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Citizen complaint of the day: Ban Boylston big balls
By adamg on Fri, 11/22/2013 - 9:01am
A displeased citizen turns into an anti-Angus Young when it comes to big balls on Boylston Street:
Christmas ornaments left on the side of the road blocking traffic on the sidewalk and causing cars to slow down and look.
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If that's your complaint...
...than things are going pretty well for you.
well it looks like someone
well it looks like someone doesnt celebrate Christmas.... dont stress about the small things in life lady/man, there are much greater things that should be concerning you such as why you complain so much. might be a bigger issue like depression or anger issues. easy there brother/sister
stressing about small things
stressing about small things would've been a good approach for this complaint
Sure looks like that is on private property to me
You can see where the office building/hotel/whatever's property line is by where the cement sidewalk joint is.
Those Christmas ornaments
Those Christmas ornaments block nothing: there's a wide expanse of walkable area there. What a Grinch!
I _think_ (hope) the complaint...
... was snarky.
Bocce Balls!
Isn't this right at the Boylston St. entrance to the Pru mall (Apple store across the street)? Right in that little (otherwise dead-space) plaza where the large Christmas Tree goes?
There must be a pool at City Hall for the nuttiest CitizensConnect complaints each week. The intern that opened this one might win, but it is only Friday.
Killer ornament HOOKS
Of course, smaht phone users are prone to crash into these difficult-to-see obstructions. However, I find that stepping on the ornament hook for these is the real killah.
Not to mention room for giant spiders ...
... lurking inside ... waiting for passers-by and inquisitive children ...
Bah.
Humbug.
Anything that spruces up that
Anything that spruces up that waste of underused prime real estate - namely the outdoor 'court' outside the Pru along the Boylston Street side - can only be a good thing. And you guys really need to calibrate your snark radars.
Does it provide shelter from the wind?
That alone is worth it.
I mean, its also pretty and kind of nifty, too ... but the more wind breaks in that area, the better.
Probably not...
The wind would probably whip right around the curved space.
Luckily lots of people break wind all over town, all by themselves.
Since it's near the food
Since it's near the food court, you can be sure there's a lot of wind breaking down there.
The late Bon Scott sings lead on that one.
Whatever it is that's driving me to add this comment, it must be driving me on a Highway to Hell.
Don't be such a...
problem child. ;)
I saw this on Citizens
I saw this on Citizens Connect this morning and I just knew I would be seeing it here on UHub... :)
City won't play ball with kvetcher
This just added to the complaint:
"....there for it is not on
"....there for it is not on city property.."
Wow, write much Cityhallperson?
Come on now!
"It it" makes sense.
yeah come on now..
don't put on such a stodgy "Frount"
Often it's a trend to make
Often it's a trend to make reports just to see what terrible English the closer will reply with. It's very insulting that no one catches this. Is this the state of college graduates getting these jobs?
There [but] for the grace of
There [but] for the grace of god go we... :)
Ouch
That last sentence is hurting me.
Boyston's got the biggest balls of 'em all
Sorry - it had to get said.
Sir Xmas-A-Lot
He likes big balls and he cannot lie.
LMAO!!!
THIS wins comment of the day. I almost peed in my pants!!
Boston has no balls
Except maybe for this one. Didn't you see the upcoming show on Syfy?
We got STONES! Not balls.
"Christmas ornaments left on
"Christmas ornaments left on the side of the road..."
The complaint makes it sound like someone forgot to grab this one when he was bringing the ornaments down from the attic.
Or that someone's trying to
Or that someone's trying to use it to save a parking space. Which would be a pretty ballsy move.
HA! Love it!
HA! Love it!
"Oh, THERE'S my giant ball!"
"Oh, THERE'S my giant ball!"
He may only have one...
... but it's really really big.
Bully!
Bully! Bombastic Boston bawler blasts big Boylston balls, blathers bitterly 'bout blocking Beamers.
Brava!
nm
Remove it
This thing needs to be moved before Miley Cyrus straddles it nude a la "Wrecking Ball".
Hope it ain't a cold day
Heaven knows what might stick to it.
I'll take the jumbo ornaments
over the stupid Hubway stations and even more stupid Parklets.
I'm so tired of Yuppies
I'm so tired of bland, boring, whiney yuppies (especially the lame Gen Y crowd) and long for the flavor and diversity that they replaced!