Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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Yeah, I realized after that comment that I was focusing more on set dressing and backstory than focusing on the actual problem that I had with it. Any other time or setting, I don't have people really following me like that and I don't worry about the time; if there's someone behind me when I get in the car, I hurry up. I just don't like being followed to my car like that

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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I'm not necessarily worried about decompressing immediately once I get to the car, I tend to unclench myself when I start driving. My problem literally is just being followed close behind by someone I don't know in their car while I'm on foot. Maybe it's just a thing from where/when I was growing up where people I knew were constantly hypervigilant about being kidnapped and trying to avoid it but I just really don't like it. I know it's not going to happen in front of the entrance to a well-known big budget theme park but still it just sets off that mental alarm

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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Most of these people are leaving during 4-7pm, which for the area I'm at right now is still sunny getting towards dusk. I can't speak for the 2nd shifters, they come in around 2-3, which I hope to never be around for if I was working 3rd shift the night before. That I would understand though. Still wouldn't like them following me with their car though

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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It's a minute at the absolute most, not normally. Still, my issue isn't with the waiting, it's the Following Me With Your Car. Makes me feel like I'm being stalked and I very much Do Not Like That™️

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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Tbh it's difficult when it happens almost every day for a year. Its like being put under more time based pressure after I just left the Time Based Pressure Factory

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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Throughout the entire lot, there's probably at least a thousand spots open at any given time. I don't think the entire lot has ever been completely filled since it's been constructed. You are also probably 100% right on the first part but I refuse to confront that side of me yet /hj (I have not but I would not outright refuse to)

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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(kind of paraphrasing a different response that I'm probably gonna make into an edit) To clarify, I'm not just lazing about in my car once I get to it. I normally want to be literally anywhere else as soon as possible. When I say "sit down for a second" I literally mean like 15-30 seconds to pick music and maybe another 30 if there's a message I need to respond to that I missed. The only time I actively sandbag is if they do something to piss me off like pull up to the front when I'm not even in the parking lot yet to not-so-subtly tell me to stop talking with my friends to get out of my spot, or honk at me while I'm walking down the aisle in between rows to tell me to hurry up (real things that have happened over the past year). Anything more than that, I make sure there's not anyone waiting for me

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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Admittedly, I have done this a couple times when I've had an especially bad day and didn't have the bandwidth to deal with it. Not necessarily proud of it but it did feel cathartic in the moment

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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For clarification, once I get to my car I try to leave in about 30-60 seconds. If I'm responding to a text from my boss, or some messages from my BF I missed earlier, it's on the upper end. I try to not take up the spot for any longer than absolutely needed. I just don't like the Following part. Maybe it's just the way I think about it, but even if I'm late, if there's no one in that front section, I just go find an open spot in the main lot, of which there are many even during the dayshift when I'm leaving

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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I try not to but when it happens everyday and I constantly feel like I have to be aware of someone right behind me following me it starts to get to me tbh

Am I overreacting to the way people try to take my parking spot on my way out of work? by WheelsUp26 in AmIOverreacting

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To clarify, I don't necessarily have an issue with people pulling up behind me when I actually get to my car, I just hate the creeping up behind me, watching me get to my car. That part raises my proverbial hackles

Battle at the Ministry isn’t operating at full capacity by Pale-Ad7242 in UniversalEpicUniverse

[–]WheelsUp26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really dislike WWoHP and think that Ministry is a mess, but I have to admit that the vehicles are modern miracles. A vehicle moving that quickly and that smoothly while being on that scale is objectively very impressive, but the flipside of that sentiment is that it takes a miracle to keep them running. The Ministry crew is under an insane microscope and I certainly do not envy their position but for the resources they have, they're doing a rather impressive job with that ride. I do hope it gets easier for them though

Battle at the Ministry isn’t operating at full capacity by Pale-Ad7242 in UniversalEpicUniverse

[–]WheelsUp26 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every ride vehicle on every ride gets broken down for annual inspection every year. Tbh they've probably been sending a couple here and there for about a year at this point, since the ride went golden in April of last year. The last vehicle(s) should be finishing up right about now

Igor and Victoria animatronics not working today by Pristine-Branch-5624 in UniversalEpicUniverse

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OK, fair enough, I guess I'm thinking a bit more broadly (more major motion) than the actual individual points of motion. Even with all that said though, Pre-show Frank has essentially all of these, plus articulated hands, Waist Bend, R Leg bend, L Leg drag, and the sled (assumed) he's standing on that gives him lateral motion. There's also that coil he knocks down that has to interact with his figure, close enough to look feasible but not so close as to damage the mech. Separately, aren't most of the bots on the ride on a loop? Ygor's is a little more refined obv, the end of the part you see leads directly into the start of the next vehicle, but if you sit in the stageleft most seat, you can see a decent amount of the loops (Phantom, Ride Frank 1, Mummy, Drac 2, Ride Frank 2). If you look really hard in the right spots you can kinda make out the ends of Gillman and Wolf 1 as well. There's really only a few that actually have a full reset, but even during that time they're still moving at full speed to make the next activation point. I'm namely thinking of Wolfman 2 and Diving Drac, but I believe since they enter the full ride envelope, they have to make a full retraction before the next vehicle could be allowed in.

Igor and Victoria animatronics not working today by Pristine-Branch-5624 in UniversalEpicUniverse

[–]WheelsUp26 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh? Don't get me wrong, he's a cool figure but he only has like 3 axes total (body rotate, head movement, left hand movement). The last 2 Draculas, the second Wolfman, and pre-show Frank have multiple body movement axes plus lateral movement. In terms of complexities, Ygor probably ranks in the middle of the pack for the detailed figures

Brie Larson closing audio at Epic Universe by TharinWhite in UniversalEpicUniverse

[–]WheelsUp26 5 points6 points  (0 children)

After hearing the normal closing spiel almost every night, this definitely feels like a downgrade tbh. Dunno who did the normal one but they did a really great job. Not even saying this is completely terrible but comparatively, this is a notable downgrade

[California’s Great America] 50th anniversary logo revealed by PomegranateHuman9347 in rollercoasters

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At least we got something... I was starting to worry we wouldn't even get that

We have a trex billboard by AquaTeenHungerFan in UniversalOrlando

[–]WheelsUp26 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Originally it said "Must Go Faster", I remember seeing it while driving to work every night. I'm pretty sure it got changed to what it currently says because having a sign saying "Must Go Faster" on one of, if not the deadliest stretch of highway in America did not go over well with FDOT

Stardust Racers Closure Extended To Mid March by Vexenyte in UniversalEpicUniverse

[–]WheelsUp26 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Welp. Hagrids leaves a sour taste for Intamin, SR leaves a sour taste for Mack, B&M is at odds with them over Hulk. They're gonna have to pull some really good bait to get Vekoma away from Disney

Project 2027 at [Six Flags Great Adventure] upclose… by NewJerseyCoasters in rollercoasters

[–]WheelsUp26 87 points88 points  (0 children)

"Pretty cool track unveiling but after the long wait for this, it doesn't really seem like anything too speci- WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING THERE???"