Extended video I took of upset teachers, parents and students pushing into PPS headquarters for a school board meeting on closures
u/markgravesdesign — 7 days ago
r/portlandcomplaining
Stuck in the bathroom because the handicap door broke
The University of Southern Maine Portland now only has TWO wheelchair accessible bathrooms on campus. FML. I had to cross the street from the dining hall to find a building with an accessible bathroom because the dining hall does not have one.
I will now be late to an exam. I called campus police because nobody uses this bathroom. It has been 10 minutes.
Edit: 15 minutes and counting
Edit: rescued after 20 minutes. Still missed my midterm.
u/Winter-Yogurt-4209 — 7 days ago
Is every driver just fucking stupid these days?
Slamming on the breaks for yellow lights, left on red, just parking in the middle of the street because ’fuck it’ I’m an uber eats driver, 7 mph in a 25 the whole way through town, using two lanes and just not giving a shit.
Missed my turn? Now I sit here and block everyone
Gotta beat that light! Now I’ll block the whole intersection
Since 2022 I’ve had 3 of our vehicles totaled by other drivers within city limits and got hit on my motorcycle as well.
It wasn’t like this 10 years ago.
What happened?
u/NotMyFirstRodroPal — 6 days ago
Parking
I want to remind those who leave notes on cars: the parking situation that is inconvenient for you is not always caused by the car you are leaving a note on. I tucked my car between two vehicles with little room to spare on 10/7. By morning the car in front of me had moved and a much smaller car had taken it's place. There was now an ocean between me and the car in front. This is why I found a note scolding me for parking like I don't care. I've lived in the west end for the better part of 30years. I'm as upset as you that we have so many cars on the peninsula. So please keep in mind, cars move. I was parked in a legal spot and wicked close to the curb. Everything is not what it seems.
u/mauryphoenix — 6 days ago
A little math problem
The total stopping distance for a school bus traveling at 30 mph is approximately 197 feet under IDEAL conditions. if you want to cut off a big yellow. How many equivalent yards on a football field should you allow? I don’t know! I’m not a math teacher!!! I do know that when i allow myself some distance between me and the vehicle in front of me it’s not because i’ve been waiting for you to stick your SUV or monster truck in there so i have to slam on the brakes. Stop making last minute decisions with your driving. Buses and trucks cannot stop on a dime. even if we wanted to. You all are killing me cause I have to hold my tongue and horn in front of the kids while they’re getting whiplash. Begging you to stop seeing red when you see yellow It’s a friggin hard job…Give us some help by driving like you remember something from your written test.
u/Pietojulek — 7 days ago
To the guy who honked at me for merging
On ramp at exit 6 for 295. Just because you want to exit doesn’t mean you get to cross the solid line early and almost hit me merging on. I have the right to be there, keep honking.
u/Confuzzled_Chemist — 10 days ago
Portland Water District
Straight up just complaining- but jfc there's no portal worse than the PWD portal. Just take my money and let me pay my damn bill. Omg.
u/notprincesslea — 12 days ago
I Navigated Woodford's and Morrill's Corner Without Any Issues Today
This clusterfuck that usually takes 15 minutes to navigate was working fine today without any construction or asshole drivers. What the hell am I supposed to do with the several minutes I saved while driving? What will I talk to my coworkers about when we usually complain about how awful all of this shit is? How am I supposed to feel a sense of heightened superiority when no one with out of state plates gets into the wrong lane and I have to unsafely zip around them?
This shit just truly ruined the part of the day I'm supposed to feel the worst about and it's unacceptable
u/guethlema — 13 days ago