HA!

When I lived on Beaver St., right down from the Continental, Clark kids would ALWAYS pull into my freshly shoveled spots nearly as soon as I pulled out of them. To add insult to injury, the cars would then sit there for days without moving. Plus, since I worked nights, I'd often find myself shoveling out another spot blocks away at 4 a.m. A driveway became a must for me thereafter.

Gabe, your post should be part of freshman orientation!

See, that's interesting because I disagree with Rule #1 and I also disagree with the apparently totally acceptable practice of "holding" your space with a chair/cone/whatever. No portion of the street is yours, it's all collectively ours......

It's not only giant SUVs that can get out of a not-completely-shoveled space, it's all AWD vehicles and anyone who has proper tires and knows how to drive in the snow, really.

Which is why I would say that deciding that you need to get your '85 Civic with original (and completely bald) tires out because you REALLY NEED a grape Slurpee, even though it's the height of a blizzard...THAT'S the ultimate asshole move.

However, responding to Pete's comment "To add insult to injury, the cars would then sit there for days without moving." That shit is a problem. All college assholes: If your car doesn't need to move for a week, it probably doesn't need to move during a snowstorm either. Keep it parked in a snowbank until you feel like shoveling, or spring, whichever comes first. This is a city, and pursuant to my statement about the spaces belonging to all of us is that we all have a reasonable expectation of turnover. If you only leave campus and drive to see your family once a semester, leave your car parked and take the friggin' bus, or just sell the car altogether. You obviously don't need it.

Here's the thing about the residential thing...You live on the side of the street unaffected by the ban. You work long hours. You shovel - and have for the last several years. Then one day the people across the street who have a FREAKING DRIVEWAY just start parking in your spot - that you've shoveled already this year. And they moved your cone to do it.

It's just not very neighborly.

And don't forget to keep that shitty broken chair because you can use it keep your spot and be a douchebag all winter long.

i don't own a shovel. :)

I think they are asking for a whole mess of toilet paper come Halloween. Who's with me?

snow shoved in tailpipe. prove it didn't happen naturally, asshole. whuh? car won't start? me no understando.

I live on the end of a cul-de-sac that's been plowed everywhere except in front of my neighbor's and my house. At least 1.5 feet of snow on our road. We both teamed up to shovel it out. Worcester DPW= suck.

Terribly well said!

Reading this is like listening to a priest describe sex.

I'm ok will all the rules, hell I practice them. I would like to know WHEN its OK to not mark your own spot with a chair. How few inches left on the side of the road or sidewalk deems the "this is my spot forever" ridiculous. If you shoveled out in January can the chair still be there in July? I like to see that addendum.