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Impatience is not a virtue
Patience is a virtue I don't have
What have you got?
If you take the TTC regularly, you've probably been stuck at a stop long enough to strike up a conversation with a fellow citizen about how freakishly long the bus is taking to arrive. But what do you do if no one's around to share your frustration? Why, you can strike up a conversation anyway, as two people have done at this bus stop on Summerhill Avenue. We've been waiting for a while to see a response to the final question, but it seems that the second writer really doesn't have the patience for long conversations.
Photo by Val Dodge.
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Ahhh, vandalism. Isn't it awesome?
Yeah, the text is distracting me from seeing the intricate scratches and eligant screw work. Seriously, what the hell is that thing, and why do I have the urg to dry hump it?
Get them damn whippersnapper THUGS to PAY for cleaning this PRIVATE PROPERTY themselves. See how they FEEL when they have to PAY.
I agree with davedave. There is absolutely nothing more reprehensible than when I just want to look at the backing plate of a bus stop and some assholes have written a conversation on it.
Free speech is wicked.
As for waiting, I was an hour late for work today because of the signal problems between Ossington and Broadview. I eventually abandoned the line entirely at St George and grabbed the Carlton street car at Queen's Park. What causes the signaling problems? Is there a backup system? Would getting cell coverage down there help?
I can't even tell who's being sarcastic anymore.
Welcome to your Carlsberg years then David...
Oh and by the way..
5- Yes
4- Yes
3- Uh....who knows...
2- Yes
1- Sadly, no...
Free speech is wicked.
If you think that's great, you should try free expression's closest relative: property rights. Yay!
wardnikoff: if you have read any of davedave's "commentary" on Vandalist posts, you'll know that they consist of four things:
1. Violent defenses of private property
2. Calling graffiti artists "thugs", &c
3. Claiming that the only proper response to graffiti is to deface the artist's property
4. The monetary (and psychological) strain of having to clean up street art
I used to do that in H.S. in pencil on my desk in Gr. 9 religion class.
Free expression's closest relatives are arguably freedom of conscience/religion, freedom of the press, and freedom of association.
and freedom to carry firearms...t-rex, are you quoting the declaration or something?
You should probably familiarize yourself with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. You know, the document that outlines our rights in this country.
(Arms? Hell no.)
antiboy
3 is completely wrong. I only advocate the perpetrator offering up his private property (house, car, etc) for defacement as a show of his strong belief in and support of all graffiti.
and you forgot
5. Calling the perpetrator an asshole
That red thing is called an InfoPost and either it is superfluous and was never removed or somebody ripped out the schedule and the covering plexi/lexan.
Probably plain old vandalism, but I wonder if the frequency of schedule-snatching could be reduced if the TTC made schedules easy to get. Try printing one at TTC.ca.
TTC staff used to affix a sticker asking riders to call in such missing schedules.
Has anyone reported this one? We could do a test and observe how long it takes to be replaced...
(...and how long before it's ripped off again -- especially if the InfoPost is not reinforced.)
PS: When I was a whippersnapper I recall a TTC poster that declared "Our Property is Your Property" in an attempt to reduce vandalism. I'm sure some wags took them up on the offer and stole the posters...