I was thinking today about all the money that's wasted on a daily basis. A short trip up 485 to near the Rea Rd exit is what tripped my daydream. There's one of those signs that tells you like what gas stations and food and lodging is at the next exit. So they put up this sign for the lodging, except it's completely fucking empty. Just a big blue sign that says "lodging". I wonder how much that cost. At least a couple of hundred dollars. Plus a couple hundred more to pay guys to erect it. And for nothing of any use. I bet there's enough useless signs in Charlotte that, if never put up, would've saved enough money to add another lane to half the roads in the city. Fuck congestion.
How about the $10,000 recently spent by Charlotte for advertising for an anti-litter campaign. Just advertising. They could spend half that and pay Charlotte's homeless people to clean up litter. Or save it all and use prisoners. Instead they want watchdogs to call in license plate numbers of litterbugs, so they can mail them a warning letter "to create awareness" and a free ashtray or litter bag. I totally want a free litter bag so I can put the letter inside, crumple it all up and throw it out the window. I'd keep the free ashtray.
Then there's those recent ads about DUIs and how they're gonna catch you if you drink and drive. I'll bet if you take the money spend by the government and MADD annually and put it towards taxi fares, you'd take over half the drunk driver's off the road. And that's a better rate of success than all the patrols and checkpoints combined. And you wouldn't even have to spend money on advertising. Word of mouth and internet would take care of that. If Mothers Against Drunk Driving really cared, they'd would do something for the people that drink instead of trying to do something against them. By hey, the government would never approve since they generate mega revenue from DUI arrests. Fines, classes, reinstatement fees add up really quickly. Or how about the suggestion from Neal Bortz that I recently saw in a Captain Morgan ad? Walk to a pizza place, order for delivery, then catch a ride with the delivery driver. Safe, cheap, and you got some food when you get home. Fucking genius.
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Hmm good point there...
*applauds* Ya know, I never even fucking noticed that lodging sign near Rea rd? What does that tell you. You're absolutely right Ben, and how awesome do you feel for hearing that? Yeah, I thought so.
Oh, Mandy. Thanks for the applause. It's nice to see you commenting and not being a stranger.
My dad actually told me to do that in Atlanta. The pizza thing... that is. They have this thing in Atlanta called "Safe Ride" where two people ride out to where you are. Then one of them drives your car and the other follows. That way...in the morning...you don't have to figure out where the hell your car is or how to get to it. And it costs the same as a taxi. Pretty friggin' smart!
Yeah, I figured I'd quit being lame.
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