I've got a new hobby this year; pissing the taggers off.
I just got back from covering a shload of tags on just about every flat surface in the neighborhood. Everything from mailboxes to utility boxes, garage doors, fences, walls, vehicles, sidewalks, etc. Sooner or later, everything gets it.
I own a place on a fairly good side of town. It isn't like you can leave your doors unlocked, but I haven't gotten robbed yet. (For all I know, it might just be because all the meepbags live RIGHT HERE. You don't meep where you live, right?)
Part of the joy of living here, aside from the occasional night full of thumper music and gunfire is the local "artists" writing their names on every goddamned thing standing. Much the same way as a pack of dogs pissing on things to say "Hey fellas, I'm here!" they take pride in writing their initials, gang affiliation and what side of town they think this is all over my block. meeps can't even write clearly.
I work with gang bangers all day long, so the rules of the game are fairly clear;
You don't confront the little meepers. Much as I'd love to show them a whole new place to hide their shaker cans(and probably get shot for my trouble), the cops don't agree with the tough love approach.
So I try to cover tags as soon as I see them (I'm hoping they'll think; What's the point of risking a hefty fine if my tag won't be up for more than a few hours?) I recommend hitting the Wal-Mart paint section. They've got primer grey for just over a dollar and spray stripper for $5. Once I covered everything in a uniform grey, all I had to do was trace their tag. There's a city service you can call that'll get the really big ones for you, thankfully. They know me by name now.
So far, it looks like the taggers have really slowed down. I noticed that some of my neighbors have gotten the tags cleaned up before I get there.
But on nights like tonight, I come home and somebody's gone through about twenty square blocks, uglying up the place.




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seems like the broken window theory in action.
that, or it's going to turn into gran torino and you're going to go down in a rain of spray cans and be hailed a martyr and hero on your block, and be known as "that guy who did that thing a while back" everywhere else.
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also, my little hobby is to meep of shoplifters by making it overly obvious that i'm watching them if i see one in a store i'm browsing, and follow them around a store until they get pissed off with it and leave, doesn't take long.
we should form a worldwide Linkswarm Justice League or Watchmen type group.
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The neighborhood watch got a pressure washer and some fivers of primer and stain for all the fences. Now its just an excuse to stain the fences.I have a fake video camera that has a light on it bolted up in the yard where traffic comes through, with motion lights.I also stand around with my shirt off a lot talking to people, which is unusual for a 275 lb guy, but I swear those meepers think I'm not worth it anymore. Nobody wants to fight a fat guy with no shirt.
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Pictures?
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^Holy meep. That is eerily familiar.
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My Halloween costume. No meep, I'm Carl this year. I'm cutting the top of my male pattern baldness down, and have the pants.This is a close visual representation of my actual appearance.
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When I had a house with my last wife some twenty years ago, it was a home with a shop next door (separate address) for my electronic repair business. One of the neighborhood beaners was "Tap Tap", who sprayed his name on the front of my shop every night for a couple of weeks, and every morning I'd cover it in white again.
One night my cousin spent the night, and in the AM, he took a can of black and sprayed "Dance! Dance!" right under it. I made this a habit for a week all around the block, then whited it all out. Never saw his name again. Shamed the little meep into oblivion.
Good luck there, Carl...