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So who knows anything about Mike? Not Mike of Mike's Pizza, but Mike the strange, incomprehensible, belligerent (and sometimes drunk) man who wanders college ave and broadway shouting at people? He's yelled at me and followed me down the block, and also just flashed me the two finger peace sign as I walked by. I've seen shout at tufts students, and also be very nice to small children.
Anyway, that's my question for the night.
Anyway, that's my question for the night.
what people had to say in April 2007
Date: 2008-06-09 12:37 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-06-09 02:46 am (UTC)thanks,
gwodder
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Date: 2008-06-09 04:19 am (UTC)I get the impression most people just put up with him as a bit of local color, and I was fine with that until I went back and read those other posts and found out that he's followed people home and made actual threats. That is very much not OK. I sympathize with whatever it is he's going through, exactly, but I still wonder if it's really safe to have him out and about like that.
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Date: 2008-06-09 05:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-09 11:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-09 07:07 am (UTC)The biggest problem I have with him is that he really wants your time and sometimes gets mad when you don't give it to him. On at least one occasion this has made it very difficult for me to eat at the restaurants at powderhouse with friends because he knew me and wanted me to pay attention to him and I wasn't.
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Date: 2008-06-09 04:17 pm (UTC)The biggest problem (as I see things with the aid of a housemate who works with MRDD individuals) with the deinstitutionalization was that people who had been spoon fed (often literally) all their lives were being pushed into a world that they didn't know how to deal with. And the problem is exacerbated by their caregivers who often perpetuate the problem since it is much easier in the short term just to do something for the individual rather than teach them how to do it for themselves. This often includes even the most basic of basic hygiene such as how to use toilet paper.
P.S.
Date: 2008-06-09 02:16 pm (UTC)Re: P.S.
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Date: 2008-06-12 12:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-09 04:34 pm (UTC)That being said, if you are put off by him and the above doesn't seem like a good idea, you can either walk in groups (he's mostly interested in single people) or carry cigarettes as giving him one will make him go away.
Or you could just circumvent Powderhouse Circle entirely.
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Date: 2008-06-10 02:39 am (UTC)I would think it's hard to live in Boston and want to engage with disinterested people all the time.
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Date: 2008-06-09 06:46 pm (UTC)So I find him a difficult person to interact with. Unfortunately, his behaviors really intersect with my personal hot-buttons of fear and anxiety. My general coping strategy is to greet him very genially and tell him I'm in a hurry and don't have time to talk right now.
Re: the tagging issue: I think "local scene" would encompass both our fellow residents and the physical environment.
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Date: 2008-06-09 09:24 pm (UTC).....his caretakers (that makes him sound like livestock...living assistants? Home Mental Health Aides? Case Workers? Whatever.) should be fucking ashamed. I was lazily taking the 89 home to Ball Square, and he got on the bus at Davis. The bus driver was barking at him about something (I don't know what, I had headphones on), and he was somewhat more subdued than usual. When he got off the bus at Powderhouse Square, I noticed that his clothes were really filthy, and his pants were falling down, and I mean WAY down, beyond plumber's crack. The bus driver was yelling at him, and some of the other riders were laughing, but I was kind of mortified. Is it so hard for the people who work at this group home to get him a fucking belt and make sure he's got in on before he leaves the house?
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Date: 2008-06-10 01:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-06-18 01:51 pm (UTC)Just flash him the peace sign, and say "Hey Mike". He usually just smiles and flashes the peace sign back. If I don't have time to speak with him, I simply say "Sorry Mike, I'm in a hurry, peace", and he smiles, flashes the peace sign, and walks away.
He really isn't a bad guy, he just has some serious communication issues. I think he told me that his mother used to take care of him, but she wasn't around, so he didn't have anyone anymore. I'm not actually sure how he gets food and the like, but he seems to be doing alright, and he's never asked for anything. He's actually offered to buy me coffee a few times. Sometimes I can't understand him at all though, and I just nod and say "Hmmmm".
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Date: 2008-07-01 05:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-09 03:48 am (UTC)http://community.livejournal.com/davis_square/1812054.html#cutid1
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