Comments | mothwentbad: I hate moving

mothwentbad

I hate moving

Jul 23, 2009 16:16

snarltooth: according to seinfeld, picking someone up from teh airport is a higher level of friendship than helping them move!! can you handle it?
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mothwentbad: That can't be true. Unless the airport is 5 hours away and you're using a Flintstones car.

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a_tergo_lupi July 23 2009, 20:36:19 UTC

I dislike Seinfeld, but...

Usually, moving involves free food and may only mean packing or carrying boxes. Picking someone up at the airport might involve traffic, risk of accidents, smog, driving around in circles for hours, dealing with cops, dealing with crowds, paid parking, heavy luggage, smelly airport people, and no such free food. And they never think to get you something at the duty free shop.

a_tergo_lupi July 23 2009, 20:37:01 UTC

Right. And it might be at like 3am. That's fucking balls.

julia_sevin July 23 2009, 20:44:48 UTC

Huh! I'm trying to imagine having a friend who considered me close enough to ask me for help moving--and who I considered close enough to say yes to--yet to whom I'd refuse an airport ride on the basis that we hadn't reached that level of intimacy or reliability. I don't see it.

I guess I can imagine giving someone a ride to the airport but handing them an excuse when they wanted help moving.

Bah, who'm I kidding; I've never turned anyone down for either. I'm a sucker for feeling helpful.

mothwentbad July 23 2009, 20:46:42 UTC

Hmmmm. Maybe if like 8 people help move, but the driving is all on you, it's an ordeal? I don't know. I'm totally losing this one. I guess I hate work. Not that I like driving, but... God damn boxes!

julia_sevin July 23 2009, 20:55:07 UTC

Helping move is a lot of work, unless you're the kind of dick who sits around waiting for pizza. I'm a kickass mover. You totally want me on hand. This friend of mine (my other math friend, I mentioned him to you) keeps telling me I LITERALLY SAVED HIM by helping him move because I did mountains of shit in seven hours that he never could have done, and he had to basically get his whole house packed up and hand in some final math work and get on a plane all in the same 48 hours. And he's right; he would've been fucked without me ( ... )

mothwentbad July 23 2009, 20:57:40 UTC

Uh oh. In your dream, were they about to execute you, just like on You Can't Do That On Television?

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jhvilas July 23 2009, 20:48:17 UTC

I have a fucked up back and neck, so I'd much rather pick people up at the airport.

snarltooth July 23 2009, 20:53:28 UTC

Oh fuck, I actually wrote 'teh'?

mothwentbad July 23 2009, 20:54:13 UTC

I took liberties and corrected my own quote, so I can do yours, too. Unless you'd rather just put mine back how it was, too.

snarltooth July 23 2009, 20:59:40 UTC

That would be the gentlemanly thing to do.

a_tergo_lupi July 23 2009, 23:15:40 UTC

I use it on purpose so much that I hardly know when I do it incidentally.

suegypt July 23 2009, 23:27:37 UTC

Hmmm. I've driven Mr. to the airport countless times for funsy trips for him and, i don't know, sometimes it's just a tradeoff. I get to pretend for 4-5 days that I'm single (not horrendously, recreationally, you understand) and he comes back refreshed. No problem. Anyone other than him = potential problem.

I myself haven't moved in over 22 years, after a life of moving, on average, every 2 years or less. I love moving (myself). I hate helping people I love move. I hate helping people I love move. I hate helping people I love move. I hate helping people I love move. I hate helping people I love move.

I'll do it if needed.