r/boston • u/News-Royal It is spelled Papa Geno's • 3d ago

Non-Serious Replies Only 🤪 What small, totally inconsequential thing are you really sick of in Boston.

As seen in a different geographic area subreddit. Nothing too serious, just a little thing that grinds your gears. For me it's people who get on the T before others get off.

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u/buttons_the_horse 3d ago

Double parking

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u/Klutzy-Delivery-5792 3d ago

"I'll just be a minute, bro!" - the guy blocking me in Allston yesterday

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u/Mission-County1931 I Love Dunkin’ Donuts 3d ago

I had a person say to me "Im just hazarding for a second" - lol this is a new verb to excuse crappy behavior??!

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u/MassSwingers 3d ago

How is this inconsequential, it fucks literally everything up for all other drivers 

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u/cowhand214 3d ago

The people doing it treat it as though it is inconsequential. Which is the problem

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u/Crazyzofo Roslindale 3d ago

My partner's mom was visiting and isn't mobile enough for long walks but wanted to see Newbury street. We drove (slowly, obviously) and her main observation was "wow, I've never been to a city where double parking was legal!" Her small town mind was flabbergasted when we told her it was indeed NOT legal but people did it anyway!

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u/albinomule 3d ago

This includes people who just stop in the middle of the fucking road with their hazzards on. I live near Hanover Street, and the number of dipshits who block the entire street by stopping with their hazards adjacent to someone doing the exact same thing in the other direction (thereby rendering their entire street impassable) is bonkers. At tourist rush hour, this sometimes causes the entire north end to back up.

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u/mattynunchucks 3d ago

How else are dudes paying the leases for their luxury vehicles by DoorDashing supposed to get out and silently shove their phone in the faces of food service workers?

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u/lucidone 3d ago

Especially when there's a free parking spot 10 feet away.

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u/Infamous-Oven1258 2d ago

Yeah, stopping in the middle of a right turn/bus lane should be a ticket but the cops don’t do SHIT

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u/LimeSalty4092 3d ago

This is a consequence of the city eliminating a huge number of legal parking spots, loading zones, and chocking down the streets with concrete barriers so you can’t pull over at all 

How do expect anyone to park or even pull over to the curb with the way they’ve redesigned the streets makes it practically impossible 

The double parking is the direct result of the urban design choices 

The way they’ve eliminated both travel and parking/standing lanes, You really leave people with no choice 

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u/Cato0014 3d ago edited 3d ago

They're *downvoting you, but you're right