I have noticed the laziness you mention in the workplace. I work for a very large corporation, and I keep asking where the sense of urgency has gone. The second thing I noticed is people’s driving behavior. Careless driving has gone up 20X IMO. I previously thought it was from the lockdown, but could it be related to the jab?
i concur... taking my 28 mile drive to work every day, its more like a demolition derby out there people are crazy.....everyone "me First" passing on the shoulder cutting everyone off its disgusting....the work place is another story in itself....
Totally agree. I am retired and bought a Motorcoach. We are cut off almost daily. Been run off the road once already too or they would have taken out the left front of my coach. Its so bad we bought a dash cam for evidence in case we get hit.
We did the same thing, new dash cam. See a lot of bad drivers as we traverse the country. They cut close when passing and sometimes I get a middle finger. lol
This literally happened to my brother. NEVER react, he could have lost his life and if there had been a passenger they definitely would have lost their life that day :(
The covid era really polarized people I think. Everyone is hyper-sensitive to "their position" now.
Also factor in that during the lockdown people flocked to the internet / tv in unison basically overnight, full time. For months. Some even switched entirely to working online and still do. Office space is unused all around the country right this moment. We might have a serious case of nation-wide "touch grass"!
The DRIVING! I totally agree. I surmise it is just fallout from a culture of total lawlessness. The violent crime is obviously terrible, but in terms of sheer numbers the reckless driving has to be costing at least as many and probably more lives.
I still firmly believe the jab has a lot to do with the bizarre behavior I see. People literally sit thru green lights - craziest thing I've ever seen. Then I watch them just drive thru red lights. No concern about hitting someone else. Just pull off and go. Or pulling out in front of you. Then have the gall to flip YOU off, like you're the one just broke the law. No dude, YOU had the red light. I had the green. You elected to turn on red right in front of me, thank God my brakes are good. It is beyond ridiculous lately.
I've lived here my entire life - and weed isn't really "legal" in Louisiana - you have the medical stuff but it isn't as wide spread as say Colorado. It's pretty much same as always. This change is distinctly noticeable since the jabs.
I follow this substack for actuarial info. She wrote about auto deaths about a year ago. There is definitely something there:
I picked out 4 different points this time — two local high points for 2018 and 2019, both of which were in September. In general, in most years, the high point for motor vehicle accident deaths is sometime in the 3-month period of August - October. September is a very common month, though, due to Labor Day.
Then there is the local low point of April 2020, when many people were locked down, and not driving anywhere.
Then I picked out January 2022 — it was a low point for 2022, and January tends to be a low point for most years.
But I picked it out specifically so you could compare it against the rates in 2018 and 2019. That low in 2022 is only a few percentage points below the high from the pre-pandemic rates.
If you were wondering why your auto insurance rates had gotten so high… well, other things are involved as well. Inflation of various sorts, non-fatal accidents, and theft — these add to insurance costs, too.
I have noticed the laziness you mention in the workplace. I work for a very large corporation, and I keep asking where the sense of urgency has gone. The second thing I noticed is people’s driving behavior. Careless driving has gone up 20X IMO. I previously thought it was from the lockdown, but could it be related to the jab?
i concur... taking my 28 mile drive to work every day, its more like a demolition derby out there people are crazy.....everyone "me First" passing on the shoulder cutting everyone off its disgusting....the work place is another story in itself....
Totally agree. I am retired and bought a Motorcoach. We are cut off almost daily. Been run off the road once already too or they would have taken out the left front of my coach. Its so bad we bought a dash cam for evidence in case we get hit.
We did the same thing, new dash cam. See a lot of bad drivers as we traverse the country. They cut close when passing and sometimes I get a middle finger. lol
The kids on YouTube do these crazy pass between cars. It’s a “ thing” now. Anything for them clicks
My neck is sore from shaking my head at the asshats during my commute
Kind of fed up
you could flip them off instead but might get shot in the process....
This literally happened to my brother. NEVER react, he could have lost his life and if there had been a passenger they definitely would have lost their life that day :(
I drive a company truck so everything is pretty much off the table
But I have slipped up a few times
I know...I'm "cutting one off" at work right now. Been in here 3 hours already. Somebody bring me a phone charger...and a red bull... /s
I think whatever has happened has reduced people's attention span to zero.
I've actually felt a similar reduction in my attention span (from say 100% to around 80%) but I think that's more down to fatigue.
Considering all the various side effects that the jabs have it would be no surprise if it was a factor.
The covid era really polarized people I think. Everyone is hyper-sensitive to "their position" now.
Also factor in that during the lockdown people flocked to the internet / tv in unison basically overnight, full time. For months. Some even switched entirely to working online and still do. Office space is unused all around the country right this moment. We might have a serious case of nation-wide "touch grass"!
The DRIVING! I totally agree. I surmise it is just fallout from a culture of total lawlessness. The violent crime is obviously terrible, but in terms of sheer numbers the reckless driving has to be costing at least as many and probably more lives.
I still firmly believe the jab has a lot to do with the bizarre behavior I see. People literally sit thru green lights - craziest thing I've ever seen. Then I watch them just drive thru red lights. No concern about hitting someone else. Just pull off and go. Or pulling out in front of you. Then have the gall to flip YOU off, like you're the one just broke the law. No dude, YOU had the red light. I had the green. You elected to turn on red right in front of me, thank God my brakes are good. It is beyond ridiculous lately.
Some of this is also from weed legalization. Stopping at a green light is a total pothead thing to do.
I've lived here my entire life - and weed isn't really "legal" in Louisiana - you have the medical stuff but it isn't as wide spread as say Colorado. It's pretty much same as always. This change is distinctly noticeable since the jabs.
I follow this substack for actuarial info. She wrote about auto deaths about a year ago. There is definitely something there:
https://marypatcampbell.substack.com/p/us-motor-vehicle-accident-deaths
Driving skills have completely collapsed. I refuse to drive I-405 during the day now. I always take the back roads.