How to piss off a Park Slope resident

"Rose" wrote: It's a shame that you feel so little responsibility to the community.

Maybe you should shovel the snow in front of your property before someone sues you.

For Everyone's information, commercial tenants are legally responsible for shoveling snow that is in front of their stores.
A corner store, has to shovel the corner. If you have a problem, you should complain to the tenant who is legally responsible.

^Uh-huh. If someone slips and falls, they are going to sue EVERYBODY associated with your property, and you will pay money defending yourself as you take your legal nitpicking to a judge to decide.

THAT IS, how you write your lease and the intricacies therein of who wipes who's butt in your building is unimportant to the public. What is important is having your building's walk shovelled.

Not wishing to get into a legal discussion. However, please be informed that since the tenant is responsible in accordance with their lease, they have liability insurance, and the building has liability insurance, so really the insurance companies handle the litigation. In case of lawsuits, they can drag on for over five years. So really, while it is unfortunate that an accident could occur, the owner and the tenant are protected by their insurance coverage.
Now in the point of just wanting the sidewalk cleaned, again complain to the store owner who is responsible.

Nice system. I have insurance so I don't have to keep my walk clean.

"theoryofpractice" wrote: Nice system. I have insurance so I don't have to keep my walk clean.

pretty much.

At this point this subject should just be split into another thread.
Anyone? Mods?
Just Sayin'

MOD NOTE:
I feel you, Mamacita, but where could it go . . . the discussion itself already moved over to the Dance Studio thread, but this particular bit of it would just be weirdly out of context if we moved it out. It's just part of the flow here . . .

Whoever wants to post Pissed Off #64 can just pick it up.
Or not.

#64 - Create your own private parking space by making an illegal curb cut in front of your house. Park your car in your front yard. Put up big "No Parking" signs.

#65 - Gut-renovate your house. Tell your contractor not to worry about legal work hours. Encourage him to start work as early as possible every day and to work through the weekends. Make sure your contractor's workers shout on their cellphones on the sidewalk early in the morning and throw cigarettes and trash into the neighbors' yards. When you don't like the way the house turned out, start over.

The Chipster wrote: Give it a break Rose, I'd like to see who passes the litmas test of "who shows responsibility to the community." I guess you win; as you are the only one who has been pissed off in this forum.
#63. Make a decision without consulting your coop board, CB6 meeting, neighbors, potential opponents, street activists, mothers, caretakers...

Never mind the litmas test. What about the Ditmas test??

Tell 'em you took the day off to see the A380 land at JFK.

Idlewild wrote: Tell 'em you took the day off to see the A380 land at JFK.

Formerly known as Idlewild, of course.

dw438 wrote: [quote=Idlewild]Tell 'em you took the day off to see the A380 land at JFK.

Formerly known as Idlewild, of course.

Okay, you pissed me off. Except I'm in Prospect Heights so it doesn't count.

#66: "Our tenants pay for our whole mortgage. Isn't that weird? I almost feel guilty!"

#67: Write about how parents spend too much money dressing their ugly, awkward children.

#68: "I can't wait until the new stadium is built! N....E.....T....S..... NETS! NETS! NETS!"

#69: " I mean, Park Slope is nice, but it's no Hoboken."

Rose wrote: #64 - Create your own private parking space by making an illegal curb cut in front of your house. Park your car in your front yard. Put up big "No Parking" signs.

#70 Use your curb cut as permanently reserved personal street parking.

#71 With the free time you have because you're retired, constantly move your car so it's always right outside your house, neatly straddling two full spots. This way, you can "save" a spot for a relative who may or may not show up.

#71 We're only 29 gripes away from our very own "Park Slope 100".
#72 Walk a stroller into Barnes & Noble, and use it downstairs.
#73 Tell someone Starbucks is better than Connecticut Muffin.

My opinion... any place is better than Conn. Muffin!

veets wrote: My opinion... any place is better than Conn. Muffin!

Buy a starbucks coffee and sit at Connecticut Muffin's out door space.

#74 Wonder aloud why anyone would spend a dime at any of those cramped, depressing independent bookstores when Barnes & Noble has a much better selection of Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly books.

kosherdave wrote: [quote=veets]My opinion... any place is better than Conn. Muffin!

Buy a starbucks coffee and sit at Connecticut Muffin's out door space.

Now that was a great idea!

#75.. Engage in conversation one of those mothers wheeling their kid in one of those very overpriced Bugaboo strollers and tell her that you just heard on the radio that there was a recall on that very model of stroller.

#76.. Engage in conversation one of those unwashed blogger/message board types loitering in the tea lounge and tell her/him that you just heard on the internets that there was a recall on that very model of macbook pro.

Ahab.. I am laughing at #76

The whole "engage in concersation" could be a subset of this thread!!

I love talking to strangers but usually I am sincerely friendly.
I like the idea of engaging strangers in conversation with the goal of freaking them out, getting them pissed off or at least to make them feel uncomfortable.

#77. Suggest that a middle/high school that focuses on middle eastern culture and language open in an existing school in Park Slope. (I can't believe I'm the first to pick this up!

http://brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/11/30_11holywar.html

#78 Tell your yuppie neighbor that a paroled sex offender has just moved onto the block

#79 Ask people going into the Food Coop if they can pick you up a few things...tell them you aren't a member, you really can't stomach the people there, and you really don't feel like driving over to Fairway.

# 80 Tell people you are the author of that anti-Mom blog.

# 81 Say that the plan to make 6th and 7th Avenue one way is a great idea.

#82 " I wish all bars were like Farrell's!"

#83 There's never a wrong place or time for a gratuitous "Dyke Slope" lesbian joke.

#84 Sass the baristas back twice as hard.