A Warning to the people of Patterson.......
 

........... i am headed your way. :D
lowe's has decided that i am needed up there to help set up and train all the n00bies in the new store. not sure where i will be staying yet, just know that i will be there from this tuesday through next friday.
anyone wanna hang out or if anyone has any tips of where the fun/action is around there let me know.

the new route 20 store?

I went past there today and their were a bunch of cars and people outside of it. I figured they were setting up because it didn't seem open yet...

i guess thats it. i have absolutely no details yet. i got the phone call on my day off yesterday to let me know i had to be up there at 2pm tuesday.
what kind of area is it? major highway or more of a 4 lane local route? what hotels and good places to eat are near by?

Its a major pain in the ass to get to! Its on Rt.20 its a sorta mini highway that runs along the passaic river. Your gonna be real close to alot of us. let us know obviously where they are keeping you!

Paterson is Nasty, stay in Elmwood Pk next town over maybe 2 miles away
decent hotel at the corner of Rt4/208.
Check out the Hot Grill in Clifton not far from Lowe's
RT 20 is a busy road 3 lane divided hwy
WARNING- STAY AWAY FROM DOWN TOWN PATERSON

unfortunately they decide where i am staying. it is usually a holiday inn or something similar. as long as they have internet access and the sheets are clean i don't really care what/where the place is.
they also set us up for meals someplace in the area, but i know in two weeks i will get tired of seeing the same menu for lunch and dinner everyday.

you're not going to find clean sheets in any hotel in paterson

my dads side of the family lives in elmwood park, we used to own a building in downtown paterson....yea great area lol

Is the Naval Base still open in Patterson? :) (or was that patterson-plank road?)

There used to be a Camaro-Firebird Yard in Patterson.

nah, someone stole all the boats :p

The only boats I saw there were canoes....:wink:

The old Camaro-Firebird place turned into a Tuner shop.

Hey My step brother is the district manager of lowe's.

there's only 1 T

whats his name? which district?

tell him i am the greatest worker ever and deserve at least a 25% raise when my review comes up in february. lol

like i care :finger:

Tim, I will be heading to the awesome Lowe's in North Bergen tomorrow morning to buy a zillion ceiling tiles to re-do the drop ceiling in my basement. I'd wait until you're working at the new store, but my bulk garbage pickup is this Wednesday so I gotta get the project done before then. I'll come by the new store anyway though, I'm sure I'll need other stuff!

Steve... screw north bergen and that 1&9 hellhole... just go up knickerbocker into NY, theres one there

True, but the North Bergen Lowes only charges 3.5% sales tax, vs. 8% in NY. And I have to buy a few hundred bux worth of tiles, so I'll save some coin. Besides, the earthquake-sized potholes don't bother me, I'm going in the Jeep! :)

definitely check out hot grill in clifton. i would go with someone who has been there before or youll be in for a real treat.. i will NEVER order when i go there again. since the guy yelled at me about gravy fries.. they are the soup nazis of fast food :lol:

there's all kinds of places to eat around there, you can get to any major highway.. maybe ill come up and say hi one night after work, i need to visit a few people from around there anyhow

if youre going home on friday night, you could stop by and join our weekly northern friday meets

:stupid: and yes, hot grill owns!

i will be up there and looking for some fun to have pretty much every night. lemme know when you guys are getting together and i will try to make.

ok...if you're not from paterson or have ever live in paterson, you really have no right to say that..for most of you, you've only driven through paterson and saw more minorities and got scared...paterson is NOT that bad...telling people to stay away from downtown paterson is stupid...yes it get scary at NIGHT, but during the day, i like hanging out down there...awesome stores, only 3% sales tax, and i know a lot of the store owners since i have lived in paterson for 22 years...i know i joke about it, but i like living here...all im saying is don't knock a place if you haven't been there for for than 20 minutes...

back to the topic...tim, i hope you enjoy your time in paterson...let me know if you need any info about anything in town...

and PS- Libby's > Hot Grill

/rant