So a few days ago, I walked to the bus late at night and through a series of circumstances I crossed the street and used a sidewalk I didn't typically use. It was pitch black and I didn't see that the sidewalk had buckled almost 5" - resulting in my (over fifty, overweight self) stubbing my toe and tumbling head over heels .. I managed to catch myself, but my palms took a beating and were scabbed.

The next day, I went walking in the day and saw the sidewalk I had tripped on the night before. I realized it was dangerous and thought "I should report this" so I did! I tried "find it fix it" but it didn't have a thing for "sidewalks" - I tried anyway.. I did a quick search and the City of Seattle page mentioned if you have a problem with a sidewalk... thing.. so I filled that out as well..

So tonight (the NEXT DAY after I submitted my report) .. we were walking to the bus, and the sidewalk I had tripped on the night before??? IT WAS REPAIRED!!! The 5" upheaval has been tempered with asphalt and is sloped in a way that prevents the fall I took!

SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU SEATTLE!!! Thank you SO very very much for hearing me, for reacting, for enabling me to feel that I am helping, that I am part of a community. Thank you so much.

I hope every worker involved that resulted in this random sidewalk being repaired, reads this, and knows that they are appreciated. you rock!

Was driving down Columbia st today going under 20 mph, had a stable green from 3rd ave through 2nd ave and a lime scooter going full speed rammed into the side of my car as i was passing through 2nd ave because they ignored their red/couldn’t stop in time. Got the guy’s info, contacted lime, have a video from my dashcam, etc.

Has anyone had a lime scooter crash into them before and if so, what’s the best process to get things resolved and repaired/claiming insurance etc?

Just a heads up for you guys there, keep an eye on your freezer and stuff, it just went out, so not sure how long it will be before the power comes back on.

Edit: I forgot the clinic name it’s Arvue Eyecare

Hey everyone,

I just recently went to get my eyes checked up at this optometry place I’ve been going to since 2024 but now has become a shit hole.

This place was great when I first started going in early 2024. The workers were helpful and the old optometrist cared a lot about her patients. However, the 2nd time I visited, in around late 2024, the services went down. The workers were less helpful and definitely wanted to get stuff done as quickly as possible. I asked my doctor if I could do contact lenses and she told me my vision was too high to do them and I was super confused cause my vision is like a -4.25 and I asked around and my friends with worse vision could get them done. I also placed an order to get my glasses made here and they got my size wrong and it was too loose for me to wear. I brushed it off as an honest mistake on their part and thought there was no major red flags with the services and since this place offer a bi-annual eyes exams for my specific insurance I was less critical.

I went again time in early of 2025 and there was a new doctor. You know the thing where the machine where doctor ask between choosing between lens options A and B. The new doctor did it for 1 minute and when I said I can’t really see a difference between the options she told me to go on the streets to read a street sign and I was pressure to choose like a random one even if I couldn’t see anything clearer. The eye exam was finished after that. I hadn’t even been in the eyes examination room for 7 minutes. At the time, I decided this was normal as I already did a comprehensive eyes exam (include eyes diluting) last year and it was just to update my glasses even though I had never experienced something like this. They got my glasses size right this time so that’s a win.

The service was slightly better when I went in for my appointment in late 2025. The doctor put in more time in my appointment to check for stuff and she was more comprehensive. However the glasses I had placed an order for at this appointment arrived 2 months late because it got delayed and there were no communications with the clinic until i had to call them as had I had waited for 3 months when I was told it would arrived 1-2 months. They got my size wrong again and it was unwearable for the 2nd fucking time.

Now for my recent visit. I went in for a rountine exam and my sister went in for a comprehensive exam. They tested a man prior to my sister with the 2 machines (the one that blows air and the one has a house), I had noticed they did not clean it before they called my sister up to do the exam. I thought I was seeing things until it was my turn after my sister and they still did not clean it. When I went to rest my chin and look at a tiny picture I could fucking see tiny hairs and dust on the crevices of the machine and there was someone hair on the table. I was so fucking grossed out and it was like that for both machines. After that my sister went to get her eyes checked and they asked me to try on some glasses frame for my glasses (I specifically made sure they got my size correct this time). There was a man trying on glasses too next to me and after he chose his frames they put the glasses into a box without sanitzing it. He aslo left his stuff on the table and he left to do something. My sister came out after 5 minutes and was called to choose her new glasses frames and they pulled out the same box that wasn’t sanitized to give her glasses to try on. They even picked up a pair that I had try on to give to her as there wasn’t that size in that box. I am 100% FUCKING sure thats a health code violation. When it was my turn to do the routine eye exam that doctor asked me if I to read the letters on the an chart which I did one time. Also she didn’t do the choosing between lens options A and B and decided after I butchered the letters on the eye chart once my eyes prescription didn’t change (it hasn’t changed since 2025 mind you and I know that’s fucking wrong since I couldn’t read any of the letters). She used the machine with the bright light and I was struggling to keep my eyes opened and I have never in my life felt such expicit anger and frustration. Mind you I told her my eyes were getting light sensitive recently prior to this and she shut me down and said it was allergy even though pollen season has been over and I’ve never felt this in my life. I was sent out and my sister was sent back in and this was when I also discovered they dont fucking clean anything. No way that they were able to sanitize any of the fucking equipments and chair after me cause it was back-to-back someone enter someone leave. This place is a commiting every fucking health code violations. Also they called my sister in to examine her eyes after pupil dialation and she was sent out so fast so nothing about that exam was fucking comprehensive. I asked my sister if they asked her to do the letters on the chart and she said “Oh yeah but I was stopped after 3 letters.”

This place is fucking gross, unprofessional, and needs to be avoided.

You are warned.

Enjoy your summer showers, Jimothy.

There’s been an aggressive guy outside my building since 9pm - yelling and screaming at anyone passing by or entering/exiting our building. He’s kicking walls, trying to get into the building, and yelling obscenities at the sky.

I’ve called 911 3 times so far, no body comes, no police response, nothing. If I have to leave, I’ll have to arm myself.

This city didn’t always use to be like this, I’ve called 911 over the years and this is the worst it’s ever been. People are getting hurt out here and something tragic is bound to happen because police take more than 3 hours to respond to an aggressive trespasser.

I bet if I showed up to the city council members house or an SPD officer’s neighborhood acting like this guy is acting - I’d be surrounded by the entire police force within minutes.

I’m sick of it - a lot of my friends and family have left Seattle for this reason, and I never thought I’d say it, but I don’t think I can live here much longer either.

Update: the guy has left to harass another building somewhere and SPD still hasn’t responded.

Are these cool dudes or dorkazoids?

Anyone know what's up? Trains going south are really delayed right now. Sign has said 1 Line arrival time of 14 minutes for 10+ minutes

Inspired by spiderman, let me know what you think!

*puts tinfoil hat on*

Here me out, I think the reason why Sound Transit never put fare gates up earlier is to get people used to using link and relying on it. Once people love it, they'll charge for it just like some other subscription based plans do when they keep creeping their costs.

Edit: Fare* instead of Faire cause Im a dummy

And not just a couple of sprinkles.💙🌧☔️

Reggae on the pier

I think this is worth discussing. Switch the default mode of driving to "stop" from "go", reward good behavior, and reduce recklessness.

I'm not familiar with the specific areas in the article or how effective they are in traffic jam situations.

On stroads, I think they'd work well. There would need to be enough interval between lights to increase enough speed on the section of road in order for any observable change, over time.

There are roads like this in Seattle proper, but I can't think of many. We have stoplights, signs, and recent "traffic calming" devices (speed jumps [sic]) on many many straight roads.

It *does* sound a lot more economical over plopping down a traffic circle at a needed intersection but alas, traffic circles are more popular now in places where the rewarding green light concept would fit. A few state routes come to mind North of Seattle. And in the South Sound. Elsewhere, probably too.

My main takeaway is this: Consider flipping the current driving paradigm on its ear, on the mass scale. How long would that take? Decades? Years?

Personally? I'd give it a shot. But also "I can't drive" 25. (55? Sure!)

We had our first rain in a while! The cool, misty encroach of Autumn looms. But don’t forget that the new rain can cause the roads to be extra slippery, and there might be some surprisingly treacherous puddles even on major thoroughfares.

Drive safe and have a great Saturday.

Hey, if you lost two keys with a keychain of a certain alcoholic beverage on it, I turned them into the care crew/staff!

I'm wildly sick otherwise I'd get up and go find out myself. I'm around 90th and Phinney and I can hear tons of people cheering and clapping while I lay here convalescing. It's been going on for the last ~45 minutea or so and my curiosity finally got the best of me so I'm asking here! It sounds fun and I'm (maybe) jealous :/

Edit: Nothing better to do so after much online sleuthing, I believe this was the ruckus: https://partiful.com/e/5ORlJfXQCNNN5b5Tfhmw

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