annoying people

Citizen complaint of the day: Lack of snow means early arrival of JP turd blossoms

adamg — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:51:05 +0000

A disgusted citizen in Jamaica Plain complains about neighborhood dog owners:

what is up with all the dog crap on the sidewalks in JP? winter is usually bad, with sneaky dog owners leaving layer on layer of crap piles to be covered with snow until the spring thaw reveals what looks like anarchaeological dig gone very wrong. but we haven't had snow and crap is everywhere! can we at least get some signs up, not that i think the troglodyte owner can either read or care. and no, i don't have a photo-- do u really want one?

Crushing or perving? Hot or Not comes to the T

adamg — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:05:18 +0000

The Metro reports on the imminent arrival of a Web site that will let you take pictures of people on the T, then post them for everybody's ~~amusement~~ sober assessments. The founders of Boston T Crush, based on sites they have up in London and New York, promise it will be "complimentary" rather than "creepy" and say Bostonians are getting a special treat - ours will be the first site to devote space to the ladies.

Motion said the idea came to him and several friends during a night of drinking; and as soon as it launched, it soared.

Citizen complaint of the day: OK, who's the joker in JP with a giant storage box?

adamg — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:32:41 +0000

An aggrieved Ashcroft Street resident pleads:

Someone had their Door to Door storage unit put in front of my driveway in a clearly marked no parking zone. Please move, i can't get out of my driveway.

Fed up with leering men on Harvard Avenue, woman punches one

adamg — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:13:44 +0000

Allison Francis explains her need to punch the stranger after enduring leers and "oooohs" and solicitations on a walk between Comm. Ave. and Brighton with her girlfriend:

I'm not exactly a placid person, but I'd never punched someone before and I believe in the merits of peace over violence. Whatever that guy said wasn't the worst thing that's been said to me by any means. I just snapped. After 23 years as a woman and ~2 years being 'out' in Allston, after having been forced to tolerate my relationships and humanity degraded on a regular basis with no option other than to keep walking, I wasn't going to take it. It's not okay how so many men behave as though they have the right to aggressively address strangers on the street because we're women, and it's not okay that we are expected to take it with a smile.

Via the Phlog.

Citizen complaint of the day: Mitt Romney's giant shredder truck

adamg — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:49:30 +0000

Looks like Mitt Romney's campaign has found a new way to keep little kids out of the parking lot of his North End campaign headquarters. A disgusted citizen reports:

Mitt Romney's giant Shredder Truck illegally parked outside his office on Commercial Street. This giant shredder truck often parked in tow zone in front of Romney National HQ, yet never towed or ticketed. Maybe he's shredding the parking tickets too?

H/t to the one person who scans Citizens Connect even more obsessively than I do!

Citizen complaint of the day: The stupid mini-van and its stupid car alarm and its stupid owner who must wear stupid earplugs at night

adamg — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:09 +0000

A groggy citizen complains about a mini-van parked in a lot off Northampton Street:

This car's alarm goes off every night several times a night and wakes up everyone on the block. Has been happening for at least three weeks... Can't leave a note because it is behind a gate in apt complex lot. Can someone trace and contact the owner?

Fur wearers and people with sensitive eardrums might want to avoid Newbury Street at lunchtime tomorrow

adamg — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:38:34 +0000

Apparently naked women have lost their appeal, so PETA instead plans to station people with whistles along Newbury Street at noon tomorrow:

Blowing high-decibel whistles, wearing T-shirts emblazoned with anti-fur slogans, and shouting "Shame!" every time they spot someone dressed in fur, PETA members will congregate at busy intersections in Boston's upscale shopping district on Wednesday.

And here's why you'll never catch some people riding the T without pants

adamg — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:54:07 +0000

The morning after No Pants Day, Gretchen Bostrom tweets (don't read if eating):

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:

Doe! Hunter mistakes woman for deer in Norton, so he shoots her

adamg — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:04:16 +0000

The Globe reports.

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.

Citizen complaint of the day: The idling rich

adamg — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:21:44 +0000

A concerned member of the 99% reports from Oliver Street in the Financial District, where a limo has had its engine running for more than the five minutes allowed by state law:

Idling vehicle in front of Goldman Sachs. Please enforce law by adding an option to citzens connect. The 1% violation?

It's a wonder anybody in Harvard Square can get to work

adamg — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:17:33 +0000

Jennifer Strong, who has an office in the square, reports on the Mass. Ave. Gauntlet: Tourists, locals who don't know which side to stand on on escalators, student herds and, of course the Save the Whatevers people:

I've tried ignoring them, but sometimes this makes them more insistent. I've tried pretending to be on my phone, but sometimes they ignore this and try to get my attention. (What if I was having a Very Important Conversation?!) I've also tried to pretend that I don't speak English, which even once involved breaking into an invented language with my companion at the time, The Irreverent Psychologist. This kind of worked, but I think those petitioners knew what we were up to. Eventually, I decided to stop all this passive-aggressive business and just say "No thank you" every time they speak. And guess what? (Here comes the Important Lesson of this post.) Being direct is more effective than being passive aggressive. And I should know. I'm a psychologist.

The bus driver and the blind woman

adamg — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:24:18 +0000

Maggie reports on 93 bus driver 69999, one of whose passengers yesterday afternoon was blind and who asked him to let her know when they got to her stop - only he didn't, which led to this exchange:

Operator #69999 replied "Well I stopped and you didn't get off."

Andrea: "You didn't tell me."

Operator #69999: "Was I supposed to pick you up and carry you off?"

People in Allston can never leave their apartments

adamg — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:19:44 +0000

Not even for one night.