We’ve all sat in traffic, frustrated that there are so many cars on the road. But few of us have gone on twitter to let people know that they need to stay home because we’re more important than they are.
That’s because not all of us are Time reporters like Phillip Elliott:
Dear friends in Philadelphia: if you don't have to be on the road, please park. Your city is a giant parking lot and groceries can wait.
— Phil Elliott (@Philip_Elliott) July 28, 2016
Damn dude. I guess all the families in Philadelphia who want to put food on the table for their kids can wait because you’re gonna report something about the convention that none of the other hundreds of other reporters are? He has a very important job you guys, the rest of you can wait.
The internet did not take kindly to this condescending tweet:
@Philip_Elliott Dear Phil, from your "friends" in Philadelphia, go fuck yourself
— Dan_Benenson (@Dan_Benenson) July 28, 2016
C’mon. What were you thinking? These are the people that booed SANTA CLAUS!!! And they killed that poor hiker robot from Canada!! You think they’re gonna take kindly to your elitism?!
people do live here and don't exist to make your life convenient https://t.co/q8NdYzt7FE
— Atrios (@Atrios) July 28, 2016
@Philip_Elliott pic.twitter.com/ZUamRNwoKC
— Mikelennial (@moleloco) July 28, 2016
Dear Philadelphians: Stop inconveniencing visiting media with your annoying habits of living. https://t.co/S6UZXkzOfg
— Matthew De George (@sportsdoctormd) July 28, 2016
@Atrios @Philip_Elliott Jesus. Journalists are the whiniest fuckers on the planet.
— Palmetto Progressiv (@PalmettoProgres) July 28, 2016
He's so important he has a blue checkmark thingy…Now get out of his way, Philadelphia peon!!! https://t.co/mLWKJIMx12
— jsaquella (@jsaquella) July 28, 2016
LANYARDS ONLY IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA! NON-INFLUENCERS REMAIN INDOORS UNTIL YOUR BETTERS HAVE DEPARTED! https://t.co/m5jSymuYij
— Baritone Zizek (@cushbomb) July 28, 2016
This reporter thinks that 1.7M people need to put their lives on hold because he doesn’t like our traffic. https://t.co/s4X05zreK7
— Eric Fadden (@ericfadden) July 28, 2016
Who wants to go cruising in center city just to piss this guy off? https://t.co/LcgRzwfqzD
— Stan (@Crewsett) July 28, 2016
Stop living here, guys, the press have to get somewhere. https://t.co/YA1NfFDisz
— Toni McIntyre (@ToniMacAttack) July 28, 2016
@Philip_Elliott go fuck yourself you smug asshole
— jimmy o'harden (@dannygets) July 28, 2016
What an asshat. "Starve your family so my elitist ass doesn't have to sit in traffic." https://t.co/l8S89C8KeZ
— splody head mcsplody (@jaxparrothead) July 28, 2016
@DarthWeiner75 How dare you serfs and your meaningless lives impede the movement of your journalistic betters. @Philip_Elliott
— Darin Lloyd (@db_lloyd) July 28, 2016
don't eat or breathe or live right now in Philadelphia you guys — the press people have to get through https://t.co/0er3ItdJqg
— Kat (@KattyCorner) July 28, 2016
This was among my favorites:
@Philip_Elliott I'll make sure to clear your way, doff my cap, and bow deeply if I ever pass you in the street, milord
— The Discourse Lover (@Trillburne) July 28, 2016
LOL!! These are the times that Twitter is fun and actually helpful to society. It must be noted that he later said it was actually a “public service announcement” for people to avoid traffic. Maybe… he should have phrased his tweet better if that was the case.