When it snows, you clear a parking space, and you reserve it. That’s how it works – except when it doesn’t.
Good article in today’s NYT. (Caveat: Only if you’ve dug a few spaces in 2 feet of snow can you fully appreciate this.)
What’s the language angle? Skip to the end, where Maria explains her 1 and only protocol violation, the theft of a neighbor’s hard-dug space:
“I know enough people to get me out of trouble if I need to.”
“Um,” she said. “Yeah, probably once.”
Maria Bonanno, 18, who was coated in snow as she dug out her Volkswagen Jetta, paused when asked whether she had ever claimed someone else’s shoveled space.
“Um,” she said. “Yeah, probably once.”
There were no repercussions, she said, because it was a neighbor’s space and neighbors in Southie tolerate one another’s occasional slips.
“If you’re friends with them, it’s all good,” Ms. Bonanno said. “I know enough people to get me out of trouble if I need to.”
There were no repercussions, she said, because it was a neighbor’s space and neighbors in Southie tolerate one another’s occasional slips.
“If you’re friends with them, it’s all good,” Ms. Bonanno said. “I know enough people to get me out of trouble if I need to.”
