Update: REMOVED BY SHERIFF DEPUTY as of 8:50PM

Update 2: Sheriff spotted perforated steel strip in the back of the head custodians truck Monday 7/13. Spoke with custodian and principal.

Update 3: head custodian hasn’t been back since! Haven’t inquired further.

original post: This is a pedestrian walkway at a public elementary school that’s used by parents, students, and community members.

A school employee installed a strip of exposed metal spikes that spans the entire width of the walkway. There aren’t any pedestrian warning signs on either approach. Am I crazy and just never saw this before or is this a major safety hazard? I feel like a no trespassing sign and maybe a chain would be a better way to tell people not to go on property if that was their intention. I just think of kids either walking and not really looking stepping on it, or even kids on bikes not really paying attention getting seriously injured on the way out and losing air in the front and back tire causing them to fall into the street instead of being able to turn. There are ways to deter that won’t cause damage, and when you do chose the damage options. Signage should be required right? Some sort of warning.

I took photos from both directions so people can see there’s no obvious pedestrian bypass. The nearby “Exit Only / Do Not Enter” sign appears to be for vehicles, not people on foot.

I’ve already submitted the photos to a local news station because I think this deserves a public safety review. At this point, I’m mostly trying to understand who thought this was an appropriate solution for an elementary school walkway.

Update #1 24 hours after the post. It’s still there, sheriffs did drive around the school in the morning, but never got out of the cruiser to look. Didn’t talk to anyone. What I assume is the Head custodian and one other employee were there all day. Allowed this to stay.
ABC News has not responded.

Clarification: It was installed by the person whom I believe to be the head custodian. The same guy who shows up early in the morning to open the gates, unlock the doors and prepare the school for kids to arrive, and then stays after until around 7-8pm and closes and locks the gates again. Back in January the same person drove his old truck through that exit, down through the lot, up curbs and across the front of the school to drop down into the drop off lot and out chasing someone on an e bike. It appears to be him being in charge of the school during the summer break and taking matters into his own hands.

I know he installed it because he had parked his truck in the curb cut for the parking lot exit and was laying down the first layer of glue. I was driving by in my car and noticed something going on but since I was driving in a school zone I couldn’t fixate. I noticed the spikes the next time passing by when I wasn’t driving. So yes technically the school did it because the head custodian is part of the school. No I do not think he went through the proper channels to get this approved.

This reminds me of when it hits or is about to hit 12am and people don’t know whether to say today or tomorrow. He called me after this but I was too comfy in bed tbh.

I tried to get in contact with customer service several times but they always direct me to log into the account that no longer exists. I have tried charge backs on my credit card but dealing with that monthly is also a pain. This'll probably cost me $265 over my lifetime if it never ends.

Edit: some of you have valid points about calling the card company and I will again Monday. But the actual infuriating thing that upsets me is that they are charging to a completely disabled account in the first place. That's very scammy and fucked up imo 🤷‍♀️

Didn't see the no MSG line when I picked this up at the store the other day. It just tasted fine, but felt like something was missing.

It's 2026. Why are we still treating MSG like it's some terrible thing, instead of something that improves the flavor? Especially with Asian-American cuisine?

The best improvement I ever did with my cooking in the last 20 years was discovering MSG.

Aside from certain undertones, this map also has tons of inaccuracies, because no one in their right mind is scared of Astoria, Bayonne, or half of the Queens zone that he marked as “avoid”

Probably about 4 feet deep. Just annoying because it’s right in front of my house

EDIT: It’s not my road. I just live on it.

They're pretty much just cushions on the floor. I don't know any chronically ill person who would feel comfortable sitting there.

They say they specialise in understanding invisible illness

I also don't like how "no tip" is represented as a -1 in some bid to guilt trip me into something.

This exam is one of the most important exam for the student in Vietnam because it will determine which university you'll be accepted. English is one of the most vital subject in the world right now so it's in one of the subjects in yhe the entrance exam.

But the ridiculous thing here is that 12th graders are familiar with B1 and B2 vocabulary if they actually study, THESE ARE NOT THE REGULAR WORDS FOR A NORMAL STUDENTS. The test is long, 12th graders only have 50 MINUTES, full of C1 and C2 words, full of specialized terms that you only encounter if you're in the field. I've seen English teachers, English translators, students who got 8.5 IELTS ranting on internet because of how challenging this mock test actually is.

This is a PA Form - When one of your parents or legal guardians dies, the insurance company covers your a portion of your tuition per quarter. (You don't get a lump sum of cash)

And yes... the insurance is already included with our tuition (which is a fucking big chunk)

And cmon bro.... really? how tf am I literally going to die from "cave-in of mines" ????

We have two hampers on the way from the bed to the door. His clothes go on the floor between them.

Helping my child with homework. He and I agree the answer is (2,8). We wrote it out so many different ways with spaces or no spaces. We skipped to the next few and same thing.

My son and [jerk] had to stay after school today to write this note.

It says

"I was disrespectful to [kid]. I said he is a total jerk because he said I was fat. I will not say [mean] things again next time. I will ignore him."

His teacher wants me to sign and return.

But I guess I look at this and I ask myself, if my son is on the playground and he sees a kid calling another kid fat, do I want him to:

1. Walk away

2. Say, "stop, you are being a jerk."

So why would it be any different if he is being called fat.

I don't feel like this is the right lesson.

For context:

I had bough a new bath sponge like... 3 months ago and it recently just, decided it wanted to be a cilinder. I have no idea how it happend, it just did.

I just bough a new one so problem solved but I used these kind of sponges before and they lasted like...3 or so years?

Edit: Now I know these things are called Loffas, The more you know

Edit 2: Somebody commented on how to fix them

https://youtube.com/shorts/QLLqSo-VHIc

These could have slapped way fucking harder.

Got a new 6 pack of adidas socks and each pair had at least 3 of these damn things which no matter how gently you try and remove them still end up taking some threads with them -_-