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davis_square2009-06-01 06:35 pm
http://users.livejournal.com/cgull_/) wrote in davis_square2009-06-01 06:35 pm
if the punk by the road wants a parking spot, let him have it...
Today's life lesson, and a hint for the locals:
So I'm sleep-deprived and crabby from work as I drive into Davis Square to go to the post office, about 4pm today. As I pull into a handy metered spot, a street tough in blue jeans and jean jacket and square gold earring accosts me and claims he's saving the spot for his girlfriend "who's going around the block". I get rather annoyed at the Somerville habit of thinking public streets can be reserved, so I get out of the car anyway. He's upset by this and clearly wants to get rather physical about it, but I ignore him, feed the meter, and go off to the post office. Bad judgment call, sigh. He still wants to make a fight out of it, but I stay away from him and keep walking.
I come out minutes later, and this fellow is gone...but the guy nearby taking his cigarette break is looking at me rather intently. I don't see anything wrong with the car before I drive off, but the flat tire is evident before I get to Porter Square. My tire got knifed, and now I need a new one. Actually, more likely four, because my particular car is picky about matching tires.
So I walk back over to the business where our Potential Witness is from. I think they know what happened, but this fellow doesn't even come up front. They say he didn't see anything, so I have nothing useful to take to the cops. *sigh* I can understand his/their response, though.
So this is just by way of warning that if this fellow wants his space in Davis Square, let him have it. The parking spot, I mean. It isn't worth it. He's not hard to identify as Trouble, fortunately. You won't have any question in your mind if you see him. Has anyone else?
I'm taking this almost sanguinely; the tires weren't expensive and they're half used up. I'd have been more upset if he keyed my car.
Aside: I've been around here 15 years, and I've never had trouble like this before-- I expect many more quiet years, especially if I act slightly smarter. I still think it's generally a pretty safe area.
So I'm sleep-deprived and crabby from work as I drive into Davis Square to go to the post office, about 4pm today. As I pull into a handy metered spot, a street tough in blue jeans and jean jacket and square gold earring accosts me and claims he's saving the spot for his girlfriend "who's going around the block". I get rather annoyed at the Somerville habit of thinking public streets can be reserved, so I get out of the car anyway. He's upset by this and clearly wants to get rather physical about it, but I ignore him, feed the meter, and go off to the post office. Bad judgment call, sigh. He still wants to make a fight out of it, but I stay away from him and keep walking.
I come out minutes later, and this fellow is gone...but the guy nearby taking his cigarette break is looking at me rather intently. I don't see anything wrong with the car before I drive off, but the flat tire is evident before I get to Porter Square. My tire got knifed, and now I need a new one. Actually, more likely four, because my particular car is picky about matching tires.
So I walk back over to the business where our Potential Witness is from. I think they know what happened, but this fellow doesn't even come up front. They say he didn't see anything, so I have nothing useful to take to the cops. *sigh* I can understand his/their response, though.
So this is just by way of warning that if this fellow wants his space in Davis Square, let him have it. The parking spot, I mean. It isn't worth it. He's not hard to identify as Trouble, fortunately. You won't have any question in your mind if you see him. Has anyone else?
I'm taking this almost sanguinely; the tires weren't expensive and they're half used up. I'd have been more upset if he keyed my car.
Aside: I've been around here 15 years, and I've never had trouble like this before-- I expect many more quiet years, especially if I act slightly smarter. I still think it's generally a pretty safe area.
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