Comments on: Updated: Apologies after SDOT tweet calls West Seattle Bridge drivers ‘scumbags’ https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/ West Seattle news, 24/7 Mon, 19 May 2014 23:21:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: angela https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1330738 Mon, 19 May 2014 23:21:24 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1330738 LOL! Didn’t this happen at an old episode of Park and Recreation? :) At least’s the nick name it’s not Anthony Weiner :-p Poor guy making that twitter comment, bye bye job? or a disciplinary warning?

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By: seriouslygetoverit https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1313128 Wed, 07 May 2014 03:26:03 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1313128 We choose to live in an awesome neighborhood in seattle, and so we pay the price with traffic on the bridge. Resolving congestion can’t be fixed by SPOT alone. We too are responsible, and one solution would be less single occpancy driving to reduce congestion. I’d say people should get on mass transit, but clearly that’s a sore point at the moment.

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By: KM https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1313116 Wed, 07 May 2014 03:12:55 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1313116 “Even if only a few people were offended by this, it still shouldn’t have happened.”
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Oh man. Imagine if we applied that to other areas in life. We’d all be sitting on our hands with our mouths tapped shut.

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By: Steven Russell https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1313084 Wed, 07 May 2014 02:29:47 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1313084 This is funny and so true.. love social media

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By: ScubaFrog https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312987 Wed, 07 May 2014 00:53:14 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312987 I hope someone at SDOT gets fired for this. Very offensive. We pay THEIR salaries? To be mocked and ridiculed, for waiting in traffic during our commute?

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By: Community Member https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312971 Wed, 07 May 2014 00:23:58 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312971 There are many posts on this thread that can be summarized as, “I wasn’t offended. Therefore it isn’t offensive.” This is a very insular point of view.
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Even if only a few people were offended by this, it still shouldn’t have happened. There just isn’t any upside or justification for government employees to publicly belittle the citizens.
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And SDOT has NOT apologized. Saying you’re sorry someone was offended is like saying you’re sorry they are ill, or their cat died, etc; it certainly isn’t admitting error.
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Would you want the police to talk about you this way when you call 911? Why not?
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Mickymse’s summary is good.

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By: West Seattle Hipster https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312964 Wed, 07 May 2014 00:12:06 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312964 Perhaps if the joke was actually funny, I would have laughed.

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I personally am not offended, I just think it was a lame attempt at humor by an organization with a documented history of ineptitude.

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By: WSince86 https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312945 Tue, 06 May 2014 23:40:59 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312945 RS- couldn’t have said it better!!

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By: WSB https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312909 Tue, 06 May 2014 22:33:27 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312909 In reply to Evan.

Just to be clear – this was from the SDOT (Seattle Dept. of Transportation) Twitter account, not the WSDOT (Washington State Dept. of Transportation) Twitter account. @seattledot not @wsdot or @wsdot_traffic, completely different governments, etc. (since the bridge is a city structure and I-90, for example, is a state structure). – TR

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By: Evan https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312900 Tue, 06 May 2014 22:20:58 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312900 This was a hilarious tweet and that’s exactly how I feel every time I see rubberneckers. People in this town need to learn how to take a joke. And as to whether the WSDOT twitter feed is a useful service: YES IT IS! I check it every day before my commute and it’s saved me from several I-90 debacles. Everyone who crosses a bridge to get anywhere around here should be using it.

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By: Mickymse https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312845 Tue, 06 May 2014 20:58:18 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312845 It’s not funny… 1) because the word is vulgar and offensive), 2) the people in the picture aren’t in a funny situation, 3) it demonstrates a severe lack of understanding that the people in the picture aren’t being bad drivers but are actually stuck in regularly occurring traffic, and 4) it’s a government agency using taxpayer resources to ridicule citizens.
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This isn’t some stupid prank by morning radio disc jockeys. It’s just plain dumb.

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By: T Rex https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312793 Tue, 06 May 2014 19:49:43 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312793 WOW, I am glad I do not work with some of you people? Fire someone for THAT? I see it as trying to have fun with STUPID SOCIAL MEDIA, that is all it is people, social media.

Personally, I thought it was funny as heck.

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By: RS https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312721 Tue, 06 May 2014 18:15:06 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312721 Who cares about a terrible joke SDOT made from a stupid meme. Some people are too sensitive.

The real problem you should all be upset about is this tunnel debacle and the lack of foresight from all parties involved.

Or perhaps the lack of planning reguarding Seattle’s current congestion that will only get worse with all of the new ‘pack ’em and stack ’em resdential development around town.

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By: Brian Connolly https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312627 Tue, 06 May 2014 16:08:48 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312627 I don’t think the original joke was very funny but what I do find amusing is a bunch of old fogies getting bent out of shape because they don’t know what a meme is.

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By: cbof https://westseattleblog.com/2014/05/funny-or-not-sdot-tweet-calls-west-seattle-bridge-drivers-scumbags/#comment-1312589 Tue, 06 May 2014 15:35:03 +0000 https://westseattleblog.com/?p=272465#comment-1312589 Wsn00b, THAT was funny. :-) You should make it a bummer sticker or decal so we can all have one. I was getting way too into this thread, and that was a really appropriate and well-used mood lifter.

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