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YggdrasilsLeaf t1_j1rod4u wrote

Reply to LPT Request What are some strategeies you all use to reduce work-related guilt when doing something fun? by Other_Account_6435

Literal therapy.

You should not feel guilty for enjoying your scheduled time off. You should not feel guilty about calling out when you are sick. You should not feel guilty about calling out pretending to be sick because you need a personal day you don’t want to explain. You should not feel guilty about taking a Personal day off when you want to.

Work is a thing we do so we can live life. Work is not life itself. Work is a thing we do to pay our bills so we can do the things we actually want to do in life. If you should feel guilty about anything? You should feel guilty about missing out on your own life because you were too busy worrying about your boss and work.

Work is not life. Your boss does not own your time. You can say no.

Work is a thing we do so we can afford to live our actual lives. There are no hints or tricks. You should not feel guilty about not going to work. Especially during your scheduled time off.

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hereticsight t1_j1rnupl wrote

Reply to comment by NoCokJstDanglnUretra in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

It did back when I used to use it as well, and yet I was able to navigate correctly with Google Maps, but Waze still forced me to navigate in circles because one street changed from 2-way to 1-way.

I originally used waze mostly for the crowdsourced traffic info, but I ended up giving up on that from being burned too many times by the navigation logic

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gtizzz t1_j1rnlr6 wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

It certainly depends on where you are, how heavy the snow is, if it's currently snowing or snowed recently, etc.

That being said, I tend to try to stick to highways in the snow in rural SW Pennsylvania. I was driving two hours home from taking my son somewhere a few weeks ago. Waze sent me on back roads, but it started to snow. The roads were windy, hilly, narrow, and covered in snow. It was quite stressful. As soon as I had a chance to jump on the turnpike, I did. And it was MUCH safer.

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Immediate-Rub3807 t1_j1rmden wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

So true, reminds me of the man and wife traveling back from upstate Cali and took an old mining road because of GPS and when they found them he was barely alive and his wife had frozen to death…people will still do this unfortunately.

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Billy0598 t1_j1rm2po wrote

Reply to comment by Sometimes_Stutters in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

Agree agree agree. Son drove MN to NY and describes it as "not even the worst blizzard he's been in"

He knows the route and agrees with me. I was watching the tracker and trying to keep them off closed roads. Girlfriend doesn't believe me and ended up taking 2 hours because her gps said to head north right by the lake onto a pennisula and bridge.

Put weight in your car over the powered tires. Kitty litter, dog food.

Leave extra space. More space.

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keepthetips t1_j1rlom1 wrote

Reply to LPT: If you're traveling for the holidays, be sure to pack an extra set of car keys and a phone charger in your carry-on luggage. This will give you a backup in case you lose your primary keys or your phone dies while you're travelling! by TheEpicBlob

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ContemplatingPrison t1_j1rlmh0 wrote

Reply to comment by Sometimes_Stutters in LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

You forgot. When needing the hit the brakes you tap them. You never slam on the brakes. Tapping the brakes will keep your car straight where as normal braking will cause you to slide

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lakechapinguy t1_j1rlaqa wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

I always get off. Nothing like being stuck on an expressway with 200 other cars and trucks because some cars and trucks couldn't play nice 3 miles ahead of you. Get off the highway. Slower speeds maybe but if you get stopped you can turn around and head back. You might be able to find fuel if you need it. There may be a secondary highway paralleling the expressway that was built 50 years ago. If you are on the expressway you have only two choices when things go wrong. Sit with a whole bunch of people going nowhere or 2nd. Sit with a bunch of people going nowhere. And when was the last time you heard of a 45 car/truck pileup with multiple fatalities on a secondary highway.

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DrProfBaconBits t1_j1rkwav wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

Yes!!!! I can say from experience GPS, in my case Google, does not know best in snowstorms. Last winter I stupidly went off the highway and onto back country roads. I assumed I'd be taken back to the highway but realized too late I was being taken further away and into car size drifted roads. I ended up stuck on a drifted road for an hour or so waiting for help with another car with some teens who'd gotten stuck too. A cop, family of the kids, and the biggest savior a couple with a snow plow came and unburied us. Scariest experience waiting and hoping someone can get to you in a storm like that.

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Other_Account_6435 OP t1_j1rk375 wrote

Reply to comment by Background_Duty_1999 in LPT Request What are some strategeies you all use to reduce work-related guilt when doing something fun? by Other_Account_6435

I like this, it's not that "my skills aren't valuable," but my skills can be filled by someone else takes the pressure off a little. That "it can be done by someone else, someone else will do it if I do not;" "work is not usually life and death." Thank you for sharing.

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sherbang t1_j1rju8m wrote

Reply to LPT: If driving in a snowstorm and your GPS suggests taking a faster route, don’t do it if it takes you off the Highway. Backroads are usually last to be cleared of snow and you could get stuck! by Bradiator34

Well, generally yeah. But there was this one time i followed that rule... On Thanksgiving Eve... For 2 hours until i found that there was a bad accident that completely closed the highway and they were rerouting everyone to side roads.

I think what was a normal 3 hour drive took 9. If i had listened when Waze first told me to get off i would have been home hours earlier.

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