Submitted by Tasty-Flan6767 t3_ydgz2a in newjersey
So many cars. So many people trying to get on njtransit(busses standing room only or unable to even pick people up), penn station more crowded than before.
All this started this week feels like. Its like everyone's companies decided you are absolutely in the office now.
Took me an hour and 40 minutes to get to work this morning, usually takes around an hour
Performance review season so ppl are showing face at the office
Yes, I’ve noticed the train station parking lot to NYC in my town is about at 3/4 capacity lately, whereas it’s been about 1/2 or less since the pandemic.
Yup
The train home today was definitely 100% pre COVID loading
I would enjoy nothing if i spent 3 or 4 hours a day commuting. I would hate going to sleep i would hate waking up i would hate the sun i would hate driving i would hate people who dont hit the gas when the light turns green i would hate work and thinking about the drive home i would hate driving home i would hate being home knowing i have to do it to pay for the home i only enjoy actually spending less than 30 relaxing hours in it a week.
Yup noticed the same. Rain or shine, taking the motorcycle until we hit freezing temp. Also, what's up with parents wanting to drop their children off to school in their own cars??? What's so bad about taking the school bus??
Wife and I picked our apartment from 2021 Commute times. We’re paying for it now
Yesterday and today it took over an hour to go 22 miles. I’ve chalked it up to crappy weather - there were so many accidents yesterday morning and today you couldn’t see shit.
I think everyone has also collectively discovered the "secret" of going in earlier to beat the traffic and now traffic is solidly from 7:30-10:30am.
I used to be on a half full bus around 7:30 from Willowbrook Mall into the city, to arrive at 8:15, and now not only is the bus ALWAYS full, we ALWAYS arrive at 8:25/30 or worse now... However, the plus side is the commuter lot at the mall is so full that they don't care to check anyone's parking but the monthly people - I always park just slightly closer to the mall, in the "non-commuter" spots, and by the time I get back around 6 there's 50+ cars doing the same so it's no longer worth targeting delinquents if we're not actually taking up mall parking spots.
I'd leave later since earlier doesn't matter now, but the earlier I'm in, the earlier I can leave later that day...
Morons causing accidents because of a little rain, traffic getting rerouted, seemingly increase in traffic.
Also, for some reason, people just seem to drive much slower in rain.
It sucks big time. I don't even want to think how it will be when the snow and ice hits the ground.
It takes me so long to get to work on the days I go into the office. I’m consistently late. It’s so annoying
The commute from Long Branch to NYC has gotten so much worse over the past even few weeks. Recently I’ve had to set aside 2hr for the drive just in case. It makes me miss summer traffic where at least it was only Friday evenings that were trash instead of every morning
I don’t drive but PATCO was a little more crowded today than usual. Could be related to the weather?
I commute for 3 hours or more most days and while I’d much rather not have the commute I love my job and my life.
There are so many accidents every single day. It snarls up traffic for hours due to the rubbernecking slow downs having a ripple effect.
Bus only avail if you live 2 miles or more away. Otherwise it's walk or drive.
Damn 2 hours from lb?! That is rough. Should be an hour and 10 tops.
I commute from North Jersey to Rutgers and sometimes a 50 min drive takes me an hour and 20 min because 206 and 287 are so clogged up
so I now have to commute 5 days a week. On monday my commute is sort of crowded, but not terrible. Today, tuesday....INSANE. Thinking lots of people take Mon as a WFH day, but most people now have to come in on Tuesday. Felt like 2018.
Came here to say this. I’m leaving 15 minutes earlier than usual and still getting to work 15 minutes late. Especially near the Paterson exits
So walk? 2 miles commute is kinda far for a walk tbh but it’s totally healthy and good for you so let’s walk that Bitch
Never an hour and 10 from long branch
Same. Almost an hour and a half to go from Lake Hopatcong to Newark. Really wish my job didn't get rid of WFH days.
A lot of schools count the 2 miles regardless of if you can actually walk that way, I know Piscataway did. You can only get to the school from the hoes lane side, not the south randolphville side, because there are no sidewalks along south randolphville road. And yet that counts towards the two miles as if anyone could walk that way 😠
Wait - you go to an office? Those still exist?
Was the apartment free before? That's a good deal
Yeah, been taking about 15 minutes longer getting back from job sites over the last 2 days. Rare I get a solid frame of refrence but schedule is shaking out that way.
None of this is of course helped by the fact the NJDOT seems to have strategically co ordinated its road work to maximize bottlenecks. Like the clusterfuck that is now NJ36 to/from the GSP in Eatontown.
NJT on tues-thurs is so bad again. I can’t believe we tolerated this daily pre-covid. It needs to be fixed
Oh gee, ever heard of hydroplaning, been there done that, not fun, luckily I pulled out of it unscathed
Obviously you don’t have kids, maybe oneday you’ll learn haha
Peak unrestrained predatory capitalism: “come into the office even though your work can be done remotely”. Rush hour from 7am-10am, 3pm-7:30pm eliminates any last vestiges of free time.
*offpeak ;)
Unfortunately in our capitalistic hellscape many white collar workers are being forced to come back to offices even though their jobs can easily be done at home or remotely elsewhere.
The only people that actually want workers back in offices are middle managers that like to micromanage everyone and commercial real estate investors, because God forbid they lose a few dollars investing in a stupid antiquated concept.
Because we weren’t all kids once?
When you relinquish authority to your kids to decide if they’re walking or not, you might as well just give them away, because you’re not fully parenting anymore.
You're still a child in imagination land if you think a third grader should cross a highway unattended.
> for some reason, people just seem to drive much slower in rain
This is somehow mysterious to you?
The line must go up. Working from home made the line go down. If you don't work from home you are forced to contribute to the line going up.
Holy shitni didn't think of this but you may be right. Open enrollment, performance review season, satisfaction surveys, time requests off for the holidays. All that stuff making the office people go in.
Weather, school, and people going back to the office
It’s safer to drive slower in the rain.
Free time? You mean that new age shit fad making you remember you have a life? Sorry, but we have earnings call coming up! We need to bump up the numbers! CEOs new yacht won’t buy itself
This is too funny, I've never seen this before. Where is it from?
It has definitely gotten crazy again!
It’s that the middle managers entire existence is based upon an office environment and managing people. The biggest threat to middle managers is employees at home just getting their work done on their own.
I'm always relieved when I pull out in time and don't cause an accident
I had to go to the airport yesterday morning around 8:30 via Route 206 in Morris/Somerset county. We'd never seen such heavy traffic. Fog and rain didn't help.
That would require people to stop using their phones while they're driving and we all know these addicts will never give up that dopamine fix
Jewish holidays ended
My wife is a VP and has been trying to get people back in for once a week or so with no luck
Not my middle managers
Did it every day going to school in suburban NJ elementary, walked a mile and a half. What highway in Piscataway is uncross-able, 18?
Kids in actual cities walk every day, this just seems like some helicopter parent shit.
It’s felt that way with the NJT and Ferry as well. 4 hours a day commute from LB is just fucking brutal…I feel you.
I think that new graduates will start filling some of these jobs once the bills become due. There is a steady stream of talent joining the workforce every year. I've worked remote for around 17 years and I think not having the face time at HQ has definitely held my career back at times.
lots of high paying IT jobs being a peon and don't really care about going into management
That’s what I told my wife when we got intimate the last time
I went into our office in NY for the first time in months and it took waaaaay longer (via bus) that it has since the pandemic started. Traffic was at a dead stop and it wasn't because of an accident.
same with the NYC subways pre-covid. 3 days were bad and Friday half empty cause a lot of people worked remotely back then too. everyone came in on a tuesday or Wednesday cause it was a big 100 person meeting day
I'd actually feel safer in an urban area. The suburbs have wide streets and people going 45 in a 25, running stop signs. In fog and rain. It is not safe, and I'm not willing to risk my kids life for it. The route to school was not designed for pedestrians.
Money talks. Grind out a solid 5-7 years and you’re golden. At least that’s what I tell myself in traffic.
Today’s traffic was terrible too. I guess we are officially back 😏
Super crowded again today...I hate all of you
Yes, yesterday was awful but I think the whole month of October has been worse than last month.
Yep! Noticed it for the passed few weeks. I think it started after Biden called off the pandemic.
Thanks Obiden!
I live 4 miles from my job. Got stuck in 50 mins of traffic on my way home last night. Yayyy. 🤯
Where the hell do you get busses in NJ? Not bergen
Really hope that bike bus thing catches on here. There should really be a protected, dedicated bike lane so kids can safely go to school. It would also give them some semblance of autonomy.
Honestly I’m surprised it only takes 2 hrs to drive in from long branch given the tunnel traffic and volatility of the turnpike
it always seems like rush hour
>Morons causing accidents because of a little rain
>Also, for some reason, people just seem to drive much slower in rain.
🤔
That is insane. I used to live in Madison. I work in Elizabeth. It used to take me minimum 40 minutes to an hour, to go 19 miles.
Wrong, some of us have other responsibilities such as jobs where a 4 mile walking round trip just doesn’t fit in the schedule
Yes. Everywhere. I try to plan my life around doing as little driving as possible now, but unfortunately this has been a busy week. Had to be on the Saw Mill and Sprain Brook in NY and then 17, 4, and 287 and it's an absolute fucking nightmare. And it was all at different times so there's no rhyme or reason to it.
Have also noticed everyone seems to have off Fridays now. Midday Friday traffic is like MDW traffic pattern
My plan is cargo bike when the kid gets old enough to need it. You can even get one with a full on cover like the pope mobile.
Ach, that pool full of gold coins ain't gonna fill up all by itself, sonny!
I commute from Philadelphia to NYC once a week. And I can guarantee its been like this since the week after labor day. My commute went from 2 hours to 3.5-4 one way. Absolute cluster fuck on all major north/eastbound highways.
Big push for back to work and face to face being made
also the airport this past weekend??? soooo busy
Productivity dropped slightly but no that couldn't be because of a pandemic or inflation, it must be office meetings that were driving record growth.
most of our middle managers don't want to come in more than once a week or so
I guess my office isn't the only one pushing for return to office. How can they blame a slight drop in productivity on WFH when we just recovered from a pandemic?
They just keep building residential buildings and apartments, I don’t feel like they care about quality of life anymore as much as more people more taxes more $
I was just on that nightmare yesterday , it was a little scary to be honest. The road looked like it was about to crumble away.
Keep believing that.... Because it's always 5-7 years .. again...
Needs to be a new separate tax on Morons and fine for Moronic actions..... All budget problems and inflation solved !
I wish but it’s just impossible when we live unless they shut down the busiest road around here to car traffic during the bike time. It’s kinda rural up here
When we had to go back in person I set my hours from 8:30-4:30 thinking I could “beat” traffic. I leave at 7:30 and I’m lucky to even be in my garage at 8:30 these days. Driving home isn’t much better. But I don’t know if it would make a difference to change my hours since even when I leave to go home after 5, traffic’s just as bad.
Many districts don’t have busing and if they do it’s only if you live 2+ miles away. Parents should be carpooling though.
Not as slow as some people are going. I have people braking while we have a green light and no one in front of them.
Almost like I'm wondering how they are getting into accidents while also driving slower.
Also, i think people are going too slow in the rain. Like i get it, but it's 50 mph speed limit and you should be going 30 while it's lightly taking.
Going 30 in a 50 during a light rain is the kind of slow in talking about
My company is starting mandatory in-office days next week, sounds like everyone else’s had the same idea 😩
Bad weather is a good point
That sounds miserable 😩
Quarterly earning went out and they were pretty bad for most companies. Knee jerk management reaction
It’s going to be even more miserable this Friday 🥲
Why didn't you say a 2nd grader crossing a turnpike while being egged on by onlookers who are all shouting, "do it! do it! do it!"?
Third graders and highways everywhere? You're still a child in imagination land if you think that applies across the board.
Of course, there would be exceptions, but don't come at with me a shitpost as if that shitpost applies to every single school, in every single county, and in every single city or township.
I'd like to tell you a very fascinating story about that GIF...but truth is, I just found it randomly within the Reddit GIF gallery!
It's ok <3
It's not a shit post. There are places with pedestrian infrastructure but they are the exception I believe.
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Absolutely packed. Rt80 has been insane.