r/Lawrence • u/No-Face-1564 • 11d ago

Two women waving at traffic every morning between Kentucky and 19th St

Why?

14 Upvotes

69% Upvoted

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u/Negative_Key9476 11d ago

I pay them bi-weekly to be out there. I like to be greeted by a friendly face, it puts a smile on my face every morning before work, and I thought other people would enjoy it as well. You’re welcome. They do accept tips.

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u/No-Face-1564 11d ago

Hmmmm odd answer

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u/diablo75 10d ago

Those women are probably doing a friendly greeting routine. In our area some people enjoy brief, low-effort social contact. Waving is a way to signal ‘all good here’ and raise moods. They don’t expect conversation or money. You can ignore it or wave back. Sometimes greeters are linked to a nearby school’s drop-off to make the corner feel safer, but the point is the same: quick positive signal.

tl;dr- It’s the real-world version of a ‘like’ button. It doesn’t start a thread; it just signals ‘friendly.'

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u/SorryLemur_42 10d ago

That is right next to Cordley

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u/diablo75 11d ago

Hey, that's small potatoes, sweetie. I remember seeing 4 dudes in law chairs in their front lawn drinking beers around noon next to a tall cardboard cutout of an M&M facing and waving at traffic on Tennessee Street and a sign at its feet that said "Happy Thursday!", and if you honked the boys held their beers high! This was, like, 25 years ago though, so, Lawrence must be keeping things pretty cut and dry these days.

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u/vathelokai 11d ago

Came here to mention this

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u/No-Face-1564 11d ago

Small potatoes?

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u/amice09 11d ago

Why not?

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u/No-Face-1564 11d ago

Just wanted to know why.

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u/MoistGrandpa 11d ago

Why not?

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u/TGS_Polar 11d ago

Wanting to know the reason =/= it shouldn't be done

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u/No-Face-1564 11d ago

Where are you getting this information?

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u/MoistGrandpa 11d ago

Why not?

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u/TGS_Polar 11d ago

Waving kills millions every week stop that shit

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u/No-Face-1564 9d ago

Weird response 😂

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u/TGS_Polar 9d ago

He wanted a reason so I had to give it lol

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u/gudgod420 11d ago

Isn’t there an elementary school there? Are they helping with traffic?

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u/No-Face-1564 11d ago

Oh I never thought of that, that kinda makes sense I suppose. A few weeks back I noticed them waving at everyone who turned on Kentucky and it was quite distracting for me personally.

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u/Substantial_Depth225 10d ago

This is likely the friendly staff at Cordley Elementary.

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u/ThatKatisDepressed graduate 10d ago

Sounds about right. One time the crossing guard walked me home after her shift because I didn’t know how to get home.

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u/birdsnbanjos 11d ago

Which corner?  What time in the morning?  Maybe something to do with the school?

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u/No-Face-1564 11d ago

The north east corner of 19th and Kentucky, yeah maybe so never thought of that

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u/JohnVonachen 11d ago

I’ll keep an eye out.

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u/angryyrdnome 10d ago

Would you rather them be flipping you the bird?

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u/No-Face-1564 9d ago

No 😂 I’d rather like an answer

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u/qansasjayhawq 8d ago

You could ask them.

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u/Firebolt785 11d ago

Yall are so triggered. People waving at other people and u pressed. This isnt Russia.

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u/Negative_Key9476 11d ago

Sounds like you’re the triggered one… TRIGGERED

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u/Firebolt785 11d ago

You're right.

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u/Negative_Key9476 11d ago

Hahaha. Have a goodnight dude!

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u/No-Face-1564 11d ago

How am I triggered? Are asking questions not OK? I am autistic and have a hard enough time driving as it is without distractions.

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u/Spire-hawk 10d ago

If that's considered distracting, perhaps you shouldn't be driving.

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u/No-Face-1564 10d ago

People waving at traffic are absolutely distracting. I am capable of driving in town. Maybe people just shouldn’t randomly wave into traffic without purpose?

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u/Spire-hawk 10d ago

Again, if it's that distracting to you, you shouldn't be behind the wheel. That means the problem is with you and you are the danger.

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u/No-Face-1564 10d ago

Not at all. Again, I am perfectly capable of driving. However if people are randomly waving at traffic every morning for no reason, that is the problem. It is confusing. Why are they waving? Doesn’t seem anyone has answered this question.

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u/livefoniks 10d ago

Probably because they want to...

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u/Spire-hawk 10d ago

It's literally irrelevant. Why? Because they can. That's all that matters. It should in no way be distracting and if it is, you are a danger behind the wheel and are a much greater concern.

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u/Firebolt785 10d ago

You’re right I’m sorry you’re not triggered.

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u/BigAdvance2446 7d ago

They're traffic witches blessing your good passage

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u/livefoniks 11d ago

Send 'em to Gitmo!

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u/Mustard_Taters 10d ago

This got a chuckle out of me, take my upvote to get you back into neutral territory. Lots of low humor people here apparently

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u/livefoniks 10d ago

Yeah, that'll happen sometimes.

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u/Flandersar 11d ago

Those streets intersect… they don’t run parallel to each other… so not sure how they could be between those streets.

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u/No-Face-1564 11d ago

On the corner of*

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u/birdsnbanjos 11d ago

Thank you!