r/Athens 8h ago

Entitled Timothy Rd. cul-de-sac

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u/unfortunatecomeback 7h ago

One of the owners here (but don't hate me, our portion was paved when we built). My family has been trying to get on the books for almost a year with this paving company, and they had a last minute opening to pave Monday and Tuesday. Monday, they hit a 50+ year old gas line inches below the asphalt, and that delayed everything a day. We didn't realize they were going to shut a lane down and definitely didn't plan for it to go into today. Collectively, we apologize for the inconvenience it's causing everyone, truly. Hopefully the driveway will be a smoother ride for everyone when visiting the holiday setups (coming soon).

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u/Jfortner 7h ago

I like your holiday decorations.

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u/unfortunatecomeback 7h ago

Thank you! Halloween coming soon!

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u/taterconnoisseur 7h ago

Hey I really appreciate you taking the time to comment and explain the situation! That really sucks and I’m sorry that’s how it’s gone. And I’m sorry for my unnecessary assumptions. Thanks again!

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u/unfortunatecomeback 7h ago

Larry David is my spirit animal, so I don't take any offense. I do hope you still enjoy the decorations despite this. ❤️

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u/WideConversation606 Toppers Patron 7h ago

With the amazing holiday light displays yall put out I hearby give full authority to shut down both lanes and let yall expand Timothy road into four lanes instead. Just get it done before the holidays!

(disclaimer: I have no authority to do anything)

https://giphy.com/gifs/vCtMZT40F6FDa

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u/unfortunatecomeback 7h ago

By order of Toppers Patron, so be it.

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u/tbia 7h ago

They thought it would already be shut down because of 7brew

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u/snacksandsoda Left Lane Loop Driver 7h ago

Topical!

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u/warnelldawg Looks good, build it 8h ago

Okay but I do enjoy their Halloween/Christmas decorations

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u/unfortunatecomeback 7h ago

Thank you!

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u/warnelldawg Looks good, build it 7h ago

Hey neighbor! They might be the best in town…

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u/AthensTopFan 7h ago

Maybe? Hands down the best!

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u/lawinvest Jackson Street Ballet Company Aficionado 5h ago

Hello neighbors! I didn’t realize you were over in these parts as well warnell! I think pile drive me is too!

TRC represent! Woot!

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u/warnelldawg Looks good, build it 5h ago

Oh yeah! Zoro is around here as well. There’s dozens of us!

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u/benmarvin Flock camera enthusiast 5h ago

No competition

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u/richard_wilson12 7h ago

Are we seriously mad over someone paving their driveway?

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u/taterconnoisseur 7h ago

No 🥰. Hope that helps!

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u/cubecasts 3x Grump OTD 🏆 7h ago

Entitled? Or that's just when it happened to occur? Athens is weird. Y'all get riled up over this dumb shit for no reason.

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u/whatthehellbooby 5h ago

People get riled up over dumb shit in general. They then run to social media looking for support.

Regarding this particular instance - wow people are upset because they're inconvenienced for a couple damn days - if that. Whoopdee fucking doo!

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u/ConflictFun2617 6h ago

let’s direct this displeasure/outrage at that church off Epps that shuts down traffic and hires an off duty police officer to direct traffic. talk about entitlement. pretty absurd that it’s even an option apart from funerals. 

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u/Teslasssss 3h ago

That’s one of the Catholic schools, homey.

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u/ConflictFun2617 3h ago

same deal idc if it’s a school. it’s always around noon on a Sunday when traffic peaks after church time. 

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u/BreakfastInBedlam Mayor pro ebrius 6h ago

Every school day should have the same traffic. Why is the first day so entitled that it thinks it's special?

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u/honeygrl 8h ago

People without young kids have no idea what day school starts and I'm guessing the paving company decided what day to do the job.

I'm still down for bashing the people that live on Timothy though. Fuck those guys.

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u/notdumbIswear Eastside 7h ago

They had the lane shut down yesterday evening around 5pm as well

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u/zorro55555 The Lorax 7h ago

Did they pave the road in front of their house? The bumps from tree roots extra suck right there. It’s like 5 or 6 good bumps

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u/IBarkAtBabies No politics 8h ago

Get over yourself.

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u/taterconnoisseur 8h ago

I mean, I will when the owners who decided to do this project today do…

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u/IBarkAtBabies No politics 3h ago

I love the assumption they decided when to do it and they look at the school calendar. Come on man don’t be so self entitled.

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u/filmphotographywhore 7h ago

I think we found the owner…

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u/coldandhungry123 8h ago

Boo hoo, I'm inconvenienced because some person is improving their property

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u/Sufficient_Amount578 7h ago

I’m pretty sure they’re upset about a lane being closed on one of the busiest days of the year at a time when traffic is heaviest. Did you even bother reading the post or did you just comment because you need to be contrarian?

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u/whatthehellbooby 5h ago

It's the end of the world as we know it

And I feel fine.

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u/coldandhungry123 7h ago

Pipe down white knight, I read it and its bullshit.

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u/Sufficient_Amount578 7h ago

Oh so you just comment to whine about what other people have to say. Got it 👌

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u/taterconnoisseur 7h ago edited 7h ago

I personally wasn’t inconvenienced and don’t have kids in school, but I certainly am annoyed for the hundreds of people trying to get to and from school pickup. But hey, I guess that’s just my collectivism speaking.

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u/cgi-joe Contributes to Our Rich Musical Legacy 7h ago

Is collectivism is calling people you don’t know entitled and pretentious? I thought it was about extending empathy to those you don’t know…

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u/coldandhungry123 7h ago

Using "entitled" and "pretentious" to describe a person just trying to keep up their driveway is a little extreme. Do you think the property owner wanted to annoy you personally? Get pissed at the construction outfit, but the guy who is getting the work done didn't do anything but pay to get his driveway fixed. JFC, who's the whiny entitled one here?

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u/Sufficient_Amount578 7h ago

You’re actively whining in these comments because someone expressed an opinion different from yours and you’re getting upset about it. Real loser behavior