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Old 11-04-2011, 07:47 AM
 
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We went to a Red Wings games not long ago.

I like gloves to keep warm and I forgot them.

So...we stopped at a Family Dollar Store.

They had an armed guard at the door!!!!
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:00 AM
 
Location: OCEAN BREEZES AND VIEWS SAN CLEMENTE
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You think that this is a single isolated incident?

Have you ever ridden on public transit in some *bad* parts of a major metro area?

Wonder why you can't get a cab or pizza delivered in those same areas?
I hear you loud and clear, and State does not matter. All States have their lovely not so lovely parts of town. Last thing a pizza delivery person wants is to be in that part of town.

Pretty nice tip involved, if you come to this area!
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Bayou City
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Henry Gaffney, spokesman for the D-DOT bus drivers union AFL-CIO Local 26...said this was not an organized maneuver by the union.
Translation: It is
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:08 AM
 
Location: Maryland
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Detroit aka Haiti North.
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:10 AM
 
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I hear you loud and clear, and State does not matter. All States have their lovely not so lovely parts of town. Last thing a pizza delivery person wants is to be in that part of town.

Pretty nice tip involved, if you come to this area!
Yeah, I forget what city it was just a few years ago but some thugs ordered a pizza and gave the address next door.

They murdered and robbed the pizza guy. Police showed up and found the guys sitting next door eating the pizza with the murder wheapon on them and the drivers wallet etc.
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:14 AM
 
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Ironically, the people will pressure the mayor and council members....who will in turn talk to their buddies\relatives running the unions and they will proverbially throw the rank and file under the bus and back to work.

*SOME* public unions in large urban areas are generally so politically corrupted and inflitrated with cronyism that the rank and file aren't exactly watched out for.
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:18 AM
 
Location: southern california
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"ongoing situation", covers a lota territory. how bout detroit is out of control?
these are not lilly livered white kids from wisconsin these are seasoned drivers AA from the hood and the streets that refuse to drive. there is a reason they wont drive. your dirty laundry has spilled over and is clogging the drains. if it were not for rotten lawyers and ACLU you could put a 9mm on each driver like they did in NYC. but you cant shoot gangbangers anymore, its a violation of their civil liberties and u will go to jail if you try.
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Old 11-04-2011, 09:54 AM
 
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That would be pretty tough, to be a bus driver in a city that has a bad reputation for safety. It's one thing to be dealing with customers behind a window, but the thought of what could go wrong on a bus would probably worry me, but that's just me.
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Old 11-04-2011, 10:05 AM
 
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Why do we put up with this? Build a wall around the ghetto jungle and at least keep it contained.
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Old 11-04-2011, 10:14 AM
 
Location: planet octupulous is nearing earths atmosphere
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i bet those cops would arest someone smoking a joint in a new york second,, apprehending people that beat up bus drivers is pretty low on the totem pole..
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