AWC reports finding both this note at a parking space in Somerville, a city where, unlike Boston, space savers are theoretically never allowed.
There was, of course a response to the note - shown below. Even now, we can imagine the note writers in their kitchens, furiously writing additional notes on the sides of old paper grocery bags.
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Oh, goody: more notes
By Whurlz
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 7:55am
I guess we have officially become a nation of Pissy Note Leavers. Our forefathers and mothers would be so proud.
Thou Royal Bastard
By Lanny Budd
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 8:12am
King or no, if thou parkest thy chests of tea hard by the wharf clear'd by the sweat of my brow, I shall stove in thy yardarms.
Social media...
By MatthewC
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 9:09am
...has made too many people passive aggressive ass hats.
Question for you...
By lbb
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 10:12am
...is vandalizing a car whose owner is nowhere near also "passive aggressive"? It's not like you're actually risking a confrontation. Seems like a completely cowardly act to me.
No
By anonamonster
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 10:56am
No - but leaving a note is. Clearer?
Our Forefathers' Pissy Note
By bannedinboston
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 9:59pm
Really, can you get much pissier than the one that begins:
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
At least they signed it.
What is different here
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 10:27pm
At least they were being collective and somewhat inclusive about it.
somerville is a mess
By anne
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 8:20am
i had the displeasure of driving through there last night. they need some help. i understand why tempers are short.
we haven't had this sort of issue in Charlestown, or at least on my street. everyone has been very gracious. i'm thankful.
At least Somerville has a system/plan
By SwirlyGrrl
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 8:41am
We checked the info on the snow emergency because my son wanted to celebrate his birthday at a restaurant there. All we had to do is drive to a nearby school and park there. It was less than a half mile away and all but one property en route was passable on the sidewalk.
Somerville is keeping a number of public lots open for free parking to compensate for the loss of street spaces. All you have to do is look at the city website. That does involve some walking, of course.
still a mess
By somerville renter
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 9:40am
It's true they haven't ended the snow ban, but they also have not plowed many of the over flow lots. They have also not plowed my side street, which is a frozen track (and I can hear my little Honda bottom out every day when I go home).
So having the lots is so necessary I can't even count it as good the city is doing it. Without the lots all even sided parkers would have nowhere to go, and there aren't garages to rent here.
I'm glad you could come to a Somerville business though! I went out to eat this week too - made sure to leave a bigger tip. I can complain about my parking issues all day long but ultimately my job/livelihood is not in danger since I am salaried - for hourly folks it's got to be getting tight.
Roxbury RULES!!! T he people
By tim
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 8:45am
Roxbury RULES!!! T he people of Dorchester and Roxbury get A bad name but in my neighborhood their is no note writing just people helping people.
Yep
By anon
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 9:46am
I'm in Dot and it's the same way....neighbors helping each other, and they're all saving spots, too. No notes, no parking wars, but plenty of help shoveling them. People respect tradition and have better things to do than think they're awesome for going around on their fixie moving stuff.
I'll one up you guys
By Waquiot
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 4:21pm
I've got 2 SUVs in front of my house. Two different families. I don't even think they know each other. But I swear I've seen each family clearing snow from the other family's car. and they both have savers for the spots.
But that said, it is true that when you get into the right places, people totally look out for each other.
Though seemingly cruel
By fox_orian
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 8:57am
Though seemingly cruel/impractical, it would amuse me to see someone (or a group of people) shovel all the snow back into that space into the vague shape of a car covered in snow while this guy was out.
Either that, or move a junker into the space with "KEYING TARGET PRACTICE" written on the sides of it. Then he could live out his fantasy of keying the FUCK out of a car like a badass!
Typical Human Behavior...
By MatthewC
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 9:08am
When things get rough, we turn on each other. It should also be noted that the responses from the entitled space saver brats are almost always hostile and violent. And I've never taken "hours" to dig out a car. An hour, tops. Put some ass behind it and don't take so many breaks to tweet how much it sucks.
When things get rough we turn
By dave davery
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 9:53am
When things get rough we turn on each other but when things get really rough we get nicer. I've noticed people being jerks for the first two weeks of this but at this point it's like natural disaster mode where everyone feels oddly generous. After the next storm we will probably enter a new level.
So I guess...
By lbb
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 10:13am
...you get to choose what kind of person you're going to be. As always.
I probably won't get tired of
By tofu
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 10:42am
I probably won't get tired of saying this for another couple of months: what a great, world-class(tm) city we've got over here! Enjoying the gridlock on the streets, the delays on the T...
Have you ever lived in 'World Class City's,
By anon
Fri, 02/13/2015 - 11:03am
Let's, for the sake if argument, say, NYC, London, Paris, Tokyo...do really think daily living in these 'World Class Cities' is cake for the average (non-trust fund, non-rich) person? Do you think these cities don't have pitiful overcrowding and delays on transit, or hideous traffic?
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