggested we ride two slugs to each car I got a response "We want to ride together". Off they went and I sat in the car with the other driver (who was quite disgusted) for about 5 minutes before another slug came along.

I don't believe that the free style approach is a healthy thing for slugging. I think you should get in the first car in line unless there is some good reason you don't want to get in there,"...

So, thats not saying that we all have to follow protocol of, three per car, because you didnt want to wait?

WOW! A round of applause for you, aren’t we the martyr. All I was saying is that we commute, TOGETHER. In one car. Whether that means, waiting for a car that NEEDS two, or seeing if a driver, will TAKE TWO. So sorry, you didn’t comprehend that, the first time. I was listing examples of what someone, like yourself, since you think that I am so damned selfish, might say next. No, I am not selfish, or abusing the system, or juvenile, because I choose to ride home with the person that lives in the same house as me. It must really suck, being, well, YOU. Like I said, piss off. Have a nice day now.

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