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Started 1 year ago by drew
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lifeontwowheels
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leftovers said:
I think I was more taken a back by the total disregard from the uniformed bike guy I thought was going to aid me.

I have not contacted Street Speech as I think it is a sham and a lot of those guys are bogus with no ID. The guy was yelling at me because I was calling him out after he swore at me for not buying.

So then you are part of the problem? Website clearly states all vendors must have ID. If someone is not compliant, call Street Speech and voice a complaint. If they don't know, how can they police their program?

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The guy had no ID. The bike cop just rode on by, swerving a bit to miss hitting me.

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lifeontwowheels
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leftovers said:
The guy had no ID. The bike cop just rode on by.

Still missing my point.

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My point is that the SID bike patrol is not doing much.

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lifeontwowheels
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leftovers said:
My point is that the SID bike patrol is not doing much.

And mine is that it's pretty easy to be a lazy ~~prick~~ and bitch on the internets. If you care about your community man up and make the calls. Guy was intoxicated? Call the CPD non-emergency and report a public intox with verbal harassment and aggressive panhandling. Don't pass the buck to someone else.

ETA

Feeling better?

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lifeontwowheels said:
And mine is that it's pretty easy to be a lazy prick and bitch on the internets. If you care about your community man up and make the calls. Guy was intoxicated? Call the CPD non-emergency and report a public intox with verbal harassment and aggressive panhandling. Don't pass the buck to someone else.

Why the personal insults? I was relating my experience with the SID bike patrol.

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lifeontwowheels
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leftovers said:
Why the personal insults? I was relating my experience with the SID bike patrol.

If the shoe fits....I mean basically you're complaining about something without context. For all we know, he was responding to another incident someone actually called in. Here you had a guy breaking the law [public intoxication] yet you didn't bother to call the police. He was in clear violation of the organization's policies, yet you didn't contact them and make them aware of the situation. Did you attempt to flag the SID guy down?

There are a lot of underlying issues to poverty and homelessness, crime and other urban issues. They aren't solved easily but you can't even begin to address them if the right people aren't made aware of the specific issues.

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lifeontwowheels said:
Did you attempt to flag the SID guy down?

It became the topic of conversation at work for several days. The incident was hard to miss and the bike guy stopped to wait for the crosswalk light at State and High according to coworkers who witnessed this.

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lifeontwowheels
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leftovers said:
It became became the topic of conversation at work for several days. The incident was hard to miss and the bike guy stopped to wait for the crosswalk light at State and High according to coworkers who witnessed this.

So your co-workers apparently didn't bother to call CPD either about the drunk guy harassing you? Once again, thanks for helping me make my point.

BTW

SID has a public number as well. If there is a concern with their employees, I am sure they would appreciate the heads up so they can coach and train to better standards or seek better qualified individuals that can serve the public.

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They have contacted Street Speech several times. Do you work downtown? I chalk it up as part of urban life. I give money to some. In some cases I will speak back if I feel threatened or personally attacked.

You mentioned the SID and I gave my experience with them.

Posted 1 year ago #
Roland
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I think someone is stumbling around on the internet drunk. And it's all your fault.

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Anidem
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Roland said:
I think someone is stumbling around on the internet drunk. And it's all your fault.

Zing! :D

Posted 1 year ago #
leftovers

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Sadly, I realize now that I had a moral obligation to call the police.

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bman
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leftovers said:
Sadly, I realize now that I had a moral obligation to call the police.

That ... and you just received a valuable education from this site. Don't say bad negative things about urban living and not have a gang bang of people bitching at you.

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cheap
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bman said:
That ... and you just received a valuable education from this site. Don't say bad negative things about urban living and not have a gang bang of people bitching at you.

leftovers is only being attacked by 1 person,and a damn west sider at that.

represent.

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bman said:
That ... and you just received a valuable education from this site. Don't say bad negative things about urban living and not have a gang bang of people bitching at you.

A gang bang of people?

"Oh, Mom, my birthday party was great! Lots of people showed up; a whole gang bang!"

o_O

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lifeontwowheels
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bman said:
That ... and you just received a valuable education from this site. Don't say bad negative things about urban living and not have a gang bang of people bitching at you.

No, it's not a "someone said something bad about downtown" thing, as much as you try to paint this board as such. Just a personal pet peeve of mine that people are so quick to run to the internets rather than take actual ownership of an issue. Don't like the design of a building or a certain business coming in? Put your own money in and make your vision a reality. Didn't have a good experience at a restaurant? Address it with management and seek a resolution. And yes if you are going to complain about an issue like homelessness you should be picking up the phone and making the right people aware when things are out of hand.

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Snarf
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leftovers said:
Sadly, I realize now that I had a moral obligation to call the police.

Fuck that, people shouldn't have to act as the homeless police if they don't want to. And I think they can complain all they want about it.

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lifeontwowheels
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Snarf said:
Fuck that, people shouldn't have to act as the homeless police if they don't want to. And I think they can complain all they want about it.

Then don't expect there to be any change.

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Snarf
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lifeontwowheels said:
Then don't expect there to be any change.

I expect it to get worse.

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