Using chairs to hold parking spaces

[gladhands]

I understand that a lot of labor goes into digging out a parking space, and that the placeholders are used to guarantee the person who did the work a place to park. That's said, if it's been more than two to three days since the last snowfall, you lose those rights. Also, If you're holding a space, but haven't shoveled your sidewalk, I'm moving your chair.

 

[taxgenius]

I think people should be ticketed for leaving chairs in the street, the same way people get ticketed for any type of garbage.

 

[pscolari]

Originally Posted by gladhands

I understand that a lot of labor goes into digging out a parking space, and that the placeholders are used to guarantee the person who did the work a place to park. That's said, if it's been more than two to three days since the last snowfall, you lose those rights. Also, If you're holding a space, but haven't shoveled your sidewalk, I'm moving your chair.

You must live in Southie. Good luck with moving someone's placeholder. My advice is to get drunk and then go up and down your street and throw them all away. Moving someone's placeholder and then parking your car (especially if it is foreign) there is an open invitation to get: keyed, tires slashed, or the best I have heard is they just cover your car with snow.

 

[Brogued]

I certainly agree with what you're saying. It's hard to reason with the unreasonable, though. I've seen some ugly consequences of chair removal.

 

[edinatlanta]

wait, so dudes will put a chair in a parking spot on the street?

**** your cities suck.

 

[MrG]

Originally Posted by edinatlanta

wait, so dudes will put a chair in a parking spot on the street?

**** your cities suck.

I can't believe I'm actually typing this, but I agree with Ed - this is ridiculous. I've heard of people doing such things, but I didn't realize it was widespread. What a stupid, stupid practice.

 

[ter1413]

Originally Posted by edinatlanta

wait, so dudes will put a chair in a parking spot on the street?

**** your cities suck.

+1. I would have a collection of chairs in my basement!!!

 

[gladhands]

Originally Posted by pscolari

You must live in Southie. Good luck with moving someone's placeholder. My advice is to get drunk and then go up and down your street and throw them all away. Moving someone's placeholder and then parking your car (especially if it is foreign) there is an open invitation to get: keyed, tires slashed, or the best I have heard is they just cover your car with snow.

Not Southie. I'm an area where the tradition is far less entrenched, but not unheard of. I respect the first 48hrs after the storm, if and only if you shovel your sidewalk.

 

[Logan]

Originally Posted by ter1413

+1. I would have a collection of chairs in my basement!!!

+1

 

[Gradstudent78]

A woman had spent more than an hour clearing away heavy snow from a spot, then left to run an errand, leaving a chair behind.

When she returned, she found the chair pushed aside and a car parked in its place. Seething despite the sub-freezing temperatures, she got her revenge.

When the parker returned to his car, he found it encased -- including its tires -- in a layer of ice from the garden hose.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10041...#ixzz1Ck0X0E3U

 

[robin]

This has always been a bizarre custom to me.

Example of one place that does it: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/us/29boston.html

 

[West24]

ie never heard of this before in my life. lol wtf?

 

[Piobaire]

The simple answer here is to get the psycho snow plow guy to show these bitches what's for.

 

[gladhands]

Originally Posted by West24

ie never heard of this before in my life. lol wtf?

Verrrrry common in Chicago.

 

[Reggs]

I only heard about this on another forum a few months ago. It's so strange.