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Today, the Seattle Mariners had a day game. Safeco Field is just down the street from where I work. Now, it's bad enough I can't get away from work for lunch because they take away street access an hour before the game. But to compound the already nutso traffic conditions, they blocked 2 of the 3 freeway access points, creating a bottleneck much like an hourglass, so the fans who attend the game and park in the adjacent parking structures can leave unimpeded by regular traffic.
First of all, these people just attended a game. They just had a good time. The rest of us just got off work. Let them sit in their cars and work off their beer buzz, while I get home in a reasonable time.
Secondly, all that fan traffic winds up hopelessly snarling freeway traffic. Which is what happened today. I spent an hour and a half trying to get on the freeway (normal transit time: 5 minutes). Some of that was spent trying to navigate streets on which I don't normally drive. Eventually, I realized my normal route was a lost cause and took 2 sides of the triangle to get home, which took another half hour (normal transit time on the freeway: 15 minutes).
How angry was I? Well, angry enough to write all this. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being Bruce Banner on the toilet without a roll of paper ... 15. And yet I kept my inner Hulk from breaking any windows.
First of all, these people just attended a game. They just had a good time. The rest of us just got off work. Let them sit in their cars and work off their beer buzz, while I get home in a reasonable time.
Secondly, all that fan traffic winds up hopelessly snarling freeway traffic. Which is what happened today. I spent an hour and a half trying to get on the freeway (normal transit time: 5 minutes). Some of that was spent trying to navigate streets on which I don't normally drive. Eventually, I realized my normal route was a lost cause and took 2 sides of the triangle to get home, which took another half hour (normal transit time on the freeway: 15 minutes).
How angry was I? Well, angry enough to write all this. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being Bruce Banner on the toilet without a roll of paper ... 15. And yet I kept my inner Hulk from breaking any windows.
