• Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    49
    ·
    2 months ago

    Family eating at shooters (and the whole hooters/twin peaks concept)

    Need to take the car for a 500m trip because there is no sidewalk and a highway to cross

    • fartsparkles@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      37
      ·
      edit-2
      2 months ago

      The car thing really blew my mind. My hotel was 400m from the office but 1.6km by car. Colleagues were waiting for a taxi while I walked. I had to cut over a couple of car parks and a bit of grass (zero sidewalks) and was there in a few minutes while they turned up 15min later since they were waiting for a taxi.

      The worst part, they all jumped in cars to go 300m down the road for lunch. Yeah, I walked. With looking for a parking space then walking from the space to the restaurant, they got there after me.

      I adore Americans; they’ve been nothing except kind and generous to me in every part of the country I’ve visited but damn, the money they’re wasting alone just starting their engines and the wear and tear on the vehicles blows my fucking mind. Build some sidewalks, guys!

    • SSTF@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      2 months ago

      and the whole hooters/twin peaks concept

      I haven’t thought about Hooters in years. It always did seem like a dated concept from the 1980s that was somehow still clinging to life in the 90s. It’s still in business, so obviously somebody must be going to them, but I don’t know if I’d call it normal for most Americans.