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Wait for the car to return,
By Rich M
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 7:53am
Wait for the car to return, ticket the owner for littering.
Yes, a stakeout of a space saver
By MC Slim JB
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 10:00am
seems like a good use of BTD resources.
It's what we pay them to do,,
By Rich M
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 10:54am
It's what we pay them to do,,,,,,,
Given how BTD routinely stakes out
By roadman
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 1:09pm
cars at meters about to run out of time, I don't see a problem with that.
Here's the problem with that
By MC Slim JB
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 5:55pm
Meter maids stalking expiring meters have to wait only a few minutes; they don't stare at meters with two hours of time left on them. The typical space saver user goes off to work for 8-10 hours and you don't know when they left.
If you think having a BTD officer stand around for hours waiting for one person to reclaim a saved space is an effective use of resources, I'm going to guess you're not the managerial type.
Call the bomb squad
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 7:58am
How do we know that is a space saver and not an "abandoned bucket with unknown contents"?
We should blow it up....just
By Rich M
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 8:33am
We should blow it up....just to be safe.
Tell the yuppie who took the
By wtf021
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 9:00am
Tell the yuppie who took the picture to mind their own business!
townie performance art
By anon
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 9:45am
Townie performance art ... love it.
Can't tell
By anon
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 9:52am
if this is sarcasm or not. I hope it is.
Seems to me that if they live in the neighborhood
By MC Slim JB
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 9:58am
and one selfish jerk is reserving a parking space for themselves that should be available to all residents, then it is their business.
NO.
By AES
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 9:01am
Oh HELL no. Someone needs to put a note on those and move them.
Thats just what we need- more
By anon
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 11:03am
Thats just what we need- more passive aggressive notes in southie...
dumpster delivery
By Paula Mickevich
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 9:39am
Savers NOT for snow but for gutting of house according to a poster on Caught in Southie
Unless there is a sign on the other side of that post...
By Lecil
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 12:36pm
The homeowner should have gotten a permit for the dumpster, and that would have resulted in no-parking signs. I do see two rows of duct tape on the light post, so it's possible there is one there...
No that's an abutters meeting
By anon
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 5:42pm
No that's an abutters meeting notice that has been there since early February. There is a building permit in the window of the house, but no parking ones.
Call for emergency referendum in Boston
By Nicholas LeCompte
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 9:51am
We need to change the city's laws:
Although vandalism shall remain illegal in almost all cases, teenagers will be permitted to egg this person's car.
Edit: this is a joke. Please don't egg this person's car. They do deserve a fine and a stern lecture from an unamused public employee.
Tell me again
By Liam
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 10:00am
Tell me again how space savers are the just reward for the hard work of removing the snow from the parking space, and not just a manifestation of the prevailing right wing/Libertarian ideology of "I got mine, screw you!"
What?
By BostonUrbEx
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 10:30am
Not sure what makes you think that the idea that one is entitled to a subsidized space is a "libertarian" idea. A libertarian idea would be for the market to build, maintain, sell/rent, pay market rate for, etc... the spaces.
Also, I think we'd find that this behavior crosses all political boundaries.
This is phony!
By plt3012
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 11:22am
Let the usual South Boston bashing continue! It's a season ending, last shot opportunity. This was set up.
Calm down everyone.
I can assure you it's not
By anon
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 2:14pm
I can assure you it's not phony. Why would you think it is?
It is phony
By Wishnik
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 2:27pm
in the sense that somebody put it out because it snowed, even though all you airheads who are obsessed with this type of behavior wish it were true. Just because somebody submits a picture doesn't mean it's true. If you went by today you would see it was for a dumpster pickup. Get over it and let's not obsess over this until next winter.
Space savers are a year round phenomenon
By anon
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 4:20pm
This is not necessarily phony. People put space savers out REGARDLESS of whether it snows or not. I see it in East Boston all summer long. This one is just funny because of the light snowfall we had this morning. But there are neighborhoods where this is a regular thing year round. Unfortunate but true.
Sure, it is the case of a
By anon
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 5:41pm
Sure, it is the case of a mistaken identity in that the savers weren't put out for the snow, but it's not an illogical conclusion to reach and the fact that it is so plausible ought to indicate to everyone how ridiculous the space-saving culture in Southie is.
Regardless, the fact that this contractor operated outside the bounds of the law by not acquiring a permit for the dumpster is a more significant offense.
If there was a dumpster there today, they made quick work
By MC Slim JB
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 6:45pm
of it, because there is no dumpster there now. Can't say I've seen many dumpsters go in and out in less than a day like that in this neighborhood.
Yuppies
By Muff E.
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 4:55pm
should not perpetuate this bullshit because it makes it more difficult for the rest of us Yuppies who want to get along and live amicably with our neighbors.
And your reasoning that it
By anon
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 6:22pm
And your reasoning that it must've been yuppies is perfectly sound, yes?
You're correct
By Amen
Wed, 04/16/2014 - 10:38pm
It could have been a Newbie. Them and Yuppies are the only ones obsessed with this, evident by all the complaints here.
Wow, that's a lot of Thems to keep track of.
By MC Slim JB
Thu, 04/17/2014 - 8:34am
Are there any other kinds of Bad People Who Haven't Lived There for 100 Years?
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