RTO:Traffic is atrocious

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If anything metro feels safer now with RTO. yes there are rowdy teens but they don’t bother anyone. I work by union station and the homeless tents are also gone.

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Anonymous wrote:Funny part of RTO govt workers barely work long hours so they spend little near the office and they have almost no ability to expense food. They dont get how RTO will increase restaurant sales.

When I worked Pre-Covid in a job I leave for work at 655 am Like clock work. No time to eat breakfast at home. I always get coffee, bagelt etc by work at 815 am on way in the door. I always ate lunch out five days a week. A lot of times we work though lunch and I order food for staff and expense it. Then we take people out for dinner drinks, expense it, or meet friends happy hour and of course out of pocket. They holiday parties etc.

I would buy around 600 meals a year by work. And since I was at work 10-11 hours a day my eye doctor, medical doctor, pharmacy, where I bought birthday cards, shoping for birthdays etc all by work.

If I had a 9-5 job no OT I could go quick in and out and bring lunch. When I went remote it al stopped. I am back to work three days a week in a sleep DC 9-5 job. I eat breakfast at home, bring lunch one a week buy lunch twice a week. But that is not replacing my spending of past.

People who bring lunch and not spending good luck with that when you work 8am to 8 pm every day in a place with no pantry or kitchen,

As a fed, I work 8 hours a day and bring all food and water I consume from home, partially because I can't afford to eat out and partially because the water in my building is contaminated.

I use insulated containers, so that cuts down on standing in line to use the office microwave.

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Anonymous wrote:Every day is bad now. I don’t recall a time when my Friday commute was bad but even that’s taking two full hours from downtown DC to Rockville. I’m hoping some offices will begin to scale back some RTO. I don’t know how much longer I can deal with traffic this bad.

That isn’t going to happen. They don’t care how long you (the royal You) sit in traffic. If you get fed up and quit, they’ll replace you —or not.

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Anonymous wrote:+1000. Take metro if you don’t like the traffic.

Don’t make people RTO for no reason

Too late.

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Anonymous wrote:Every day is bad now. I don’t recall a time when my Friday commute was bad but even that’s taking two full hours from downtown DC to Rockville. I’m hoping some offices will begin to scale back some RTO. I don’t know how much longer I can deal with traffic this bad.

That isn’t going to happen. They don’t care how long you (the royal You) sit in traffic. If you get fed up and quit, they’ll replace you —or not.

Is there such a thing as a royal you?

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Anonymous wrote:+1000. Take metro if you don’t like the traffic.

Don’t make people RTO for no reason

Too late.

They have a reason. You just don't agree with it.

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Anonymous wrote:You knew where you job was when you bought your house. Poor choice on your part.

Many people bought post pandemic when commutes were very different. My job was in my house at that point.

This was my case, too. I purchased my home in 2021 when telework was still in full swing. The last few weeks have been my first experience with post-pandemic traffic.

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Anonymous wrote:Every day is bad now. I don’t recall a time when my Friday commute was bad but even that’s taking two full hours from downtown DC to Rockville. I’m hoping some offices will begin to scale back some RTO. I don’t know how much longer I can deal with traffic this bad.

That isn’t going to happen. They don’t care how long you (the royal You) sit in traffic. If you get fed up and quit, they’ll replace you —or not.

Is there such a thing as a royal you?

There is not. The PP is an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:The restaurants, coffee shops, and flower vendors are starting to flourish again. There are some great things happening, too. I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/44-restaurant-owners-washington-dc-fear-may-have-close-2025

44% of restaurant owners in Washington, DC fear they may have to close in 2025

https://wjla.com/news/local/survey-shows-dc-restaurants-struggling-to-stay-open-with-wage-hikes-federal-layoffs-historic-pressure-metropolitan-washington-casual-dining-full-service-food-costs-tipped-wage-increases-servers-tips-taxes-tax-tariff-employment

A new survey from the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) reveals that more than two-thirds of casual dining restaurants will likely close this year.

The survey cited escalating food costs, federal layoffs, and tipped wage increases as some of the reasons for the expected closures.

The RTO is happening now so it will help some of these restaurants out then.

While there is RTO there is also lay off. And most of them are aware on what is happening and what the future looks like, and they bag their lunch.

Even if I make it through the RIF, I’m not going to be spending $20 on lunch on a regular basis. Just not happening. Instead of grocery shopping at my neighborhood TJ for WFH lunch items, I shop at the TJ closer to my office for lunch supplies I bring to work. Literally zero difference in my spending or the retail beneficiary.

That is true for me, too. I have spent very little since RTO. This week, I went out with a coworker for a restaurant favorite pre-pandemic that is going out of business. Restaurants are shutting down, as far as I am tracking.

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Anonymous wrote:You knew where you job was when you bought your house. Poor choice on your part.

Many people bought post pandemic when commutes were very different. My job was in my house at that point.

Well you’re not so bright then thinking you’d work from home forever. Enjoy the traffic

After I bought my house, my office closed and relocated to a location significantly further away.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You knew where you job was when you bought your house. Poor choice on your part.

Many people bought post pandemic when commutes were very different. My job was in my house at that point.

Well you’re not so bright then thinking you’d work from home forever. Enjoy the traffic

After I bought my house, my office closed and relocated to a location significantly further away.

This happened to me as well, but I stayed with the company because the pain of leaving was more than the pain in staying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You knew where you job was when you bought your house. Poor choice on your part.

Many people bought post pandemic when commutes were very different. My job was in my house at that point.

Well you’re not so bright then thinking you’d work from home forever. Enjoy the traffic

After I bought my house, my office closed and relocated to a location significantly further away.

This happens literally all the time in the private sector. No one is forcing you to stay

[Anonymous]

We are buying as little as possible, and only spending money for gas / public transit to RTO.

My agency has been offering telework for decades, so very few coworkers are in the mood to support the restaurants near us, and are using our money to pay for commuting costs now instead of going out to eat.

If the restaurants want to stay in business, they need to attract more private industry workers.

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Anonymous wrote:Every day is bad now. I don’t recall a time when my Friday commute was bad but even that’s taking two full hours from downtown DC to Rockville. I’m hoping some offices will begin to scale back some RTO. I don’t know how much longer I can deal with traffic this bad.

That isn’t going to happen. They don’t care how long you (the royal You) sit in traffic. If you get fed up and quit, they’ll replace you —or not.

Is there such a thing as a royal you?

There is now

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You knew where you job was when you bought your house. Poor choice on your part.

Many people bought post pandemic when commutes were very different. My job was in my house at that point.

Well you’re not so bright then thinking you’d work from home forever. Enjoy the traffic

After I bought my house, my office closed and relocated to a location significantly further away.

This happens literally all the time in the private sector. No one is forcing you to stay

Gosh, I wish I had your wisdom but at least you are sharing it so thank you