Comments on: Updated: Apologies after SDOT tweet calls West Seattle Bridge drivers ‘scumbags’

By: angela

angela — Mon, 19 May 2014 23:21:24 +0000

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?

By: seriouslygetoverit

seriouslygetoverit — Wed, 07 May 2014 03:26:03 +0000

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.

By: KM

KM — Wed, 07 May 2014 03:12:55 +0000

“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.

By: Steven Russell

Steven Russell — Wed, 07 May 2014 02:29:47 +0000

This is funny and so true.. love social media

By: ScubaFrog

ScubaFrog — Wed, 07 May 2014 00:53:14 +0000

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?

By: Community Member

Community Member — Wed, 07 May 2014 00:23:58 +0000

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.

By: West Seattle Hipster

West Seattle Hipster — Wed, 07 May 2014 00:12:06 +0000

Perhaps if the joke was actually funny, I would have laughed.

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

By: WSince86

WSince86 — Tue, 06 May 2014 23:40:59 +0000

RS- couldn’t have said it better!!

By: WSB

WSB — Tue, 06 May 2014 22:33:27 +0000

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

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 06 May 2014 22:20:58 +0000

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.

By: Mickymse

Mickymse — Tue, 06 May 2014 20:58:18 +0000

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.

By: T Rex

T Rex — Tue, 06 May 2014 19:49:43 +0000

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.

By: RS

RS — Tue, 06 May 2014 18:15:06 +0000

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.

By: Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly — Tue, 06 May 2014 16:08:48 +0000

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.

By: cbof

cbof — Tue, 06 May 2014 15:35:03 +0000

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.