Portland, Oregon? The problem there is it barely snows at all. Most years maybe an inch once or twice. Not enough snow for locals to practice driving before a big snow/ice storm hits. Very poor road clearing because of minimal $$ devoted to something that may not even be used once a year. Edit to add: And people don’t buy snow tires they probably won’t use.

You are taking your job far too seriously. Have a look around you, are your bosses running around everywhere supporting the workers. Giving them what they need in a timely manner. Actually doing their job and managing people. They have got all the time in the world and this is on the job, while you are away from work stressing about work.

Your work has no loyalty to you. They'd drop you in a heartbeat if they had to. Remember, you are just another number and don't believe the BS that you are valued. If you were that valued, they'd be paying you more.

When your fellow employees and bosses clock out, they don't give two shits about work.

They know the game, it seems you are still catching up.

A strategy to help build a new perspective is pretend someone you love just died. Would you be worrying about work things ? Of course not, because those things will still be there when you get back. Your loved one won't be. Now you know what's really important .

I used to live in the bay. Save 5 mins had me praying for my life in the back roads that last almost 30 mins. On a dirt mountain road with only room for one car to pass through at a time, if both cars went, me going the opposite way would have fell off the mountain. So I never ever save “5 mins” anymore.

My partner tried this also and ended up at the car line to hop onto the ferry. Which would have been a 2 hour wait to get on.

Also, if the shortest direct route is over a mountain and across a large lake, don't do it. Mountains are steep and rocky and may be covered in snow in the winter, normal cars are not made to drive in mountains. Lakes may not be frozen and cars are really bad boats.

I cannot say I’ve ever experienced work related guilt in my life. I guess my secret is remembering that if I dropped dead tomorrow, literally any employer would emotionlessly replace me before my body got cold and maybe even write me up for not finding coverage.

Death is forever and employment is exchanging time we’ll never get back in order to afford living in a world we didn’t choose to be born into. They don’t care about you. Stop caring so much about them. The average worker works more hours per week than the average medieval serf.

Just because somebody points out your lack of knowledge on a subject while you give tips on this subject doesn't make they "are dick about it".

If you can start a car, drive home and next day battery is dead, your battery is just bad.

You can have great cell service without any CS at all until something goes wrong and you want to speak to someone about it. That's where/when CS comes in. ToE (Team of Experts, what T-Mobile calls their CS in the US) are ok and get things done, but they can't match what T-Force on Twitter can do.

No, I could be an asshole too...

When he was complaining about all of us working in the garden, saying "I'm Booooored!", I handed him a pile of vines and asked him put them in the compost.

A few minutes later, a cry of "aargh!" as he lifted the lid and fled with the fruit-flies formed a micro locust swarm around him.

My excessively chipper "Well, at least you're no longer bored!" was met with a shivver and "Byeurk!" of disgust.

LPT: learn how to drive!

Yuk. That’s horrible. Fingers crossed it helps!

You probably have a battery issue. Unless your car is 20 years old (and maybe it is) if they leave a door open, your car will automatically cut the power and all the lights will go off and stop using your battery. You can leave your car door open for 3 days and start it perfectly. Thats how cars have been designed for years. If you needed to be jumped when you left a mechanic and they didnt try to figure out why or suggest you need to replace a battery (or alternator) please dont go back there.

You dont know how to fix your car, so you bring it into people you must trust to do the job for you. And you are assuming these people who know more about cars than you, dont think about or realize what drains the battery and what that will cause? Im sorry you had it happen to you so many times but this isnt something that happens on a normal or even semi-normal basis for people.

Lol can't possibly be the most likely mechanical option. Must be someone else's fault.

Been there and I know. I'd usually aim to steer it towards becoming a loop and then point out that I'd answered that question and start getting mock worried that if his memory was that poor, he clearly wasn't getting enough sleep!

Fair enough, I always answered until it reached a loop and then I'd point out that I'd answered that already. Then start ignoring any repeats or suggest that if their memory was that bad, they clearly needed longer naps or less sugar. That usually worked without appearing to give them the win of me losing my temper or speaking down to them.

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I think I need some time to let this sink in.

I’m a PhD student and am really struggling with this because it’s not a paid per hour kind of job …

Woah I turned it on and immediately felt withdrawals

I remember almost getting stuck in Tahoe in the winter because of snow & mudslides -- one of the roads I did not even attempt to use was clearly marked "not open during winter" on the map but because it connected two of the larger open roads, people were attempting to use it & getting stuck. Media & law enforcement actually had to make repeated announcements for people to stop trying to use the road.

You can't do a good job if you don't take care of yourself. By taking care of yourself and doing something good for you, you are doing something for your job.

Why?

One of the best things I did in high school was learn how to fishtail. There was a steep hill I had to turn on to get into my neighborhood. It was a wide street and gave a clear view of whether or not someone else was on it. If there was no one else, I'd punch it and make a sharp turn.

Also everyone else is probably trying to go the same way to get away from traffic