Pregnant women don't have time for that passive-aggressive shit and just go straight for the kill. Somebody posted this note on W. 7 Street in South Boston yesterday, and it raises a couple of questions:
- What did she do?
- Is her spouse/SO out of town? Because the idea of a pregnant lady having to shovel in the snow just seems wrong, no?
Oh, and yeah, somebody else took a picture of the note and filed it as a citizen complaint:
Just curious when the city of Boston is going to pick up all these ridiculous space savers from south boston it's getting out of control.
Which is, of course, to laugh.
H/t Tommy Jeff.
Earlier:
Maybe she has a relative in Allston.
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karma
By anon
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 10:13am
Thankfully the only space saving that goes on in my neighborhood is the occasional contractor. However, I would NEVER remove a cone that is reserving a spot for a pregnant woman, someone who is in poor health or someone who is elderly. Sorry! I have a heart.
I need your skillz
By ElizaLeila
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 1:33pm
Because just driving by a cone in a saved spot - I can't tell if the "owner" is pregnant, in poor health, nor elderly (or maybe even all 3, it could happen (science + $!), I don't judge).
How do you know? Please do tell.
Space Saving
By AS resident
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 10:40am
Earning your spot for 48 hours seems reasonable if you shoveled 40" of snow.
The problem is people saving spaces for weeks after a few inches of snow...
Or before any snow starts...
By tofu
Thu, 02/05/2015 - 10:15am
Or before any snow starts...
I don't get it
By Andrew8-8000
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 10:43am
Your'e a grown-up that lives in a neighborhood of a big city that has limited parking spaces. Unless you actually own the spot that you're car is in you have no special rights to it, whether you shovel it or not. You probably knew that when you moved in. I know it's frustrating to go through all that work only to have someone take it later on but LIFE CAN SOMETIMES BE UNFAIR. Either don't have a car or suck it up when someone takes your spot. This is one of the reasons I moved to out of Boston
Let me guess...you have a
By anon
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 7:33pm
Let me guess...you have a driveway?
No snark, but...
By anon
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 10:52am
...you do realize that women can be pregnant without having a spouse or SO right? Not everyone is in (or wants) a partnership.
Yes, I do
By adamg
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 11:16am
I am aware that this woman might have gotten pregnant without a partner, whether through an anonymous sperm donation or the help of a beloved male acquaintance, and that she maybe even moved here from another state so that she has no one to help her shovel her space, forcing her to do it all by herself, even if she possibly has a medical condition that requires her to stay in bed until her pregnancy is far enough along that her baby can be safely delivered, but we shouldn't rule out the possibility that she is strong and fit, because, after all, pregnancy is not a disability or illness, and we just don't know, because in this case, this photo is worth less than 1,000 words, and, well, at this point, I'm almost tempted to keep on going and coming up with more possible explanations and justifications just to see how long I can keep this sentence running, like, could I top something by Faulkner or Joyce or Garcia Marquez, but that would be kind of a pointless exercise, partly because my shtick, such as it is, is to see what's the shortest possible posts I can write and let the reader fill in the rest and given that I'd just be expressing my jealousy of people who have become millionaires by flipping houses in South Boston and moving to Newton and I should probably just curl into a corner somewhere and cry.
Breath adam
By cybah
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 11:51am
Breath, Adam, Breath. That was one long sentence...
244 words
By chaosjake
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 11:57am
Over 1000 to go before you get into Absalom, Absalom! territory.
Go For Bonus Points, Adam...
By Div2Supt
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 1:23pm
You should totally pull a Kafka and repost this in German. And be sure to sprinkle in some vague nouns to screw with the anons!
Courtesy of Google Translate
By Anon
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 6:59pm
Ich bin mir bewusst, dass diese Frau schwanger ohne Partner über einen anonymen Samenspende oder Hilfe eines geliebten männlichen Bekannten bekommen haben, ob und dass sie vielleicht sogar hier aus einem anderen Staat so bewegt, dass sie niemanden, ihr zu helfen schaufeln sie hat Raum und zwang sie, alles allein tun, auch wenn sie hat möglicherweise ein medizinischer Zustand, der sie benötigt, um im Bett zu bleiben, bis die Schwangerschaft ist weit genug, dass ihr Baby sicher geliefert werden können, aber wir sollten die Möglichkeit nicht ausschließen, dass sie stark und fit, denn schließlich ist der Schwangerschaft keine Behinderung oder Krankheit, und wir wissen einfach nicht, denn in diesem Fall ist das Bild im Wert von weniger als 1.000 Worte, und, na ja, an dieser Stelle, ich bin fast versucht, zu gehen und kommen mit mehr mögliche Erklärungen und Rechtfertigungen zu halten, um zu sehen, wie lange ich diesen Satz läuft, wie zu halten, konnte ich oben etwas von Faulkner oder Joyce oder García Márquez, aber das würde Art sein ein sinnloses Unterfangen, auch weil mein shtick, wie es ist, ist zu sehen, was kürzeste Beiträge ich kann schreiben und lassen den Leser füllen Sie die Ruhe und da ich gerade meine Eifersucht werden von Menschen, die zu Millionären wurden zum Ausdruck durch Flipping Häuser in South Boston und den Übergang zu Newton und ich sollte wohl einfach in eine Ecke curl irgendwo und zu weinen.
Danke!
By Div2Supt
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 9:13pm
Ich ziehe vor den Neologismus "renovierungprofitieren" anstelle "Flipping Häuser".
Aber mir nichts!
Adam ist ein Verlierer
By anon
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 9:55pm
Adam ist ein Verlierer
Niedlich
By adamg
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 10:23pm
Even if I didn't have a daughter taking German, I have Google Translate. Oh, anon, you wound me so!
But the spot is hers!!!!!
By anon
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 11:38am
I learned that the spot in front of a person's home belongs to them. Period. No discussion. A neighbor explained to me that the spot in front of the house where his apartment was located - on the other side of the street - was his spot. Why? Because it is front of his home and he says it is.
He would broach not debate.
Perhaps the problem is not just space savers but a genuine belief that a parking spot in front of a person's home is "their" spot. Not legally their spot; they don't pay taxes applied to that bit of asphat; they don't pay a special fee for cleaning it up with street sweepers. They don't pay the company that periodically repaves the road that their to replace the asphalt when the road has to be repaved. But by some theology of urban existence the God of city life deems that the spot in front of - or near - a person's home is their spot.
One car per house?
By SwirlyGrrl
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:11pm
That wouldn't be a problem.
When it is six cars per house, who gets that special spot?
Sometimes a single family will get six permits and insist that everyone gets to park in front of their house and that they "own" the space in front of their neighbor's house, too, because they were there first, etc. A friend of mine, living in her house for fifteen years, is now dealing with this entitlement nonsense because she bought a car. Never mind that it is public space on a public street, and her address has only one car, she's been told she can't park in front of her house.
Butbutbut
By lbb
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:46pm
You learned wrong. I understand what you mean by "theology of urban existence", but the opinions of the faithful notwithstanding, just because it's theology and just because people believe it reallyreallyreallyreally hard, doesn't make it true.
If I have to shovel my
By anon
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 12:54pm
If I have to shovel my private property (sidewalk) so the public can use it or face a $50 fine, then why can't I save the spot on the public street I also shoveled with a plastic purple pony? All of the people who work at one of the many colleges/hospitals in the city that don't pay real estate taxes should stfu and tell your employer to pay their fair share and maybe Boston could afford better snow removal (among other things) so you can get to work on time.
Check your deed
By Bob Leponge
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 1:19pm
Check your deed, is the sidewalk really private property?
Do you have evidence that the PILOT payments are significantly smaller than they ought to be?
Yes, I have and I've had an
By anon
Thu, 02/05/2015 - 9:54pm
Yes, I have and I've had an instrument survey. All sidewalks are private property hence the city's ability to fine owners for not shoveling. And the PILOT programs are a joke, $24m collected in 2014.
Check your deed
By Bob Leponge
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 2:53pm
Check your deed, is the sidewalk really private property?
Do you have evidence that the PILOT payments are significantly smaller than they ought to be?
Lets end this parking debate.
By throwaway
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 3:29pm
Marty here is what you do: Declare space saver legal for 48 hours after the ban ends via an ordinance. However, the space saver must be issued by the city and can be bought at city hall for some fee say $25. The space saver includes a spot for you to personalize it so you may recognize it as your own. 48 hours after DPW collects any space savers that are out. If you remove your space saver you may re-use it next storm if not and you abuse the 48 hour rule then ya gotta go buy another one.
Oh joy
By Just Sayin'
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 4:06pm
I'm so happy she's reproducing tomorrow's asshole.
OK, Southie, explain this ...
By adamg
Wed, 02/04/2015 - 8:43pm
Man, how did I miss this? Somebody in South Boston tried to rent a shoveled-out space on the street.
Adam, you really do seem to
By ShadyMilkMan
Thu, 02/05/2015 - 8:00am
Adam, you really do seem to be hating on Southie these days huh?
In my neighborhood (not South Boston or even Boston proper) everyone helps each other out. We put out space savers, people park in each others spots because they know their schedules. Most people on the street know each others cars as well. If you think this note was bad, I don't think you'd like the treatment the person would get on my street if seen parking in the spot of a woman who was pregnant. The neighbors , who often are looking out the window, would be all over the person.
I use a saver and I justify it because that is the culture of the street I lI've on. It helps that there are slightly more spots then people on the street with cars so there is "always" a spot available, you just have to clean it out. On more than one occasion a neigbor, I suspect a Uhub user based on these comments, will take a reserved spot even though the spot behind it is available if shoveled. In those instances they often get shoveled into their spot with the snow from the snowed in spot. Many times with the help of other neighbors with snow blowers etc. I think the rule should be as soon as the last spot in a certain radius is cleaned out then the savers should be removed as a critical mass has been reached.
Shady Milkman!
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 02/05/2015 - 8:08am
Welcome back.
The kid is yours, no?
Don't be shocked if the kid
By ShadyMilkMan
Thu, 02/05/2015 - 11:40am
Don't be shocked if the kid looks like the milkman!
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