The Jug Handle’s field bureau documents decisions made in real Morris County parking lots, drive-thrus and roadways that were, at the moment of execution, catastrophically bad ideas.

GARY STATUS: EN ROUTE
LIVE / DRIVE-THRU LOGISTICS DESK

Commercial Beverage Vehicle Enters Lane Clearly Designed for a Honda CR-V

Large beverage truck occupying a narrow drive-thru lane

Officials are once again reminding commercial beverage distributors that a drive-thru is not simply a road with a building inconveniently attached to it.

THREAT LEVELORANGE
RESPONSE11 CONES
AVOIDABLE?YES.
FRANKLIN ROAD / SNOW EMERGENCY DIVISION
2026 WORST IDEA FINALIST

College Hunks Moving Shuts Down Franklin Road for Annual Pledge Drive

College Hunks moving truck across a snowy road with fire truck nearby

Complimentary commuter junk inspection included. One resident was deemed so impossibly hot the fire department had to be summoned immediately.

STATUSONGOING
TRAFFICNOT GREAT
RESPONSECONES

Worst Ideas of the Year

Real Bad Ideas of Morris County remains the permanent desk. Every December, finalists compete for honors nobody wants. Snow emergencies receive an automatic strength-of-schedule bump.