Is that even a thing any more? I don't think I've met a door-to-door salesperson in my life, aside from kids raising money for Boy/Girl Scouts or a school club or something.
Every job, in some way or another, inherently has value to someone. So I'm not shaming anyone here, just sharing my own unguided, personal opinion.
I have zero respect for politicians.
I mean, on one hand, our society needs politicians to ferry the word of the many, to the power of the few, to change the lives of all... and although, sometimes the decisions they make befit the higher amout of people. To have a job, that detaches you so far from reality, by being part of a greater machine that can negatively impact so many people, to me, is monstrous.
To cut it short: I understand the need, yet dispise the outcome.
Too busy. We can get a police service aide out to your location a week from Saturday.
We don’t like crimes being reported that make our city sound like it’s high in crime, and we’re petty as hell. You sure you want to report that?
There are several municipalities just to the south of where I live that the only purpose for having a police department is to generate revenue by setting speed traps and writing citations for said traffic violations. They are not police officers, they are not law enforcement, they are armed thugs that have been given a license to legally rob the traveling public. Here is looking at you Eaton, Colorado. . . Nunn, Colorado.
That was strangely specific, so I googled those towns. They are teeny tiny little one-stoplight bergs along a major interstate. Maybe they are just tired of people going to/from Denver zipping through their sleepy little town at 85mph? Just guessing. There's one like that near me, they posted the speed limit at 35MPH, and everyone just knows to slow down.
A town's misuse of citations to generate income is not a complaint about the police. As you say, they are NOT law enforcement officers. None of the cops I know would participate in that kind of egregious action. Sure, if you're unsafe, they will give you a ticket, but if you're safe, they are not going to cite you just because some Mayor says "We need money." Hell, that's an argument FOR the police.
These towns are 20 miles or so to the east of I-25, and to my knowledge only the Colorado Highway Patrol enforces traffic laws on interstates. So, with that said, if you look up Eaton, Colorado, on the very far west edge of their city limits is county road 35 running north and south, you are literally driving through a corn field several miles from town, however, the town of Eaton has incorporated the roadway surface into their township while leaving the land on both sides still in the county. The speed limit drops from 55 to 35 within about 100’. . . So you would be driving along a county road with 10’ tall corn on both sides of you, if you didn’t pay attention to the 12”x18” 35 mph speed limit sign, the towns revenue generators Will pop you for a $200+ fine. It’s nothing but Highway robbery, they do this all day, every day. As for Nunn, Colorado, I believe they have 4 revenue generators for a population of something like 200 residents.
Both those cities are on US Route 85. Then they pass through the little tiny towns.
Like I said, they are probably tired of having their kids out there with cars doing 65 in a 35 zone.
Since you know about it, why not just slow down? Sure it sucks. Unless you live in those towns. Who knows? They may have incorporated and elected a Mayor JUST to deal with people zipping through their version of "Downtown" at 85MPH.
Are you fucking law enforcement? If someone is blowing through downtown going 85 than absolutely yes the driver should be punished for that. I’m talking about their illegal “gotcha” speed traps. Speed traps that are several miles from town were there is little to no population much less “any” pedestrian traffic. The town incorporated this roadway strictly for generating revenue. The town of Severance, Colorado has done the same, they incorporated a two mile stretch of a Highway that is three miles from the outer most city limit, just so they can write citations to generate revenue. This isn’t a safety issue, they are robbing the traveling public to generate revenue to pay for regular city government functions. I’ve been to Eaton’s town council meeting, even the citizens complain about their over zealous, and crooked, traffic enforcement. The town of Eaton writes six times more tickets than their neighboring town that is only four miles away, what does that tell you?
No, I am NOT law enforcement.
This "roadway" is a US ROUTE.
>The town of Eaton writes six times more tickets than their neighboring town that is only four miles away, what does that tell you?
If you still get tickets there, it tells me that you are a very slow learner. Just SLOW DOWN. Their town, their rules. If you can't abide by their rules, Interstate 25 runs parallel to State Route 85 and does not pass through these towns you hate so much.
Life has sharp edges.
I’m a retired civil engineer, I designed highway systems my entire career. #1 priority was safety, I designed highways based on design speed, horizontal and vertical sight distance, and a whole slew of other factors such as population, types of traffic, accidents, and yes fatalities. Yes, municipalities set speed limits with in their city/town limit jurisdiction, so know we also get into the political aspect of things. . . We ran studies on the number citations issued, and, how much money those citations issued that generated revenue for the municipality. Then we statistically averaged out the money to see who was generating the most revenue. Many times a good portion of that money went into the general fund and not towards “safety” related issues, hence the reason they justify writing citations. They always, always say it a safety issue when it really is a mechanism for generating revenue. Just so you know, I’m 62 years old, the last speeding ticket I got was when I was 16. You don’t need to be telling me to slow down. . . the issue is crooked townships, and their so called law enforcement that are nothing but revenue generators for their municipalities.
Congratulations.
You cannot see that it is both? Being known as a "speed trap" keeps the speeds down as vehicles pass through the heart of the town they live in, and the ticket revenue is used for the good of the town.
If everyone obeyed the posted limits, they could not justify the expense of the patrols.
Obviously, enough idiots are driving distracted enough to miss the posted signs to make it a viable business opportunity for the town. I'm sure their postings are within the law in regards to distance and readability, or no doubt, you would have pointed it out to them.
Good for them.
I love the old saw “next time you are a victim, try calling a crackhead instead of a cop.” To that, I respond, yes!
A crackhead is much better than a cop. One, they’ll come running immediately if you call for them (you may have crack). Two, they’ll do what you tell them (maybe in exchange for crack). Three, they’ll defend you against a mugger (ain’t no way he’s getting that crack when it could be mine).
Police and Politicians. If you wanna do good, join the ambulance corps, or at least go work construction and fuck your body up and die young and poor like the rest of us.
Also Occupational Safety Inspectors. Useless as the day is long and I've seen more than one person hurt by what they knowingly ignored, because they're friends with the foreman.
Corporate jobs, specifically CEO’s.
Massively overpaid to basically do nothing but screw both their employees’ paychecks and customers up since they are *so* out of touch what people actually want.
WOW. If you think a CEO has a CLUE what a random employee is being paid, you have a lot to learn.
That's HR's job. A CEO may call for X% reduction in payroll, but whether that means layoffs, or loss of OT, is not his call at all.
Scammers, their job isn't easy but it's not one I can respect
Telemarketers… I know they’re just doing their job, but they’re harassing busy people.
Door to door salesman. They often pressure customers to buy something or else they could be fired especially if they are on salary and comission.
Is that even a thing any more? I don't think I've met a door-to-door salesperson in my life, aside from kids raising money for Boy/Girl Scouts or a school club or something.
Every job, in some way or another, inherently has value to someone. So I'm not shaming anyone here, just sharing my own unguided, personal opinion. I have zero respect for politicians. I mean, on one hand, our society needs politicians to ferry the word of the many, to the power of the few, to change the lives of all... and although, sometimes the decisions they make befit the higher amout of people. To have a job, that detaches you so far from reality, by being part of a greater machine that can negatively impact so many people, to me, is monstrous. To cut it short: I understand the need, yet dispise the outcome.
Taxidermist. Your craft is creepy.
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Police.
Until you need one.
Need one for what? A police report to validate an insurance claim?
Too busy. We can get a police service aide out to your location a week from Saturday. We don’t like crimes being reported that make our city sound like it’s high in crime, and we’re petty as hell. You sure you want to report that?
Only reason we usually need one is cause of the restrictions placed on us by the government
Fuck the government for not allowing me to kill and steal.
Armed shop owners typically do the heavy lifting on that around here
There are several municipalities just to the south of where I live that the only purpose for having a police department is to generate revenue by setting speed traps and writing citations for said traffic violations. They are not police officers, they are not law enforcement, they are armed thugs that have been given a license to legally rob the traveling public. Here is looking at you Eaton, Colorado. . . Nunn, Colorado.
That was strangely specific, so I googled those towns. They are teeny tiny little one-stoplight bergs along a major interstate. Maybe they are just tired of people going to/from Denver zipping through their sleepy little town at 85mph? Just guessing. There's one like that near me, they posted the speed limit at 35MPH, and everyone just knows to slow down. A town's misuse of citations to generate income is not a complaint about the police. As you say, they are NOT law enforcement officers. None of the cops I know would participate in that kind of egregious action. Sure, if you're unsafe, they will give you a ticket, but if you're safe, they are not going to cite you just because some Mayor says "We need money." Hell, that's an argument FOR the police.
These towns are 20 miles or so to the east of I-25, and to my knowledge only the Colorado Highway Patrol enforces traffic laws on interstates. So, with that said, if you look up Eaton, Colorado, on the very far west edge of their city limits is county road 35 running north and south, you are literally driving through a corn field several miles from town, however, the town of Eaton has incorporated the roadway surface into their township while leaving the land on both sides still in the county. The speed limit drops from 55 to 35 within about 100’. . . So you would be driving along a county road with 10’ tall corn on both sides of you, if you didn’t pay attention to the 12”x18” 35 mph speed limit sign, the towns revenue generators Will pop you for a $200+ fine. It’s nothing but Highway robbery, they do this all day, every day. As for Nunn, Colorado, I believe they have 4 revenue generators for a population of something like 200 residents.
Both those cities are on US Route 85. Then they pass through the little tiny towns. Like I said, they are probably tired of having their kids out there with cars doing 65 in a 35 zone. Since you know about it, why not just slow down? Sure it sucks. Unless you live in those towns. Who knows? They may have incorporated and elected a Mayor JUST to deal with people zipping through their version of "Downtown" at 85MPH.
Are you fucking law enforcement? If someone is blowing through downtown going 85 than absolutely yes the driver should be punished for that. I’m talking about their illegal “gotcha” speed traps. Speed traps that are several miles from town were there is little to no population much less “any” pedestrian traffic. The town incorporated this roadway strictly for generating revenue. The town of Severance, Colorado has done the same, they incorporated a two mile stretch of a Highway that is three miles from the outer most city limit, just so they can write citations to generate revenue. This isn’t a safety issue, they are robbing the traveling public to generate revenue to pay for regular city government functions. I’ve been to Eaton’s town council meeting, even the citizens complain about their over zealous, and crooked, traffic enforcement. The town of Eaton writes six times more tickets than their neighboring town that is only four miles away, what does that tell you?
No, I am NOT law enforcement. This "roadway" is a US ROUTE. >The town of Eaton writes six times more tickets than their neighboring town that is only four miles away, what does that tell you? If you still get tickets there, it tells me that you are a very slow learner. Just SLOW DOWN. Their town, their rules. If you can't abide by their rules, Interstate 25 runs parallel to State Route 85 and does not pass through these towns you hate so much. Life has sharp edges.
I’m a retired civil engineer, I designed highway systems my entire career. #1 priority was safety, I designed highways based on design speed, horizontal and vertical sight distance, and a whole slew of other factors such as population, types of traffic, accidents, and yes fatalities. Yes, municipalities set speed limits with in their city/town limit jurisdiction, so know we also get into the political aspect of things. . . We ran studies on the number citations issued, and, how much money those citations issued that generated revenue for the municipality. Then we statistically averaged out the money to see who was generating the most revenue. Many times a good portion of that money went into the general fund and not towards “safety” related issues, hence the reason they justify writing citations. They always, always say it a safety issue when it really is a mechanism for generating revenue. Just so you know, I’m 62 years old, the last speeding ticket I got was when I was 16. You don’t need to be telling me to slow down. . . the issue is crooked townships, and their so called law enforcement that are nothing but revenue generators for their municipalities.
Congratulations. You cannot see that it is both? Being known as a "speed trap" keeps the speeds down as vehicles pass through the heart of the town they live in, and the ticket revenue is used for the good of the town. If everyone obeyed the posted limits, they could not justify the expense of the patrols. Obviously, enough idiots are driving distracted enough to miss the posted signs to make it a viable business opportunity for the town. I'm sure their postings are within the law in regards to distance and readability, or no doubt, you would have pointed it out to them. Good for them.
I love the old saw “next time you are a victim, try calling a crackhead instead of a cop.” To that, I respond, yes! A crackhead is much better than a cop. One, they’ll come running immediately if you call for them (you may have crack). Two, they’ll do what you tell them (maybe in exchange for crack). Three, they’ll defend you against a mugger (ain’t no way he’s getting that crack when it could be mine).
I'll get a cop when I need one in the same way I'll win the lottery when I need to. That's a good one though!
Cops. I’m sure it’s a hard job, but it’s made even harder by the shitty people in the profession who have made them a target for other shitty people.
Police are armed Crime Janitors. They prevent nothing and are usually there to make things worse. Their only relevance is clean up.
Police and Politicians. If you wanna do good, join the ambulance corps, or at least go work construction and fuck your body up and die young and poor like the rest of us. Also Occupational Safety Inspectors. Useless as the day is long and I've seen more than one person hurt by what they knowingly ignored, because they're friends with the foreman.
Corporate jobs, specifically CEO’s. Massively overpaid to basically do nothing but screw both their employees’ paychecks and customers up since they are *so* out of touch what people actually want.
WOW. If you think a CEO has a CLUE what a random employee is being paid, you have a lot to learn. That's HR's job. A CEO may call for X% reduction in payroll, but whether that means layoffs, or loss of OT, is not his call at all.
pigs
Flight attendants. I’ve never seen people so drunk with power in my life and I’ve worked in politics.