I usually travel to places on public transport, which means I can go to parties/meetings but often have to leave early to catch the last bus or whatever. While I’d never go somewhere I couldn’t get back from, a lot of the time me saying “Ok, I’ve got to leave to catch the bus now” will result in a friendly person in the group offering me a lift home instead.
That, and sometimes you go at a party in a friend’s car, and if they have to leave early (ie: because they’re on call and something happened), you’re kinda stuck there.
In college I had a standing offer to crash on the couch. My friends figured that since I usually bought the food, they could at least offer crash space.
Then there were the nights when “sleep” and “passed out where I fell” were interchangeable….
The Australian “Is this your plan B?” campaign is all about having a plan for if you get too drunk to drive. Our driving-while-intoxicated laws are very strict, and random breath tests for intoxication are very common. Get caught once, and you can loose your licence to drive, a lot of cash, and possibly your freedom. Result: If people are going to a party where they intend to drink more than a single beer, they need a designated driver. And if they drink more than one beer…. they might need an unplanned for lift home. It’s common in Australia for the one “sober person” to drive several people home at the end of a night, in several directions. It’s just part of the culture here.
I always figure it’s people whose ride to the party has left unexpectedly *cough cough* hooked up *cough cough*
I usually travel to places on public transport, which means I can go to parties/meetings but often have to leave early to catch the last bus or whatever. While I’d never go somewhere I couldn’t get back from, a lot of the time me saying “Ok, I’ve got to leave to catch the bus now” will result in a friendly person in the group offering me a lift home instead.
That, and sometimes you go at a party in a friend’s car, and if they have to leave early (ie: because they’re on call and something happened), you’re kinda stuck there.
The last panel delivers. When I got to the third panel I was already thinking “this is brilliant”, but my god the last one…
I concur. Last Panel = WINNING!!!
Adam…do you feed on the awkward vibes? Is this comic always put up at midnight because you can’t go out into sunlight? ‘fess up now…
Excellent title!
Thanks! Was up till 1:30 in the morning thinking of that one.
I don’t go ANYWHERE without my personal vehicle.
If I can’t get out of my own fruitition, I ain’t going.
I don’t get how people can be comfortable with being stranded.
“Comfortable” is not how I feel when it happens. Like Charlotte, I tend to know the timetable of the public transportations and stick with them.
Even using public transport scares me.
You’re on someone elses’ schedule.
Then, again, I’m a farm boy and buses are a big city wonder to me.
(I also stare up at skyscrapers)
“That’s not a knife. THIS is a knife.”
In college I had a standing offer to crash on the couch. My friends figured that since I usually bought the food, they could at least offer crash space.
Then there were the nights when “sleep” and “passed out where I fell” were interchangeable….
The Australian “Is this your plan B?” campaign is all about having a plan for if you get too drunk to drive. Our driving-while-intoxicated laws are very strict, and random breath tests for intoxication are very common. Get caught once, and you can loose your licence to drive, a lot of cash, and possibly your freedom. Result: If people are going to a party where they intend to drink more than a single beer, they need a designated driver. And if they drink more than one beer…. they might need an unplanned for lift home. It’s common in Australia for the one “sober person” to drive several people home at the end of a night, in several directions. It’s just part of the culture here.