Bonus Blog Summer Sofa Surfing Sidewalk Styles · Thursday August 20, 2009 by colin newell
Have been meaning to rant on this for a long while…
It all started with a sofa on the sidewalk.
Which in wet Victoria B.C. Canada comes as something of a surprise.
Discarded stuff. For some reason we live in a city with residents that feel that garbage self-disposes. Hell, we dump raw sewage into the strait of Juan de Fuca so dumping our sofas on the boulevard is not that much of a stretch. I guess they think the rain will flush it away.
But I have been seeing more shite on the sidewalks lately.
- Old televisions. Big ones at that.
- Computer monitors. Yep. CRT ones. No surprise here.
- Microwave ovens. Seeing a trend here?
- Coffee makers. Say’s it not so.
Lately I have been seeing a veritable Potpourri of detritus (Hey Cheryl!) on our city streets that seem to include…
- Children’s toys – they grow up so fast.
- Booster seats – as above
- Strollers – again, I hope the kids are OK
So. For residents of Victoria B.C Canada, I ask you: What is up with all the sidewalk refuse?
Rage against the Machine - corporate vandalism of public spaces.
Ack. One of my pet peeves, too. I regularly tell people that if you put all the street detritus (yes, I do know how to spell that word) in the City end to end along Douglas street, it would stretch from Mile Zero to Goldstream at least.
The reason is easy though: most people are (a) lazy and (b) adverse to paying dumping fees. But mostly lazy.
— Cheryl Aug 21, 01:04 pm #
On the way to UVic this AM I was surprised to see a Shower stall shell on Henderson! What is up with that? Do people think there are garbage fairies that are whisking this shit away?
Come on folks. Pick it up!
— Colin Newell Aug 21, 02:26 pm #
I was inspired to start a Flickr group on the subject; I have called it Street Detritus. I realized I already had several photos that fit the description. Sad.
— Cheryl Aug 22, 12:37 am #
I have a theory, the C****** are secretly dumping old items on streets, so we will buy more cheep crap.
— jeanie Aug 26, 11:30 pm #
The C******‘s? The C******‘s? Who are the C******‘s?
Sounds like something is stuck in my throat… C****** C****** C****** C****** Oh! Excuse me!
C******
— Colin Newell Aug 27, 10:35 am #