Hey! Who knew! This seems painfully obvious since I haven’t written or posted anything on here lately.
Something I continue to learn is not to keep things bottled up. Not only does it get me cranky, but it doesn’t do anyone any good. Maybe there’s a New Year’s resolution in there somewhere. Hehe.
Still feeling a little argumentative from the weekend, I decided it would be fun to go pick a fight (kind of).
I’m not sure if I’ve written about it (I’ll have to go check). On a near daily basis this guy from Tiles For Less named Terry parks his company truck in the middle of the road here at 1st and Walker and gets his Starbucks fix. It wouldn’t even be worth writing about if he didn’t take his sweet time (10 to 15 minutes).
The thing is, while he’s parked there, his truck is the cause of at least one to two near misses from street traffic making the turn and suddenly finding a large truck parked in the middle of the street with not much room on either side. All of us on the team take a little time and gawk at Terry because it is a source of amusement and a good distraction to our day.
Today I thought it would be fun to take things a little further because I spotted one of Seattle’s Finest sitting at an outside table with a direct view. I walked over, started a small conversation with the officer, and politely inquired what the liability Tiles For Less would incure if Terry’s illegally parked truck were to cause an accident. Although the officer answered the question with a “not much liability for Tiles For Less”, he did remark the truck was parked illegally. I thanked him for his time and went back to my cube to watch and wait.
On a side note, I felt it necessary to spark up the conversation with the officer because we’ve all found it very funny that with so many of the SPD camping out there for a much deserved coffee break (sincerely), not one of them has ever noticed the traffic congestion Terry’s truck has caused. Granted, they most likely have other pressing issues on their minds, but we the people would like to see a “little win” from time to time.
So, back to the story… The officer slowly finished his beverage and his sandwich. He then slowly started putting on his riding gear (Harley cop). When he was all geared up, he did the one of the most appropriate things for the situation. He walked over to the driver’s side of the cab, opened the unlocked door and removed the keys.
Terry must have noticed the officer making his way to the truck becuase as the officer was walking back Terry was halfway to his illegally parked truck. The officer didn’t say a word, he let Terry climb in his truck and do that “panicked key search” we’ve all done. All of us had a good laugh as we watched Terry frantically search for his keys.
It looked like the officer and Terry had a friendly chat. There wasn’t any citation written. Let’s see if Terry get’s the message and parks there tomorrow.
Nope, not talking about Josh Brown’s deal with the Rams. I’m talking about a discussion I had with a friend last night. For those people who know what I have planned over the next couple months, let me know your thoughts.
Am I selling out? Or am I buying in?
Just spent the weekend with some friends from highschool. Good times were had by all.
In my five years of living in Lower Queen Anne, this was my first time catching the Lake Union fireworks show. I met up with some friends at Jabus (I know, weird) and then we proceeded to grab some beer from the QFC and then on to a small house party. We hung out for about an hour and then made our way up the hill to try to find a good vantage point.
We were successful! We found a random empty lot that had an awesome view of the lake.
Overall, the fireworks show was decent. I was expecting something a little better. The show’s I’ve caught from Alki have been better.
Overall, not a bad night.