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davis_square2009-01-10 05:33 pm
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My apologies if you're the one whose lawn chair I ran over (and over) and then parked on, but you shouldn't leave garbage in a public parking spot.
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your reliance on a "doesn't belong to me" justification does not change the fact that you are passing your problem on to someone else. the anti pay-it-forward, if yo will.
i have taken responsibility. i have cleared out a spot for me. what responsibility have you taken? you choose to pass the problem on to someone else.
seriously? why be obtuse? i'm entitled to the spot because i have put the effort into shoveling it. this is the argument i've been making since my original post. seriously? seriously.
i'm curious why you still haven't answered my question re: do you take spots of friends or just anonymous spots? i've asked it several times with deafening silence in return.
finally, i'm happy to discuss this further, but i'd ask you to discontinue asking me stolid questions and would appreciate you answering my questions as i have politely done for you.
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When I leave a spot I cleared, I do not feel like i have earned the right, nor changed the dynamic, to entitle me to the spot when I return.
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Too bad, so sad - you don't get everything you want, precious.
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you sir, are unintended comedy.
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You sir, are still an entitled prick.
It's cold out. I'm eating my popcorn
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Get off my lawn!
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and just when i thought we were becoming fast friends...
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One note on "spots of friends" here -- this concept makes sense in a world where you talk to your neighbors and know who goes with which cars. If you never even see your neighbors, all spots are anonymous. (It probably also makes a difference if cars don't all look alike to you.)
Personally, despite the fact that I have lots and lots of friends living near me, I don't know anyone who owns a car, parks on the street, AND whose car I can also recognize.
concerning anonymity
it would be interesting from an anthropological point of view, to know if there is a correlation between transient populations and a such local phenomena as "the snow chair". i would suspect there is. when the residents cities such as boston and somerville were less transient everyone knew cars, spots, chair types, etc. there was accountability for action. with the increase in transient population comes the anonymity that people who take spots rely on.
they no longer have any social consequence for taking advantage of other peoples' efforts. anonymity protects them.
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You're incorrect. The very nature of a public parking spot dispels the need for any sort of assumption or judgment.
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despite professed eagerness it is convenient that you've yet to come up with any ideas. none?
in the interest of helping you out i'll offer this one: post your name, address, and phone number in the window of your car. alternatively, post a nice note on the chair that is under your car identifying who you are and explaining why their chair is under your car. you can even include a copy of this thread rather than duplicate the effort.
honestly, your posts read as someone with a solution searching for an explanation. how do you logically get to a conclusion where someone placing a chair in a spot they cleared is somehow relying on anonymity? is flush with shame? seriously, what contortion have you come up with?
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In the interest of helping you out, I'll offer this one: the people who want to save spots, can put their name, address and phone number on the item they wish to use to mark the spot.
That way, when DPW comes and picks it up, they'll know who to fine for littering.
Oh, no, that would be too much like admitting they know it's wrong to mark spots.
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This is the action of a petty napoleon, not of a law abiding citizen and upstanding member of the community.
If I catch you vandalizing anyone's car, I'll get a photo and give it to the cops, and you can explain it to the judge.
I might just call the cops and point them to your remarks here, just because you piss me off.
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look, words have meaning. context has meaning. you have focused on a word, imparted your own context to it and ascribed it to me. i did not use the word belong because that implies ownership, which i have explicitly not claimed (despite your assertion). instead, i have claimed temporary exclusive usage rights. there is a very significant difference between ownership and usage rights. don't believe me? ask your landlord.
the 2nd half of your post more inane than the 1st.