Street closure

7-23-15

Cones and street closure signs apparently are the universal way to weed out the stupid from the general population.

The whole intersection in front of Steve was in shut down yesterday. As we have learned through the years, it is a major thoroughfare for the residents of Southeast Torrance. This is why the good city put out cones and notices some time ago, indicating that there would be work done soon.

Ask yourself this question; If you see a road closure sign with a crap ton of orange cones and multiple city vehicles on the path ahead, do you power through or do you avoid the construction zone? Turns out a good amount of people chose to power through. It was nuts! I am sitting on my couch, watching car after car get stuck in the midst of giant equipment and asphalt piles. They all would just blow through the road block and then wonder when they couldn’t go further.

Oh but wait, it gets worse.

The workers called it a day, but had to leave one section of repair coned off so they could finish tomorrow. They put up a shit ton of cones, even enlisting the help of the giant flashy sign trailer with the hopes to deter folks from smashing into the construction section. This worked about as well as dropping a leaf on a line of ants. It was crazy panic and I was pretty convinced a head on collision would take place in front of my house. People were flying through the one lane at high speeds and not paying attention to the fact that they had to yield the road to one another in the standard turn taking procedure. I couldn’t believe the amount of pure stupidity in my neighborhood.

Aside from the free entertainment outside, it was a lazy afternoon. Ken and Dax did go to soccer, which resulted in Dax getting an awesome night. Dax normally just watches Ken’s game, but there were not enough people to do a real game, so Dax got to play with the people there! Yay! I almost wish I had gone. Instead, Bobby and I use these nights to let him play GTA and I hang out for a while before going to bed early. It is wonderful all around.

I believe Ken and the boys will be at camp late today since this is the second to last day and they need to start the whole cleanup process. It means I really need to do some laundry this afternoon. Perhaps also go through some soccer paperwork since registration is coming. On top of that, an audit is about to take place and I would like everything organized.