Massholes

Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, to wit, a penny

adamg — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:56:27 +0000

The MetroWest Daily News reports an alleged road rager from Ashland responded to some perceived offense by tossing a bunch of pennies at his adversary - at least one of which flew through the guy's open sunroof and hit his girlfriend in the face.

Citizen complaint of the day: Damned middle-of-street parkers and barking dogs

adamg — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:41:21 +0000

It's a South End twofer. First, a South Ender reports the neighborhood's quaint Sunday tradition of parking in the middle of the street is "out of control," at least, on Warren Avenue, where he or she spotted somebody parking in a crosswalk:

But that's just once a week. Another fed-up citizen complains about the dog park in the Southwest Corridor Park by Carleton:

Please please please please put a huge "NO BARKING" banner in the Carleton st dog park. The park is surrounded by residential units but selfish and inconsiderate dog owners allow their dogs to bark constantly. It's so antisocial. We are woken as early as 6am by barking dogs and sometimes to as late as 1am. Please do something about this. It's driving me mad!

Epic parking fail

adamg — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:12:47 +0000

Sweetz spotted this example of Massachusetts parking grace at the Windsor Garden Apartments in Norwood.

Can Boston drivers be tamed?

adamg — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:39:54 +0000

City Councilor Matt O'Malley thinks so. O'Malley, who reps JP, West Roxbury and a bit of Roslindale, is calling for a hearing to consider ways to force Boston drivers to stop being such Massholes, including speed humps, speed slots (which are like speed humps, but with grooves that let emergency vehicles avoid jostling when driving somewhere at ramming speed), new medians and signs warning motorists speeds are monitored by radar, like the ones New Yorkers learned decades ago to ignore. A little more enforcement by BPD wouldn't hurt, either, O'Malley says.

"I want the term 'Boston Driver' to become synonymous with safety and civility," O'Malley says in a statement. O'Malley's predecessor, John Tobin, waged a similar campaign - complete with lawn signs - to little effect.

O'Malley said the techniques have worked in other cities to "calm" traffic in residential areas. Bostonians who want to see for themselves need only take a quick jaunt across the Charles into Dedham at Spring Street, then turn right at Needham Street to drive over a "speed table" (like a speed hump, only longer) and through a "roundabout" (like a rotary, only smaller).

When Massholes park, they stay parked

adamg — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:20:02 +0000

Wellesley PD Action News reports live from the scene!

Wouldn't you love to hear the explanation for this crash in a Wellesley parking garage?

BostonC75 snapped the photo this morning.

"Negative injuries," Wellesley PD reports.

Citizen complaint of the day: Stupid Massholes on Huntington Avenue

adamg — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:33:39 +0000

A concerned citizen grows weary of obnoxious drivers blaring horns at pedestrians crossing with the light at Belvedire and Huntington by the Pru:

Massholes laugh in the face of handicap-parking signs

adamg — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:54:13 +0000

Christine Dunne photographs and gets angry at some jerk in a BMW who almost seemed to go out of his way to park like a moron at the Star Market on the Cambridge/Watertown line the other day.

Masshole with pepper spray sought by police

adamg — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:49:41 +0000

Channel 4 reports on a road-rage pepper spraying off the Expressway in Quincy.

Citizen complaint of the day: Sidewalk parking in the North End

adamg — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:15:38 +0000

A concerned citizen says enough's enough and uploads this photo from tiny Wiget Street in the North End.

Massholes don't like acknowledging somebody else has the right of way

adamg — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:43:11 +0000

Also don't realize that some bicyclists now wear helmetcams for just such occasions, as Eoin O'Carroll demonstrates in this video from Mass. Ave. (the Boston one) yesterday:

Bicyclist escapes death as road raging SUV drivers do battle on Comm. Ave.

adamg — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:36:19 +0000

9/13/11 - 4:30 pm

Update: Both drivers were arrested.

BU Today reports on a battle royale on Comm. Ave. near the BU Bridge yesterday afternoon that left two SUVs with smashed windows and a bicycle beneath the wheels of one of the vehicles - its rider having managed to leap to safety just before he wound up there as well.

Casey Graves (CAS'12) says the driver of the first SUV at the intersection honked repeatedly at a bicyclist, apparently hoping he would make room for an escape from the irate driver of the other vehicle. Graves says the two drivers smashed each other’s windows and threatened each other, one wielding a baseball bat and one an iron bar, until Boston Police arrived on the scene to end the altercation.

Another reason not to park in front of a hydrant

adamg — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 00:58:13 +0000

Firefighters sometimes have to improvise. Boston firefighters responding to a fire at Mt. Ida Road and Fox Street in Dorchester early this morning improvised right through the windows of a car they found parked in front of a hydrant.

Ed. note: A photo like this deserves credit. Did you take it? Let me know.

Hey, Massholes: Stop jumping into the harbor from the Atlantic Beer Garden

adamg — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:39:14 +0000

The Atlantic Beer Garden found itself before the Boston Licensing Board this morning to explain why somebody jumped off its roof while holding a fake Stanley Cup on June 18.

It faces an additional hearing for another incident within the past month in which another man eating dinner on a waterside deck decided to take a swim as well.

Man prepared by jumping into harbor from Pier 4 first.

Restaurant attorney Jeremiah Sullivan said the Bruins jump was not something the restaurant could have anticipated and that in response, the restaurant has installed a fence and is meeting with local police to try to keep people from scaling to the top of the restaurant's roof again. The topmost part of the restaurant is not public and already had a fence.

"How did a man with a fake Stanley Cup get over that without being noticed by anyone?" board Chairwoman Nicole Murati Ferrer asked. Restaurant manager Joseph Primo said nobody noticed the guy climbing up there because it was a very busy night.

Police Sgt. Robert Mulvey said the Bruins jumper attracted quite the crowd. "The crowd was very agitated and excited about what had happened and encouraged him to do it again."

Primo acknowledge he did not call police. He said that in hindsight, he should have, but the jumper left quickly and there appeared to be no safety issues once he left.

The board decides Thursday what action, if any, to take related to the Bruins incident.

Citizen complaint of the day: Stupid Massholes don't know how to drive

adamg — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:12:38 +0000

A disgusted citizen vents about the repaving on the parkway by Jamaica Pond:

Missing traffic lanes. Stupid massholes don't know how to drive nor stay on their side of the damn road and this project was completed over a month ago. Draw some damn lines on this little path to at least help guide these idiot mass drivers from running onto the other side of the road !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alas, the city is powerless to do anything but forward the complaint to the state Department of Conservation and Recreation, which owns the road.

Citizen Complaint of the Day: Does it look like frickin' winter out there?

adamg — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:24:42 +0000

A vigilant citizen files a complaint from Kilsyth Road in Brighton:

Space saver, traffic cones and barrel. seriously. In july. When its 90 degrees.

This comes a couple days after a city crew had to make a trip down to Philbrick Road in Roslindale to pick up a space-saver cone (Philbrick seems to be quite the hive of scum and spacesavery).