I got locked out of my apartment and spent the night sleeping on a park bench

hmmmmmmmm wrote:

I got locked out of my apartment and my landlady wasn't picking up her phone (there's also a fee to get her to open the door after hours) and so I ended up buying a sweatshirt and sleeping on a park bench. Anyone ever done this before? It was okay, I had disturbed sleep and would keep waking up every half hour or hour. It also got cold.

This happened to me once, so I walked to a track with a high jump pit that was open, and slept beneath the top cushion cover.

Had a great nights sleep...until people started jogging laps at...4AM!! (It was at UCLA)

jamin wrote:

Sleeping on a park bench, Aqualung, my friend

Are you really 60? ;)

hmmmmmmmm wrote:

I got locked out of my apartment and my landlady wasn't picking up her phone (there's also a fee to get her to open the door after hours) and so I ended up buying a sweatshirt and sleeping on a park bench. Anyone ever done this before? It was okay, I had disturbed sleep and would keep waking up every half hour or hour. It also got cold.

That's nothing. I was locked out of my park bench, and spent the night in a nearby trashcan. I woke up smelly,dirty and cold, but I was happy.

LRC Hero wrote:

hmmmmmmmm wrote:

I got locked out of my apartment and my landlady wasn't picking up her phone (there's also a fee to get her to open the door after hours) and so I ended up buying a sweatshirt and sleeping on a park bench. Anyone ever done this before? It was okay, I had disturbed sleep and would keep waking up every half hour or hour. It also got cold.

That's nothing. I was locked out of my park bench, and spent the night in a nearby trashcan. I woke up smelly,dirty and cold, but I was happy.

That's nothing. I was locked out of the dumpster I lived in and was forced to go sleep in a lake. I woke up wet and cold, but I was happy.

That's nothing. I was once locked out the RV I slept in and was forced to walk all night.

go for an ultrarun during the night. this way you wont feel the cold

You're not a real man unless you're a real man

Stop accepting this garbage wrote:

In Other Words wrote:

In other words, you are a total pansy who would be terrified to spend the night in a park.

Yep that's why we all consider the homeless the most heroic, brave men in the world. Idiot.

In other words you are not only a total pansy but you also seemingly lack any capacity for logical thought.

Well done!

Apulia Station wrote:

If you've never spent the night on a park bench you're not a real man

He should've put it on the 'crete.

In Other Words wrote:

Stop accepting this garbage wrote:

Yep that's why we all consider the homeless the most heroic, brave men in the world. Idiot.

In other words you are not only a total pansy but you also seemingly lack any capacity for logical thought.

Well done!

You're right, what was I thinking? Being a real man, as you have pointed out, means being dumb enough to lock yourself out of your apartment, a big enough loser to not have a single friend to stay with, too poor to get a hotel, and just manly enough to choose a bench instead. Thanks loser.

At the very least you could have slept in your car. Most seats go back and doors lock. Out of the weather too. I keep a spare set of house keys in car. You a millennial I take it?

Stop accepting this garbage wrote:

In Other Words wrote:

In other words you are not only a total pansy but you also seemingly lack any capacity for logical thought.

Well done!

You're right, what was I thinking? Being a real man, as you have pointed out, means being dumb enough to lock yourself out of your apartment, a big enough loser to not have a single friend to stay with, too poor to get a hotel, and just manly enough to choose a bench instead. Thanks loser.

Nice. Burned him bad the first time, and twice as bad the second time. Well done! Wonder if he'll come back for more schooling

I did this a few times when I was backpacking in Europe. One time was in Amsterdam on a peaceful side street.

Stop accepting this garbage wrote:

In Other Words wrote:

In other words you are not only a total pansy but you also seemingly lack any capacity for logical thought.

Well done!

You're right, what was I thinking? Being a real man, as you have pointed out, means being dumb enough to lock yourself out of your apartment, a big enough loser to not have a single friend to stay with, too poor to get a hotel, and just manly enough to choose a bench instead. Thanks loser.

I dunno, you guys are busting his balls, but it's really not that big of deal. I grew up camping out, like *for real* camping out...tents (or not), 50 mile treks over several days between A and B.

My son is a Boy Scout. We camp out in tents one weekend a month YEAR ROUND. Two years ago, a February camp out reached 4 degrees.

I've been hammered many times over the years and have had to improvise...sleeping in car, nice spot under a tree, etc. My point? 12 hours? Outside, in the summer, and in the environment where a sweatshirt can be purchased? Call me underwhelmed. I could just go sleep on a bench for the hell of it.

Sidebar: I once spent 25 hours waiting on a flight at Hollywood/Ft Lauderdale Airport, before cell/internet. People lack patience these days.

hmmmmmmmm wrote:

I got locked out of my apartment and my landlady wasn't picking up her phone (there's also a fee to get her to open the door after hours) and so I ended up buying a sweatshirt and sleeping on a park bench. Anyone ever done this before? It was okay, I had disturbed sleep and would keep waking up every half hour or hour. It also got cold.

Outside?!

In a park?!

I hope you get Lyme Disease!!!

Don't leave the basement.

WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T LEAVE THE BASEMENT!!!

Stop accepting this garbage wrote:

In Other Words wrote:

In other words you are not only a total pansy but you also seemingly lack any capacity for logical thought.

Well done!

You're right, what was I thinking? Being a real man, as you have pointed out, means being dumb enough to lock yourself out of your apartment, a big enough loser to not have a single friend to stay with, too poor to get a hotel, and just manly enough to choose a bench instead. Thanks loser.

Wow, complete inability to think! You've advertised your own level of perfection as a pansy with absolutely zero ability to think clearly or post logically sound statements.

Congratulations!

casual observer of nutjobs wrote:

My stepfather once hitchhiked from Maine to British Columbia. You can be out in the world, people. Thousands of generations have successfully managed.

Maine -> Quebec->Ontario->Manitoba->Sask->Alberta->British Columbia.

Right?

30 years ago, Canada was pretty safe, so not too impressive. Would not do it now.

casual observer of nutjobs wrote:

It's a classic Flagpole post on being a "real man." I knew it was coming once someone dropped the real man phrase It's like going to Kona or pirate-cat-gun girl. A LRC classic.

It's a stupid meme that a deluded few think is amazingly funny so they keep posting it in the deluded hope that others share their delusion.

The one about the 49 year old who lost the turkey trot to a woman and ranted is even worse.