So, my father's car broke.

He has to work on Sunday nights, and since he can't find someone who can give him a ride, he chose to walk the distance.

I would be asking for advice on how to talk him out of it, but he has already left an hour ago since he has to walk 9 miles. So instead, tell me about the times you made stupid decisions which seemed good at the time.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, on the plus side he did give himself three hours to make the trip. I think he wound up being late anyway.

At least he learned his lesson and will not attempt this again. The car is in the shop as we speak.

I think the most epic bad decision I've made was driving home from work when my muffler was dragging on the ground. At the time, I was doing an 80 mile commute, which is the source of my problems. I clearly couldn't go on a freeway safely, so I drove 35 mph on surface roads. It took 4 hours to get home, all told.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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Originally Posted by CM2k

It should only take him 2 hours to get there.

It did take him well over three hours. To get there. I think nearly five on his way back.

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He probably felt like walking or else he would have gotten a taxi.

No, he would not have.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by CM2k

And if he didn't want to spring the money for a taxi, doesn't that mean he wanted to walk instead of spending money? Or did he really think that walking 9 miles was faster than a taxi?

You know a trip like that would cost like $50, right?

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Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki

Shoulda hang glided with impromptu materials? I mean, the way you make it sound is that your pops was begrudged to fix his car - which was problematic well enough in advance - because he was sure he could foot it. But if this was more of an immediate crisis, the options are pretty limited. Overpay for cab fare or walk a stupidly long distance. You seem to be equally against both, so I have to assume it wouldn't have been endangering his employment if he called out of work until his ride was fixed? It's not too clear a picture.

Well, his car was only noticed to be broken on Sunday afternoon (by which I mean it didn't work in a bad way). I begged him not to go to work! He has vacation time he could have used. I would've also made the trip out there to drive him to work, as I also have the vacation time to use. I would've bitched about it the entire time but it's family, you know?

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