People often get stuck in traffic on the way to work. “Traffic is depressing. It’s just waiting in line to go to work” was posted on Twitter by Jebb Sinclair on September 7, 2013. “Traffic: waiting in line to go to work!” was posted on Twitter by Richie Hunt on September 10, 2012.
“Keep it up, morning traffic. I love waiting in line to go to work” was posted on Twitter by Patrick McLellan on August 7, 2013. “Commuting in traffic is like getting in line to go to work” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on August 11, 2018.
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Jebb Sinclair
@jebbsinclair
Traffic is depressing. It’s just waiting in line to go to work.
2:45 AM - 7 Sep 2012
Twitter
Richie Hunt
@UpNu247
Traffic: waiting in line to go to work!
8:06 AM - 10 Sep 2012
Twitter
Patrick McLellan
@pmclellan
Keep it up, morning traffic. I love waiting in line to go to work.
9:46 AM - 7 Aug 2013
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@jefamularcano
Being stuck in traffic is like waiting in line to go to work except we’re all in our own little rooms made of metal
11:35 AM - 12 Aug 2013
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Waiting in traffic is like waiting in an hour line to go to work.
submitted December 7, 2016 by jrafelson
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
Commuting in traffic is like getting in line to go to work.
submitted August 11, 2018 by Phisopholer
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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