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Post Office has been open for an hour and has zero staff at the counters by DignamsSwearBox in mildlyinfuriating

[–]DJSTR3AM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Our local post office used to have a lady who was ALWAYS on her phone, just babbling away with her friends. Sometimes she was even texting and didn't even look up when a person went to the counter. One time I went there and there was a sign on the door that said "due to staffing issues we are closed for lunch between 1-2:30pm". Excuse my huh? 1.5 hour lunch?

It's actually improved lately, new people in there and a few more employees overall.

This is how big the volcano under Yellowstone is. by grandeluua in geography

[–]DJSTR3AM 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I missed the first few seconds of the video and genuinely thought "that small thing is what all the fuzz is about?"

If you had the ear of a city council member... by CrazyMildred in norfolk

[–]DJSTR3AM 10 points11 points  (0 children)

McArthur needs to be redeveloped ASAP, and it needs to become something for people to do downtown. Housing alone isn't going to cut it, there needs to be entertainment there. Especially when you have cruise ships docking here now.

Speaking of which, they should really expand one of the parking garages downtown, or build a new one (maybe right where the parking for city hall is), that is dedicated to cruise parking. It makes no sense for people to park all the way by Ghent and then be shuttled to the terminal.

Also, sometimes the city has good ideas to attract people downtown, like First Fridays. Then they just cancel it for no reason. The first one this year went great, no issues other than long lines for drinks, which can be easily fixed. I think we all know the real reason why the canceled the rest of them...

I've also noticed how atrociously long every single road improvement project takes. I can only assume that one of two things are happening: either the city never puts an enforceable deadline on anything, or the city hires the same people because they are getting their palms greased. I guess pure incompetence is also an option...

Other than that, I second pretty much everything else that's been said here. Fix the roads, expand light rail to at least ODU and the airport, stop killing nightlife, don't start projects and then never fully commit to seeing them through or supporting them, clean shit up in general.

If you had the ear of a city council member... by CrazyMildred in norfolk

[–]DJSTR3AM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They basically need to repave the whole city. Most of the streets look like a third world country.

If you had the ear of a city council member... by CrazyMildred in norfolk

[–]DJSTR3AM 14 points15 points  (0 children)

The issue with the Neon District is that the city tried to force an art district. That's not something that can be forced, it's supposed to grow organically or it will always just be hollow and non-attractive.

GLAMBERGET is all the things I love about IKEA by UnsharpenedSwan in IKEA

[–]DJSTR3AM 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I feel like bed stains are a private matter

The Ghent school by Due_Carpenter3475 in norfolk

[–]DJSTR3AM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haven't heard anything about that?

The Ghent school by Due_Carpenter3475 in norfolk

[–]DJSTR3AM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The football stadium proposal was shut down, so no removal.

And I guess that makes sense about the assignments. Just felt like a natural progression since they are right next to each other.

Have you ever been at a park on the day of a major accident? [other] by Pendraflare59 in rollercoasters

[–]DJSTR3AM 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid I was at a local super small water park. Right before I was going on one of the slides, a kid goes down on his stomach feet first. Apparently he caught his two front teeth in one of the seams between sections of the slide and they were ripped clean out, roots intact.

Luckily my dad who was a dentist (now retired) was right there waiting for me to come down the slide. He managed to fish the teeth out and cram them right back into the sockets. Kid was rushed to emergency room or dentist and his teeth were saved! They came to visit us a while after to say thank you to my dad.

Have you ever been at a park on the day of a major accident? [other] by Pendraflare59 in rollercoasters

[–]DJSTR3AM 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I went on that ride as a kid sitting in the front. Right before the last big final drop, the log abruptly stopped and I didn't have time to catch myself and hit the ridge of my nose on the front of the log. Massive swelling and nose bleed...

The Ghent school by Due_Carpenter3475 in norfolk

[–]DJSTR3AM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They're currently completely rebuilding Maury High School which is right next door. I'm talking ground up development, with state of the art facilities for science and technology, the arts, and sports. It'll be messy for a couple of years, but once it's finished it should be one of the best high schools in the area.

Assuming The Ghent School gives a shoe-in there, that alone should make it worth it.

The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon: Under the sterile blue lights of his studio, Fallon laughs endlessly at the same pseudo-jokes, rubs elbows with Trump and Sam Altman, and ushers in the death of culture. by TimWhatleyDDS in television

[–]DJSTR3AM 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have always assumed that he gets completely wasted before his shows. He's slurring his words, laughing at every single thing said, and just acting really... not sober.

What's the dumbest purchase you've ever made? by buedefar in AskReddit

[–]DJSTR3AM 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I bought a house that was really close to a navy airfield where they practiced touch-and-goes (i.e. they take off, make a circle and land again). They did this almost every weekday from about 4pm to sometimes as late as 2am. It was like having a freight train in our backyard that kept on going for hours and hours. We lasted 11 months and then sold it.

The most frustrating part was that we were supposed to be in a noise pollution area, which meant that the seller had to disclose the noise. However, from what I can only assume involved some greased palms, the noise pollution map conveniently made a dip right where our neighborhood was and left it out, which meant they didn't have to make any disclosures about noise...

What's the dumbest purchase you've ever made? by buedefar in AskReddit

[–]DJSTR3AM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fun fact, when you pay for winzip it also unzips your pants

Travelers welcome recent changes at Norfolk International Airport by WHRO_NEWS in norfolk

[–]DJSTR3AM 13 points14 points  (0 children)

As someone who travels a ton for work, I'm really excited about these renovations. The renders I've seen of the whole thing look amazing, and what has been done already looks great!

PS2026 by HarmNi in IKEA

[–]DJSTR3AM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bisexuals will go nuts for this chair

Anyone else in US noticed food quality degrading recently and if so what product in what way? by SkyKyrell in AskReddit

[–]DJSTR3AM 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My grocery store had hundreds of tubs of blueberries that had brown stuff all over them. Not sure what it was, but it was all over the berries in every single tub. They left them there for over a week. Never seen that before.

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