I got served by the Traffic Dept

[Pcheez]

So today i hopped down to the traffic department to pay my monthly fines, as usual around 1000$, as usual 15 reckless endangerement and 21illegal parking 7 in handicapped spots.

Now thats all fine and dandy, my CEO allows me up to 2k a month on traffic fines because he knows when i need to get somewhere i have to do it fast, the 160km/h limit is not enough so i do about 220. Parking in the UAE is a nightmare and can waste upwards 1 hour finding a parking spot so i just park anywhere possible except hydrants, dont like getting towed.

Now the pleasant surprise this month was the guy at the counter asking for my license. He took it, got a big ol red stamp and hit it with Suspended.

Naturally, i had a little fit and asked what the fuck is that about.

Apparently i got 21 black points on my license so suspension.

I didnt even know there was a point system here but apparently it was implemented in march.

So forumfallers halp me with this. Got 1 of 3 options.

1. Drive illegally, abiding by all the shitty rules and regulations and waste hours and hours i could have been doing something useful, hoping i dont get a single infraction because if i do i get jailed then deported.

2. Take taxis everywhere, costing me a good chunk of cash and time. Plus its inconvenient and i look silly arriving to meetings in a cab.

3. Pay the approx 7,000 USD fine and get my record cleared, but this comes out of my pocket.


Im stumped, halp meh :(

[Titus Ultor]

Holy fucking shit. Arabs can't drive.

[Everto]

I'd always go for the option that takes the least amount of work with the least amount of risk.

aka Option 1. [well, option 3 has the risk of you never eating a bowl of cereal again]
not that hard to follow rules, it's just temptation that bites you in the ass.

[Pcheez]

Holy fucking shit. Arabs can't drive anything that costs less than 60,000 USD.

Fixt.

Now be useful.

[Dreadknought]

Rofl

[Titus Ultor]

I find it funny that you can buy your way out of punishment for endangering the lives of hundreds.

I'd do that, just for the lulz. Would be better just to continue performing your job to your usual punctuality, lest you start to be a less appealing employee.

EDIT: Although you'll just fucked soon enough anyway if you've gotten this many points this quickly.

Is driving legally or using cab faster?

[Nefastus]

Suicide jacket with nails seems to be the only option.

[Metal Wolf]

You drive like an ass get over it pay the fine and repeat. till you learn a better way of getting around town fast enough. I can bet that 21k in fines will make you a bit more inventive.

Say, invest in a gyrocopter or something.

[Dreadknought]

So today i hopped down to the traffic department to pay my monthly fines, as usual around 1000$, as usual 15 reckless endangerement and 21illegal parking 7 in handicapped spots.

Now thats all fine and dandy, my CEO allows me up to 2k a month on traffic fines because he knows when i need to get somewhere i have to do it fast, the 160km/h limit is not enough so i do about 220. Parking in the UAE is a nightmare and can waste upwards 1 hour finding a parking spot so i just park anywhere possible except hydrants, dont like getting towed.

Now the pleasant surprise this month was the guy at the counter asking for my license. He took it, got a big ol red stamp and hit it with Suspended.

Naturally, i had a little fit and asked what the fuck is that about.

Apparently i got 21 black points on my license so suspension.

I didnt even know there was a point system here but apparently it was implemented in march.

So forumfallers halp me with this. Got 1 of 3 options.

1. Drive illegally, abiding by all the shitty rules and regulations and waste hours and hours i could have been doing something useful, hoping i dont get a single infraction because if i do i get jailed then deported.

2. Take taxis everywhere, costing me a good chunk of cash and time. Plus its inconvenient and i look silly arriving to meetings in a cab.

3. Pay the approx 7,000 USD fine and get my record cleared, but this comes out of my pocket.


Im stumped, halp meh :(

Oh btw I'd take option 1 just because I don't want an ass like you on the street.

[GFH_Spike]

Pay the $7k if you can afford it. Don't risk jail time and deportation, it would be far more costly. I will assume that your time is valuable, so taking a taxi every day isn't such a brilliant idea. Factor your lost time into the cost and it may exceed $7k.

[SSguy]

Get a new job, jesus christ, wtf kind of job needs you to drive 220 miles per hour?? You better be some kind of ambulance driver, and if you are, you need to gtfo off the road.

[Crying Hyena]

You in the States?

[Pcheez]

Not in the states, UAE.

Its 220 KM/h, not mph.
I drive very safely, speed is safe if you know what you are doing, not 1 accident in 8 years.(not counting the one time a guy blindsided me, slow speed tho)

Cabs drive within the speed limit, so cheap (even private taxis) but slow.

I can afford the 7k but i just dont want to pay for something stupid like this. Altho spike you may have a point it will end up costing me a lot more in the long run.

My Job ? Basically doing my work and the work of 4 other managers under me because they are incompetent lazy bums that i cantfirebecausetheyhavegoodconnectionswi ththesheiks. That and they go all puppy eyed when i start twitching with rage. Its so pathetic its cute.

Bleh.

meh thanks anyway, ill probably end up paying the 7k minus whatever i can weasel my way out of, maybe get the company to cover some.

But for now, i cant drive till its sorted, hell's gonna break loose @@

Hey, dont think im an asshole because i know how to handle my car, its petty.

[Jou]

Here's another option for you. Explain that you had your driver's license suspended due to the fact of how you drive for the company. More than likely he will probably be surprised, and if not then he shouldn't have trouble paying the 7k for you. If he realizes that what you are doing is bad, maybe you will have to pay the 7k yourself but in the future not have expectations of being superman. So perhaps you could avoid driving like a jackass. Either way, put it into your bosses hands and perhaps you can benefit from not having such dumb expectations. Any company that has to give 2k/month allowance for traffic violations is pretty dumb. Considering that if you drove safely you wouldn't lose that much time anyways.

PS, in case you didn't get it, you have no sympathy from me. Especially parking in handicapped spots. People that do that annoy me to no end. That includes the people who borrow their grandmother's card to hang in the window when they go out shopping alone.

[Lethn]

lol noob that's what you get for breaking the law constantly, no sympathy from me especially when I lost a good friend due to shit heads driving badly and it being named an 'accident'.

[Asmodeus]

im considered an "at risk" driver, has a nice little message on my liscense for cops who pull me over. I know what its like an it sucks, i suggest driving without it, easiest way, i drove for 8 months with it suspended and another 12 the second time it was revoked. just drive normal and you'll be fine. i wouldnt worry about parking tickets, they cant prove you drove the car into the parking spot, just that it is there.

[Reikson]

i wouldnt worry about parking tickets, they cant prove you drove the car into the parking spot, just that it is there.

your an idiot

[jonyak]

stop driving.

you are a pathetic self involved asshole.

People like you shouldn't have drivers liscences.

[Spinewire]

I hope they lock you up you cock.... Coming on forumfall to flex your e-peen about how badly you drive does not impress me much.

[Viluin]

Speed limits are overrated. They are made to protect the stupid from themselves and other stupid people.

[Dredread]

So today i hopped down to the traffic department to pay my monthly fines, as usual around 1000$, as usual 15 reckless endangerement and 21illegal parking 7 in handicapped spots.

Now thats all fine and dandy, my CEO allows me up to 2k a month on traffic fines because he knows when i need to get somewhere i have to do it fast, the 160km/h limit is not enough so i do about 220. Parking in the UAE is a nightmare and can waste upwards 1 hour finding a parking spot so i just park anywhere possible except hydrants, dont like getting towed.

Now the pleasant surprise this month was the guy at the counter asking for my license. He took it, got a big ol red stamp and hit it with Suspended.

Naturally, i had a little fit and asked what the fuck is that about.

Apparently i got 21 black points on my license so suspension.

I didnt even know there was a point system here but apparently it was implemented in march.

So forumfallers halp me with this. Got 1 of 3 options.

1. Drive illegally, abiding by all the shitty rules and regulations and waste hours and hours i could have been doing something useful, hoping i dont get a single infraction because if i do i get jailed then deported.

2. Take taxis everywhere, costing me a good chunk of cash and time. Plus its inconvenient and i look silly arriving to meetings in a cab.

3. Pay the approx 7,000 USD fine and get my record cleared, but this comes out of my pocket.


Im stumped, halp meh :(


/pray

Still not working...

My magic doesn't seem to work in real life... But I can still LOL at you.

[GFH_Spike]

Unfortunately, stupid people are capable of killing intelligent people.

[Ample]

1. Drive illegally, abiding by all the shitty rules and regulations and waste hours and hours i could have been doing something useful, hoping i dont get a single infraction because if i do i get jailed then deported.


is that a typo or is it actually illegal to follow laws in the UAE?
how important is your job and what does it require you to do to break all of those laws on a daily basis?

[Delwyn]

Haha, you got owned like the noob you are.

I hope you get fired. How's the welfare in the emirates?

[Airius Droc]

2. Take taxis everywhere, costing me a good chunk of cash and time. Plus its inconvenient and i look silly arriving to meetings in a cab.

I hope you pick this option because you're a bad driver, a poor citizen, and apparently can afford the life style.

[Nefastus]

I hope you pick this option because you're a bad driver, a poor citizen, and apparently can afford the life style.

Clearly he's a good driver, he hasn't gotten into any accidents or injured anyone. Poor citizen? I don't think he's a UAE citizen, so that doesn't apply! Nevertheless, he could probably afford it, but why, GET RICH BITCH! Ah, forgot, you are barely learning what's money, Airius.

[Airius Droc]

Clearly he's a good driver, he hasn't gotten into any accidents or injured anyone. Poor citizen? I don't think he's a UAE citizen, so that doesn't apply! Nevertheless, he could probably afford it, but why, GET RICH BITCH! Ah, forgot, you are barely learning what's money, Airius.

Gold is money.

In the US, the laws say that you have a "duty to care". Meaning you have to give a shit about people that are hurt, you can't just say watch them die and laugh - or know that the oak tree in your yard is about a month away from falling into your neighbors yard (and not do anything to stop it). I don't know what the laws in the UAE say about this...but as a general rule, I'd hope that even in the UAE there's some common sense along these lines - that we're all COLLECITVELY in this together.

[Nefastus]

Gold is money.

In the US, the laws say that you have a "duty to care". Meaning you have to give a shit about people that are hurt, you can't just say watch them die and laugh - or know that the oak tree in your yard is about a month away from falling into your neighbors yard (and not do anything to stop it). I don't know what the laws in the UAE say about this...but as a general rule, I'd hope that even in the UAE there's some common sense along these lines - that we're all COLLECITVELY in this together.

Wrong! Money is a mean of exchange goods. Money can be anything, from rocks to elephants. It all depends on what society decides to use as a form of official exchange. Gold has been a common form or standard for money, but not only. Since the dawn of time, humans used anything from rocks, copper, silver, and even paper as a form of money. Even oil could be money, if it was a standardized form of exchange. Nevertheless, I applause you on your studies. You are finally getting some sort of a grip on what's money. Good job, keep on learning. Soon you might even HAVE money! Who knows! World is a strange place.

[Nefastus]

Gold is money.

Money is anything that is generally accepted as payment for goods and services and repayment of debts.[1] The main uses of money are as a medium of exchange, a unit of account, and a store of value.[2] Some authors explicitly require money to be a standard of deferred payment.[3]

Money includes both currency, particularly the many circulating currencies with legal tender status, and various forms of financial deposit accounts, such as demand deposits, savings accounts, and certificates of deposit. In modern economies, currency is the smallest component of the money supply.

Money is not the same as Value (economics), the latter being the basic element in economics. Money is central to the study of economics and forms its most cogent link to finance. The absence of money causes a market economy to be inefficient because it requires a coincidence of wants between traders, and an agreement that these needs are of equal value, before a barter exchange can occur. The use of money is thought to encourage trade and the division of labour.

The word "money" is believed to originate from a temple located on Capitoline, one of Rome's seven hills. On one of Capitoline's peaks, the temple of Juno Moneta stood where the mint of Ancient Rome was located.[4]


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money

Maybe that helps ya in your amateur ventures into the capitalistic world! Don't be afraid, you might even make a... PROFIT!

[Airius Droc]

Maybe that helps ya in your amateur ventures into the capitalistic world! Don't be afraid, you might even make a... PROFIT!

I seek not your approval, oh anonymous shade from the internet.

[Rossco]

There's no such things as "Accidents". Only really convincing dead people/evidence.

And parking in handicap spots? That's sick and wrong.

[Nefastus]

I seek not your approval, oh anonymous shade from the internet.

I'm not giving you any approval. Quiet frankly I'm happy to say you and I live in a free society. I'm guessing the dictatorial communist commune in the remote part of U.S. that you've lived in required of you an approval for your every action, but I might surprise you if I say that's not the case outside of it! You can perform a lot of actions, such as being able to urinate, and much more, without an approval of the authority! ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM, YOU ARE FREE AT LAST! :] Now go learn of the moneys and get yourself some. You'll find it strangely appealing to have it and have more of it, when you realize the benefits which come with it.

[Spart]

Don't be mean to Airius, he has money. Those stimulus cheques (that's how you spell it right?) do wonders.

[Nefastus]

Speaking of moneiesss... One hour and I'm off work! Woot.

[Airius Droc]

Speaking of moneiesss... One hour and I'm off work! Woot.

That's ironic on so many levels.

[Nefastus]

That's ironic on so many levels.

I understand, you aren't familiar with the idea of being paid for your labor. You see, here, in the capitalistic world, we get PAID with MONEY for your LABOR. Now, if you are also a bit smart, you can find yourself a job which lets you waste time on Forumfall during hours! Amazing how that works, huh?!

[Airius Droc]

I understand, you aren't familiar with the idea of being paid for your labor. You see, here, in the capitalistic world, we get PAID with MONEY for your LABOR. Now, if you are also a bit smart, you can find yourself a job which lets you waste time on Forumfall during hours! Amazing how that works, huh?!

I'm going to let your comment speak for itself.

(this response left intentionally absent of capitalization and over punctuation)

[Spart]

I understand, you aren't familiar with the idea of being paid for your labor. You see, here, in the capitalistic world, we get PAID with MONEY for your LABOR. Now, if you are also a bit smart, you can find yourself a job which lets you waste time on Forumfall during hours! Amazing how that works, huh?!

I'm pretty sure Airius has a job...

If not, WTF do you drive two hours a day for Airius?

[Airius Droc]

I'm pretty sure Airius has a job...

If not, WTF do you drive two hours a day for Airius?

Because I like to waste gas. It's a new communist program that lets me drive gas prices up on hard working Americans that work Saturday nights typing away on non-work related message boards.

[MinusInnocence]

The OP sounds like a real sonofabitch so I feel compelled to begin by saying I don't really feel sorry for you. But among the solutions offered by Forumfall earlier in the thread, I agree with the guy who suggested you let the boss handle it.

In your warped sense of responsibility and self-entitlement it is his fault you got into this mess anyway, and somehow to a certain extent you have already convinced him of that, too (otherwise he would not agree to pay thousands of dollars a year for your exorbitant traffic fines). And, if you are as dependable and productive an employee as you claim, he should just write it off.

The alternative would be to hire a private driver. How much money would it cost per month for that? If it's less than $2,000 your boss could write that off, too; it also has the added benefit of never coming back to haunt him, as it certainly might if the Department of Transporation catches wind that he is actually endorsing and enabling your reckless behavior on the road.

[Airius Droc]

The OP sounds like a real sonofabitch so I feel compelled to begin by saying I don't really feel sorry for you.

That's where I was coming from too. I kept thinking he was going to explain how he shit on people from the window of his pent house because he couldn't be bothered to walk to the bathroom.

[Nefastus]

I'm pretty sure Airius has a job...

If not, WTF do you drive two hours a day for Airius?

Yea, he just got a job. He's finally learning capitalism!

[Airius Droc]

Yea, he just got a job. He's finally learning capitalism!

I'm going to make a guess that you're a freshman in college and you work nights at a helpdesk while going to school part-time.

[Airius Droc]

I'm not done. I'll say no girlfriend. You live at home with mom and dad. And your hobby's include video games, updating your myspace page, and buying random shit at best buy.

[Pcheez]

Got up bright and early, headed down to traffic dept slapped down the 7k. I got a nice "thank you come again!" from the clerk heh.

Got a company driver to take me around for now, still takes 1 week for formalities to clear and my license back in action.

I love my job, where else can i hope to get a nervous breakdown at an early age, aiming for maybe 25.

Welfare doesnt exist in the UAE, its how it should be everywhere imo.

Yar not looking for sympathy, was just looking for opinions on what to do.

I know you law abiding citizens love your speed limits and overtaking rules of the road, i just dont have the time to abide by them. That simple. The day i have an "accident" it will be due to someone else trying to be a hero and ignore the rules, not knowing what hes doing.

Drivers are predictable if they follow the law, which is very convenient because you know the pattern and can evade them easily.


Boss didnt want to pay 7 grand, but did give me a raise :P

UAE citizen ? Me ? Heh, no.


PS: ID LOVE To see someone in a wheelchair go into a supermarket just once, to justify the 8 handicapped parkings outside. Just once, i wanna see a cripple shopping or strolling in a mall.

[Airius Droc]

stuff

So basically, as I understand it, you're a professional puppy killer.

[Nefastus]

I'm going to make a guess that you're a freshman in college and you work nights at a helpdesk while going to school part-time.

Close! I work full time, security, actually overtime, and go to school full-time. Currently I have summer school so I only take 2 classes so I can work overtime. I live on my own, and you are correct, no girlfriend at the time. Mainly because I have no time for one and would rather save up money than have to support a bitch. Oh, and I rarely use myspace, mainly to keep update with my friends and family in Europe, and hate wasting money on bullshit such as Best Buy. I hate junk. When I have time, every few weeks I go clubbin or shows. Also, I don't game really, I play CS when I'm bored but nothing else.

I'm also working on a business project, which takes up quiet a bit of my time.

Would you like me to write you my full biography?

How about yourself? Finally got a job I see. No more welfare checks? Since we all know you lived off of those.

[Airius Droc]

Close! I work full time, security, actually overtime, and go to school full-time. Whoa!

I was close actually. Security would've been my second guess. You kind of gave it away working late on a Saturday night - it was likely to be one of but a few professions.

Ya know, I'd be interested to see how you feel about your career path 20 years from now. Keep in touch.

[Airius Droc]

No more welfare checks? Since we all know you lived off of those.

You're overtly ignorant - it's almost on par with homophobia.

[Nefastus]

I was close actually. Security would've been my second guess. You kind of gave it away working late on a Saturday night - it was likely to be one of but a few professions.

Ya know, I'd be interested to see how you feel about your career path 20 years from now. Keep in touch.

My career path? Studying Business Management at CSULB. I'll be taking a year off school next year to go to France get a culinary certificate and come back to finish school. I'll be making at least $20+ an hour while finishing college. After that I plan on managing a restaurant/club. My ultimate goal for long years ahead is to own a restaurant/club. So far I'm well on my career path. Thanks for your care though! I appreciate it :]

[Airius Droc]

My ultimate goal for long years ahead is to own a restaurant/club. So far I'm well on my career path. Thanks for your care though! I appreciate it :]

There's a lot of risk involved with that. It will be interesting to see if you pull it off.

[Nefastus]

In addition, I'm considering going straight into grad school for Masters right after my BS. We'll see how that works out.

How's your career going on? Looks like you are an old prick who most likely dropped out of high school and decided to be a dumbfuck and have kids without means of supporting them. How clever and thoughftul. Were you thinking of your kids when you were banging your girl? Ever thought of actually getting something done with your life before getting kids? Na, you decided that with your GED (If you have one), world is wide open to you and you can do anything without consequences. Now you are an old fuck who flips burgers to support your family while bitching how world is cruel and unfair and it's government's job to support your stupid ass because you were too much of an imbecile to think ahead.

Want to continue?

If you have at least half of your brain functioning you'll continue educating yourself about money and how to make it and not try to get into arguments about career paths and such. Something tells me, and bet you'll agree without having to say it here, that I'm well ahead in terms of career and getting somewhere than your old ass. Don't push it.

[Nefastus]

There's a lot of risk involved with that. It will be interesting to see if you pull it off.

Hell yea, you have to take risks in life to get anywhere. World isn't a wonderland where you can be a dumbfuck and expect everything to work out for you. You have to push hard and set your goals high.

Like I don't know how difficult and risky entertainment/restaurant business is. Hell yea I do, but guess what, that's what I want to do, and I'LL DO IT. Unless you have such mentality, you won't get anywhere in life, especially if you want to be who YOU want to be, and not what LIFE, POOR CHOICES and CIRCUMSTANCES made you.

[maskedtears]

My career path? Studying Business Management at CSULB. I'll be taking a year off school next year to go to France get a culinary certificate and come back to finish school. I'll be making at least $20+ an hour while finishing college. After that I plan on managing a restaurant/club. My ultimate goal for long years ahead is to own a restaurant/club. So far I'm well on my career path. Thanks for your care though! I appreciate it :]

You'll probably suceed seeing as you're working and you are thinking about all that. Most people get distracted at CSULB atleast the ones I've heard of. Though the hyped up parties might just be to get more people to go there, but I doubt it. :rolleyes:

[Airius Droc]

In addition, I'm considering going straight into grad school for Masters right after my BA. We'll see how that works out.

That sounds like you haven't made up your mind yet as to what you're really going to do. I suppose you could open a club/resturant with a degree in cooking and get your masters too while going to France. That sounds reasonable.

How's your career going on? Looks like you are an old prick who most likely dropped out of high school and decided to be a dumbfuck and have kids without means of supporting them. How clever and thoughftul. Were you thinking of your kids when you were banging your girl? Ever thought of actually getting something done with your life before getting kids? Na, you decided that with your GED (If you have one), world is wide open to you and you can do anything without consequences. Now you are an old fuck who flips burgers to support your family while bitching how world is cruel and unfair and it's government's job to support your stupid ass because you were too much of an imbecile to think ahead.

You have me pinned.

Want to continue?

I do, but you haven't done anything yet. That's why I keep telling you to keep in touch, so I can hear how it all works out for you.

If you have at least half of your brain functioning you'll continue educating yourself about money and how to make it and not try to get into arguments about career paths and such. Something tells me, and bet you'll agree without having to say it here, that I'm well ahead in terms of career and getting somewhere than your old ass.

I was thinking about getting my Masters, or working in a Steel Mill locally actually. The Steel Mill averages 72k a year nationally (65k to 95k according to the guys in town) - but it's a Steel Mill and I don't know if I want to cough up steel shards 20 years from now. The Masters isn't something I'm really into, I'd probably go into Accounting and be a CPA if I go that route...but I'm not attracted to that - it would be a lot of time away from my family (and that's what's really important to me).

Of course, I made over 120k two years in a row without a degree at all - I then sat around for 3 years and lived off stock options - tried to find myself - walked out of a lot of jobs simply because I could, then I got married.

I've been married for 6 years, and I have 3 kids. Despite that I was able to work full-time at a job I hated, while going to school full-time to finish my Bachelor's. It's certainly not how I planned for my life to go, but it was the best I could do.

I got fired last November by a crazy person, without cause (I'd worked there for 4 years). And because I'm not a liar, I tell everyone that interviews me that I got fired. Usually that's the end of the interview, but recently I got hired at a great place and I'll likely get a promotion after I've been there for 6 months. Afterall, I have all kinds of experience, a degree, and I'm a very hard worker.

It's hard to say where I'll end up though. See, there's no blueprint for life, which is why all your yapping about "what your going to do" doesn't come close to what I've done already. I'm not saying you won't to it, but the odds are on my side that you'll still be working security jobs at some point in the future where you thought you'd be a rich club owner.

So again, let me know how that turns out for you.


Don't push it.

Oh I won't. I wouldn't want to push it, whatever it is, and pushing "it" would be out of the question.

[Agge]

Just pay up, it's obviusely the only valid option.

[Nefastus]

That sounds like you haven't made up your mind yet as to what you're really going to do. I suppose you could open a club/resturant with a degree in cooking and get your masters too while going to France. That sounds reasonable.


Negative. In such business MA is not required. I'd really only need BS to manage a restaurant/club, MA is only a minor plus. I never said I'll be opening up a club or restaurant, at least anytime soon. I'll be going to France to get a certificate which'll automatically get doors open for upscale restaurants/clubs to work as a cook and making good money while not even having finished my BS. During that time, while, again, making GREAT money for a college student, I'll be making connections, which I'm already doing in my industry. Upon finishing BA, I'll be able to manage a decent club/restaurant, and with my certificate, possibly still be a Chief, and make a BANK.

Like I said earlier, I also have other business plans, which I'm already working on. While managing/pro cooking, I'll also get into real estate, while hopefully my side business strives. My goal is to have enough saved up through my multiple ventures to at minimum open up a restaurant/club with other investors by the age of 35. With my degrees, certificates, experience and connections, it's a very reasonable possibility. If I stay on top of my shit, I WILL at minimum co-own such business by age of 35-40. There's much more to it, but as you see, I'm planning well ahead.

You seem to be intelligent and rather honest. You showed it through that post. Yet, you also show your bitter and angry side, due to your own failures, by saying I'll still be working security years ahead. Don't be bitter, while I bitch at you, I also believe everyone can reach their goals at any age, as long as they set their mind on it. You are at a disadvantage due to the family, but that's not a problem either. One can finish school, work their way up and become successful and financially independent even with such, honestly, minor obstacles. Just don't use anything else but yourself as an excuse for any failure. I don't do it. I know that when something doesn't go right, it's MY and MINE ONLY fault, and I can only fix it. No family, no friends, no governemnt will hold my head and walk me through. It's ME vs WORLD.

[Airius Droc]

You seem to be intelligent and rather honest. You showed it through that post. Yet, you also show your bitter and angry side, due to your own failures, by saying I'll still be working security years ahead.

I'm not bitter about my life at all. I have everything I want in my wife and kids. Financial security is something I'm working for. But a safety net, and upward mobility...that's something that's slipping away from people - all people in the middle class and below. You don't see it, but it's inching it's way to the door. If I'm bitter about anything, it's that.

Don't be bitter, while I bitch at you, I also believe everyone can reach their goals at any age, as long as they set their mind on it. You are at a disadvantage due to the family, but that's not a problem either. One can finish school, work their way up and become successful and financially independent even with such, honestly, minor obstacles. Just don't use anything else but yourself as an excuse for any failure.

You misunderstand me. I don't blame anyone but myself for whatever failures I've had in life. But I don't consider being poor a failure and being rich a success. I consider being a good father a success, being a community leader a success, leading by example a success - not that I've achieved those things. But being poor is in no way a failure. I never intended to be rich.

I don't do it. I know that when something doesn't go right, it's MY and MINE ONLY fault, and I can only fix it. No family, no friends, no government will hold my head and walk me through. It's ME vs WORLD.

I haven't blamed anyone for where I am. Find a single post where I've blamed someone else for my problems. I dare you.

I blame Bush for being the worst president in history. I blame the rich for making money off the backs of the poor. I blame many people on these forums for being completely out of touch with reality. But I don't (nor have I ever) blamed anyone for my problems, whatever they may be.

You assume much - as many do at your age. Again, let me know how it turns out. I think you'll find over the years that I wasn't telling you that you wouldn't achieve your goals, only that the odds were against you more than you understood at the time.

You're correct in saying that the only thing that will stop you is you. However, to extend that as a mantra for global problem solving is ignorant of reality. People generally work their asses off in this world. I've managed 100's of people at a time. There's no silver bullet labeled "personal responsibility".

If there were, we wouldn't have a United States (plural) of America. We'd simply have America.

If "individuals" were somehow more important than the collective masses, then we'd have a Constitution that read "I the me" instead of "We the People."

We're all in this together, and although that doesn't mean that people shouldn't work and do their part. It does mean that we're stronger as a whole than we are as single celled cogs in a dysfunctional machine. It means we share risk, and reward. Not to the degree of Communism, but to the extent that "We the People" protect our weakest links, so that we may not cut off our nose to spite our face.

Government is the People, of the people, for the people, and by the people. It can't solve all our problems, but it shouldn't lack for trying.

[Pcheez]

So basically, as I understand it, you're a professional puppy killer.

Ive been thinking of buying a slaughterhouse for the lols.

[Pcheez]

You know having life handed to me on a silver platter almost makes me feel bad compared to how hard people have had to work on their lives, paying their way through uni and whatnot.

But hell im paying for it now, being an only son puts inhuman expectations on you, went from having not a care in the world to 1 minute of wasted time = heavy losses :x

You dont know how lucky you are and how much i envy you if you have a 9 to 5 job and can sleep at night without a worry on your mind.

Money isnt everything, and it certainly doesnt buy happiness. Cant be happy when you work 24/7 7 days a week 365 days a year and cant even go home for christmas because if you leave for even a day shit falls apart due to severe incompetence by your subordinates.

The kicker ? I finished my Baccaleureate at 16, graduated with a bachelor at 19.5, started working right off the bat, now at 22 i dont have a moment of free time.

My day starts yelling at managers 40 years older than me because they cant do their job which they have been at for 20 years properly.

Money is nice, but its not worth killing yourself over.

I want DFO to come out so i can PK random people for stress relief instead of throwing my secretary out the window next time she sends a blank fax because shes too retarded to put the paper the right side up :) /eye twitch

[Spart]

I want DFO to come out so i can PK random people for stress relief instead of throwing my secretary out the window next time she sends a blank fax because shes too retarded to put the paper the right side up :) /eye twitch

I thought that was funny. She actually does that? That's so pathetic.

[Suitepee]

Option 4- Learn to drive.

[BeSt]

Lol @ bitchy forumfallers being all gay when someone drives faster than they do.

[[Malice]Bronson]

Lulz at all the phony lifestyles of the rich and famous BS spouted on these forums. I plan to run for governor next year.

[Pcheez]

Bronson;1453081']Lulz at all the phony lifestyles of the rich and famous BS spouted on these forums. I plan to run for governor next year.

Difference between being successful and rich.

Rich is when you inherit millions, ill let you dwell on the definition of successful, you sound bitter and probably will never savor the sensation.

GL running for gov !

[Pcheez]

I thought that was funny. She actually does that? That's so pathetic.

9 years man.

Shes been here 9 years.

She makes about 40k a year net (no income tax here) + accomodation and a car.

And she cant send a fax.


/wrists

[Gunther TheBlack]

9 years man.

Shes been here 9 years.

She makes about 40k a year net (no income tax here) + accomodation and a car.

And she cant send a fax.


/wrists

Sux insane cock. Pathetic how retards get payed so much.


Anyway, you should really learn to relax in your car. I can handle my car pretty good as well but i still try to hold myself to the speed limits as much as possible. I also lost my license twice so far, and it sux major balls.

Traffic is prolly pretty chaotic in UAE, or is it comparable to city traffic in western countries?

Just go with the flow and keep your cool. In my book the state isn't worth a penny of me so i rather take a chill pill than floor the shit and pay fines to the state who prolly pays bums with it.

To solve your problem now, pay the 7k and stay calm in traffic.


I'm surprised you are still pretty "hyperactive" in traffic. Normally aggressive drivers who drive a lot tend to calm down over time knowing that it barely makes a difference.

[Teth]

Based on my experiences in Europe, there's a pretty fucking huge difference between "city traffic in western cities" that is in Europe, and "city traffic in western cities" that is in North America.

Do you guys even fucking have rules of the road over there? It's bad enough that lane usage seems to be strictly optional depending on your mood, you psychos.

[Ezion]

Based on my experiences in Europe, there's a pretty fucking huge difference between "city traffic in western cities" that is in Europe, and "city traffic in western cities" that is in North America.

Do you guys even fucking have rules of the road over there? It's bad enough that lane usage seems to be strictly optional depending on your mood, you psychos.

I thought reading this thread was a waste of time, but this makes up for it.

[Teth]

I thought reading this thread was a waste of time, but this makes up for it.
In both Holland and Russia, it seemed to me that European drivers considered that the oncoming traffic lane was only the oncoming traffic lane if there was actually oncoming traffic. Otherwise, what the hell, use it all you want!

In Moscow, you could use it even if there was oncoming traffic. Normal downtown commuter driving was reminiscent of a fucking hardcore vehicle chase from Summer_Blockbuster_Action_Flick_0312.

Oh, and how can I forget the four-way stops? Instead of having general rules for who has right-of-way, such things seemed to be resolved by everybody honking and gesticulating angrily at each other to go until people finally just got pissed off and made a break for it.

[Pcheez]

Sux insane cock. Pathetic how retards get payed so much.


Anyway, you should really learn to relax in your car. I can handle my car pretty good as well but i still try to hold myself to the speed limits as much as possible. I also lost my license twice so far, and it sux major balls.

Traffic is prolly pretty chaotic in UAE, or is it comparable to city traffic in western countries?

Just go with the flow and keep your cool. In my book the state isn't worth a penny of me so i rather take a chill pill than floor the shit and pay fines to the state who prolly pays bums with it.

To solve your problem now, pay the 7k and stay calm in traffic.


I'm surprised you are still pretty "hyperactive" in traffic. Normally aggressive drivers who drive a lot tend to calm down over time knowing that it barely makes a difference.


Actually the UAE has probably THE strictest road regulations in the world, and surprisingly the highest accident rate in the world (most of which is due to a certain brownish color ethnicity that thrives in the IT sector here, but i dont want to be racist :) )

Ive taken the british driving test and the UAE one.

The british one seemed like cake because in the UAE the police are walking gods, you cant complain or bitch or argue. I got 2 errors on my first try, 2 minor errors and they failed me in the UAE. But usually, traffic is very well organized and the police swarm the roads giving hefty fines for the silliest violations, so people stay in line.

Id like to relax and yes it doesnt make a diff between 160 and 140 km/h, but 220+ does when you travel upwards 200-300km every other day within the city and out.. Im calm while driving, very calm. Im not aggressive per se, i do everything legit, give signals when overtaking etc, i dont pressure cars in the fast lane to move (ie get point blank and blast horn like crazy). Im far from aggressive, but when i have an open road i need to use it to the fullest extent.

Already paid the 7k, few more days till i get my license back. Now im getting plenty of time to relax while the driver takes me places, by relax i mean yelling at him like crazy for driving like a snail. I now have an almost complete strand of grey hair from stress.....at 22, cant complain tho, its awesome.

[heroshade]

Option 5: Kill yourself, and make it painful.

[Nefastus]

Based on my experiences in Europe, there's a pretty fucking huge difference between "city traffic in western cities" that is in Europe, and "city traffic in western cities" that is in North America.

Do you guys even fucking have rules of the road over there? It's bad enough that lane usage seems to be strictly optional depending on your mood, you psychos.

He's in UAE, which is in the Middle East, not Europe.

[Teth]

He's in UAE, which is in the Middle East, not Europe.
Notice that I was posting in response to Gunther, who is a Belgian.

[Nefastus]

Notice that I was posting in response to Gunther, who is a Belgian.
Quotes is your friend.

[Teth]

Quotes are yet another part of the International Zionist Conspiracy's ovearching scheme to corrupt & compromise our precious bodily fluids.