There are errands, and then there are Lubbock errands. The kind that starts with, “Ah, this is only going to take 20 or so minutes” and ends with you in the fetal position.<\/p>\n
Let’s break it down scientifically, shall we?<\/p>\n
Check out the TOTALLY official ranking of Lubbock errands by just how much they ruin your day below…<\/p>\n
Photo by Marc Pell<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>LUBBOCK ERRANDS RANKEDTier 1: “This Might Actually Be Okay”<\/p>\n This tier is meant for running to United for “just one thing”, swinging by Stripes for a soda, or dropping off a package. You walk in with confidence, and you walk out only slightly annoyed but still pretty optimistic about the day at hand.<\/p>\n Tier 2: “Why Is This Taking So Long?”<\/p>\n This could mean a trip to Walmart, waiting in any drive-thru line between midnight and 2 am, and standing in line behind someone buying scratch-offs. You’re checking your phone like you’ve got somewhere important to be when we both know you dont. You deal with it and move on.<\/p>\n Photo by fr0ggy5<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>Tier 3: “Wind Has Entered The Chat”<\/p>\n Try getting gas while the wind is blowing 60 mph. It’s not fun, and it’s not going to be quick. This tier ruins most of our outings in Lubbock, unfortunately, but hey, we’re used to a little dirt in the air, right?…<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0An Open Letter of Congratulations to Lubbock<\/a><\/p>\n Tier 4: “Who The Hell Designed This?”<\/p>\n This tier is designed for those times you’re sitting in traffic, wondering who on earth designed the loop and why it has it out for you. It also covers the “I’ll just cut through that parking lot” lie and trying to turn left anywhere during rush hour. You are now part of traffic, which makes you part of the problem.<\/p>\n Photo by Luz Fuertes<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>Tier 5: “This Was a Cry for Help”<\/p>\n This is the wall you hit when you go grocery shopping on a Sunday afternoon, try to make a trip to Costco “quick,” or decide to hit multiple errands in one trip. You’ve lost all control, and this is no longer an errand run. This is a full-on event. Good luck.<\/p>\n Final Thoughts<\/p>\n Errands suck, no matter where you are, but here, they seem like a test of patience, endurance, and your ability to lose your cool in a random parking lot.<\/p>\n And yet, we keep going, because deep down, we all believe the same stupid lie, “It’ll be quick.”<\/p>\n It never is.<\/p>\n Keep scrolling for more Lubbock tips and quips in the galleries below, and good luck on your next errand run. You got this!<\/p>\n 58 Photos That Will Change The Way You Look at Lubbock<\/p>\n Lubbock gets joked about a lot \u2014 flat, dusty, windy \u2014 but when you see it from above, especially at sunset or night, it\u2019s actually pretty beautiful.<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy Covington<\/p>\n 5 Great Places To Take A ‘Fart Walk’ In Lubbock (And Where You Never Should)<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are errands, and then there are Lubbock errands. The kind that starts with, “Ah, this is only…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-228696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}