The Latest Highway Phenomenon: The Weigh Station
Okay, so before I get on the actual rant of the day, I'd like to get on my two pseudo rants....
1. I think there is a syndrome for bras. It's called the "I Fit In the Store" syndrome, and it automatically becomes null and void after being purchased and worn for about 4 hours. And then, after having spend something like $20 on a stupid piece of fabric with some fucking wires, it becomes useless and uncomfortable after about 4 hours in a work day. BLAST! It doesn't even take a cycle in the washing machine...noooooooo, it's uncomfortable within about 4 hours of the first initial wear. And then, you're sitting there, squirming around and trying to figure out how to fix it and wondering, "why the fuck did I think this fit in the first place?"
Of course, maybe this is just a syndrome that happens to me.
2. A shorter rant: Welcome to bumblefuck Wisconsin, when you see that there are road construction signs placed on Hwy 41 in places where the IS NO ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND HASN'T BEEN FOR ALMOST A MONTH!!!! And then, a couple exits north of the supposed road construction, there actually IS road construction, except that they give you about half mile notice, and it is slowed down to one lane. And why? What is this supposed road construction? Well, I'll tell you, after five days of observation, I DON'T KNOW! When I drive past (at a measly 35-40 miles per hour), I observe the following: About five construction guys, ONE of them actually working. The one that is working is sprinkling something on the road. The other four are standing around picking their butts. It's pretty pointless. Today, the construction miraculously went away. But I haven't seen any progress.
Whoops, thought this was a shorter rant...
3. The Highway Phenomenon: The Weigh Station for Trucks.
So, around the Wrightstown exit, there is a little house on the road with a sign that says "Weigh Station". There's even a sign about a mile prior to the little house that says "Weigh Station, all trucks must weigh in" (or something like that). But every single freaking day, the light up sign says "CLOSED." This baffles me. What is the point of having a weigh station for trucks if it's NEVER open? I've been driving to Green Bay since the end of September. When I went in to work at 8:30am, I thought maybe the weigh station just wasn't open. So, when my hours switched to going in at 10:00 am, I thought maybe the weigh station would be open. So far, it hasn't been. So what's the point of the weigh station? Yeah, I'm not sure.
But the real kicker about the weigh station is there are ALWAYS cop cars outside. Not just one cop car, but MULTIPLE. Sometimes there are up to FOUR cop cars outside of the weigh station. But the weigh station is CLOSED. So WTF are the cops actually doing inside? Is that where the cops eat their donuts? Do they have parties? What the fuck do the cops do in the weigh station, since CLEARLY, they are not weighing trucks. Good to see our tax dollars at work.
If anyone has any idea of what the purpose is to weigh stations, do let me know. :)
This has been a public service announcement, courtesy of oboesontour.
- posted by L. @ 7:19 PM