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Today's pet peeve is brought to you by ... — Brooklynian

Today's pet peeve is brought to you by ...

pete_c
pete_c
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights

Subject: Today's pet peeve is brought to you by ...

.. building supers who use a hose for half an hour to remove trash or snow, when it could be done faster and better with a broom in 10 minutes.

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  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia

    Subject: Re: Today's pet peeve is brought to you by ...

    pete_c wrote: .. building supers who use a hose for half an hour to remove trash or snow, when it could be done faster and better with a broom in 10 minutes.
    indeed. on sterling? was ready to shoot the guy.
  • pete_c
    pete_c
    Yeah that guy, and right up on Butler Pl.

    *stab*
  • alafairnadia
    alafairnadia
    the guy I'm talking about was in front of the building on sterling and underhill, next to the one with the pretty balcony. does that mean that there were two asshats or that these two buildings have the same lazy-ass in charge of sidewalk maintenance? hrm...
  • drano
    drano
    Good one. Never thought about it, but why not just use the broom? Makes no sense.

    Since this topic has been started, here's mine: The last two times after it has snowed, I've taken my daughter to the park to sled. Both times the smallish hill was filled with people too old to be sledding - at least on that hill and alongside small children - and the same jackasses would insist upon walking straight back up the middle of the hill instead of properly going off to the side and walking up.

    A small thing perhaps, but there it is. An area full of self-proclaimed geniuses and 75% of adults couldn't figure that out. Of course, I had to borrow the saucer and smash into one...
  • emily
    emily
    I've been meaning to post about this all day. I have a neighbor with a new (young-looking) dog. Every day, about 30 minutes before my alarm is set to go off, she walks it and then stops to talk to somebody (another neighbor?) right under our bedroom window. The dog then barks and barks and wakes me up.

    One morning a few weeks ago, I gathered myself together quickly enough to open the window, stick my head out, and inform her that her dog was waking us every morning. She shrugged and said sorry in a way that indicated to me that she didn't give a flying crap. Strangely, though, I didn't notice too much barking for a while.

    Flash forward to today: BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK BARK. WTF? Can't she take the dog inside if it's freaking out that much? I don't know anything about dogs, but I see zillions of them getting walked every day, and the rest of them seem to have been trained not to bark all the time.

    I don't know what to do about this, but I feel myself feeling pulled towards sleep-deprived acts of insane vigilantism (towards the lady, of course, not the dog--the dog is pretty cute when it's not barking, and I don't even like dogs).

    ETA: This morning there were two sharp barks followed by frantic shushing. Thumbs up! I'm wondering if maybe the incident yesterday wasn't because a different family member had taken the dog for its walk? Maybe I am maligning the lady unfairly and it was her clueless husband or something.
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