He’s not looking too good these days. All the stress is getting to him I presume.

It’s all good. I’m not here to argue just sharing my opinion. I’ll be fine regardless.

I respectfully disagree.

In my opinion, people should have respect for wherever they go, whether they’re there for 5 minutes or 50 years. That may be idealistic but I think it’s an admirable way to live.

Every part of the world is different. And I understand this is an extreme example, but in Japan, if you are caught littering people will call you out and publicly shame you and they have the cleanest city in the world. Again I know NY will never be like that but it’s something to consider. It is cultural.

And that also applies to challenging people and not having to fear physical conflict. Nobody should be afraid to speak up against antisocial behavior that affects everyone’s quality of life. But unfortunately we don’t live in a society like that. That’s why the city is filthy, we have people shitting on subway trains and kids getting stabbed on their way home from school.

It’s a horrible way to live, in my opinion. But I’ll remain optimistic.

It’s not about disrespecting anyone personally, it’s disrespect for the city that we all live in, and having no shame.

We could have a basket on every corner in the city and some jerkoff is still going to throw their cigarette carton on the street or dump their garbage illegally.

And if somebody challenges them on it the first words out of their mouth is mind your own business and since most people want to avoid a conflict they just keep it moving.

It’s the culture of NYC, that’s what we’re talking about right? It’s not one specific group. Everyone is guilty of it to a certain extent, including myself. It’s a culture of “my your own business” and “it’s not my problem”, as well as a lack of respect.

I’ve seen people litter right in front of a corner basket and the baskets get abused all the time. People throw away their household garbage bags and bulk items in them, making it impossible to use them as intended, for litter.

It’s a cultural issue and an excess waste issue.

I know people with placards who have gotten tickets before, as they should, so it’s not 100% of the time. But whatever you say.

You want to get personal and then think we’re going to have a civil discussion?

Sure, good luck with that.

I don’t even own a car, I ride my bike to work everyday. But nice try pal.

It’s also at the discretion of the traffic agent. Do public sector employees get certain courtesies extended to them, yes. So do private citizens. If you roll through a stop sign, it’s up to an officer whether they pull you over and give you a ticket or not. Happens all the time.

It’s a slippery slope when we start saying traffic agents should be punished for not ticketing certain violations.

“The only way to stop placard abuse is to punish parking enforcement officers who refuse to write tickets on placarded cars.”

Some placarded cars are legit. It’s an important distinction. After all, The city does issue them for a reason.

https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dca/downloads/pdf/workers/Delivery-Worker-Study-November-2022.pdf

According to page 17 of this report hispanics make up 47% of all delivery workers in the city. The black, Asian and white delivery workers deserve recognition too for working just as hard. Spread the love all the way around.

Completely unnecessary

“1 dumpster per block” X 100k blocks… yeah no big deal. And that’s assuming you only need one per block. Have you seen the mountains of garbage on some streets? What happens when the garbage doesn’t fit?