Snark aside, no.

"I'm just not feeling it today" should absolutely be an acceptable reason not to go to school or work as long as it isn't abused.

How bad is navigating as a first time out of state passenger getting picked up?

It’s a trick question. Central Jersey doesn’t actually exist.

People take off because they don’t have the energy to go, we should be more empathetic to that and it’ll actually increase their interest and learning

It's not a bbq place but Fire in West Caldwell has surprisingly good ribs (it's a rotisserie chicken place). Very easy ride from Parsippany down 46E and take the right fork to merge onto Bloomfield.

Just moved to Mercer, please tell me what a trenton volcano is?

9 minutes

I like Cubby’s in Hackensack.

Had that call 2 weeks ago, last week gave the kid some Tylenol and sent him in for the school to lose their shit calling me. I reminded them of our call and politely told them to figure out a solution

They should get “let’s actually learn something today and get off social media” days. It will help their long term mental health.

Oooo do Bergen!

Too complex and varied. I’m sure you’ll hear 5 mins up to 90 mins if someone is going into NYC or Philly.

Overall against the flow of traffic is good (which this would be).

What's the cancer part?

It's catering only but Cooley's BBQ has really good ribs. I've used him for a few family parties and everyone loved the ribs. Cooley's

Well, you see.. it can be 30 minutes or it can be an hour and a half, and Thursdays are the worst of it.

Wow I've never got one of those thanks lol

You Should do better stalking. I’m more of a motorcycle nut. Creeper 🤡

My kiddo had Covid this year and we missed 8 days for it. Only 4 counted as excused for some reason. We got to 11 days and they sent a warning that seemed so serious. Even though only 4 of those weren’t excused. If we catch it again, and have other colds and sick days, we seem to get close to the allowed days off. It’s stressful. I’m not sending a kid to school with a fever or Covid.

New Milford to Hackensack. Just a few miles but 20 minutes because a lot of lights. Used to be same start to Belleville. 3 counties away, at least an hour. Also is time of day. I tell my SO all the time every minute we delay is another 20 cars out there. By 7:30am all the main roads out of here look like a lane of the Parkway.

That’s south jersey the post says it is in central

If you're sick with a cold or the chicken pox, you stay home. When you break your leg, you stay home until you're mobile. Why is mental health any different?

Central is between 78 and 195. Aka not Tom’s River.

Tom’s River has zero cultural association with actual central Jersey.

I used to work for Dave and his BBQ is some of, if not THE best around. He hasn't been to the Dumont location in a VERY long time, it operates on its own and gets the smoked proteins from his Suffern location. He had a pop-up in a brewery in Nyack at which he'd actually spend time, but it was the same deal with bringing the smoked protein from Suffern. Really, you absolutely cannot go wrong with Fink's BBQ, and it's definitely worth the drive from Parsippany (to OP). I cannot say enough good stuff about Dave Fink and his establishment https://finksbbqroadhouse.com/

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Mental health days should be considered the same as a sick day. Sick days are for health, mental and physical.