Today in a center city highrise I was standing at the front desk waiting for an apartment key. There are 2 sets of automatic doors that open to enter the building. A priest and his assistant walked in about 5 minutes after me and the priest says, "Wow! I feel like Moses with these doors just opening for me!"
Carpenter street has Mr. Magoo that watches his new car that is parked in his own handicapped spot in front of his house. He and his wife chain smoke all day at the front door to make sure no one touches it.
10th St has the lady who does not want dog pee on her tree or plants, so she covers them with chicken wire. It is an ugly disaster, but it keeps the dogs away....
8th st has the guy that comes out of his house if you park in front of it and your tire is touching the curb. He had to repair the curb once before (and he did an AWFUL job) so now he comes out of his house immediately to make you move your tire.
Washington Square Park has had its share of grown men urinating in the plant beds at around 5pm right in front of me. Three separate urinators in a 24 hr period. No shame.
My previous posts on "The Bitch of Bella Vista" was on the news because she pissed off the wrong person and he left dog poo at her door. See link to video below. She wants to shoot him.
http://www.fox29.com/news/local-news/161027975-story
Thursday on 10th St there was a man on a bike that stopped to finish his can of soda and then throw it on the ground. He started to take off and I yelled, "Did you just throw that can on the ground?" and he replied, "Yeah! Fuck you!" (I assume you can imagine how the rest of our conversation went) But it ended up with ME picking the can up and putting it in a recycling bin that was 10 ft away from where he was stopped.
The man on Mildred that barks at the 2 dogs that we walk, but then gets put off when they lunge at him. (Um... don't bark at 2 big dogs on the street) Then he proceeds to tell us how mean and aggressive they are when they bark at him through the window. We constantly tell him that they are just protecting their home... that's what dogs do.... He will never get it.
The barber shop on 8th st that lets his dog run free off leash all over the neighborhood and bark at other dogs. (really a sweet dog, but not well controlled)
The park that is redone and has a "human only area" but then the little humans are allowed to infiltrate the dog area without adult supervision. Not only is it full of urine and feces, these parents let their kids wander up to strange dogs without intervening. (I literally had to point and yell, "Who belongs to this child?? These dogs are not kid friendly."
The highrise elevators where the residents are either really friendly or really cold. The more money they have, the less they want to acknowledge the "dogwalker" You never know what you will get - it's a crap shoot every time.
The dog park where you are walking up with a big dog and you see a 3 year old boy climbing the gated door to the dog park while his mom gets something from the car. Then he starts trying to punch the dog that is walking by him, like a professional boxer. Like punch punch punch punching the air next to the dog saying, "I'm gonna punch you dog. I'm gonna punch you." And the mom says, "Don't do that. It got teeth. It'll bite you." And then he proceeds to fight her on her argument. That's it - that's all he was told. That dog owner was horrified, as was I.
This is just a bit of what my day to day life is around these crazy parts. Be sure that there are more stories to come.
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