Gothamist: Squeegee Men Not Wiped Out Entirely

Brooklynbobby

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:31:07 -0500

Breaknight, It's readily apparent that you are one of those obnoxious, aggressive assholes panhandling on the train. Otherwise you wouldn't have taken offense at my post. And by the way, asshole, I'm a Brooklyn native, so up yours douchebag!!!

whitecastlerock

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:52:07 -0500

No shit Snoopy... You are so insightful

breaknight

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:08:48 -0500

Brooklynbobby: Are you so agoraphobic that you feel "bullied" for tips by subway performers? This is the city. People ask you for money. People perform and ask for tips. If they're putting a gun to you, that's reason to be scared. If they threaten to assault you, that's reason to be scared. If four elderly black dudes sing "In the Still of the Night" and then ask you for money, and you don't want to give it to them, grow a pair and say "NO". Either back or buy a ticket back to South Dakota.

Snoopy

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:39:48 -0500

^^That's why it's called public transportation and that is why some people drive cars to work. I like your ideas Spirit way to show your creative side for a change.

whitecastlerock

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:37:22 -0500

New Yorkers ride the subways where at any given moment, mariachi bands, bongo drummers, juvenile delinquent peanut peddlers, acrobats, religious fanatics, battery salesmen, whistler hawkers, and shit encrusted homeless citizens improve their quality of life...

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:48:13 -0500

most ny'ers don't drive or have a car.

Dude69

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:11:32 -0500

Ahh, pest from the past! Why do NYers need to put up with these derelicts! Are least they only bother you when you're driving, unlike the worst of the lot, the aggressive young whipper snappers with the clipboards, making you feel guilty for not feeding the children or saving the whales. I want to just punch them in their faces!!

JacqueMehoff

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 14:04:58 -0500

I see guys in convertibles drive in to the underground garage with their bag and laptop case on the back seat.

Spiritof76

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:51:11 -0500

Auto makers should put one of those transparent, electrically conductive coatings on the windshield. A few healthy shocks should convince squeegee men to not touch cars without permission. Or maybe re-aim the washer fluid nozzles. to the sides.

Brooklynbobby

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:24:20 -0500

It's the same thing on the subway. These morons do acrobatics in the train (many times with little children) and then they try to bully you for "tips" because they "entertained" you. BS!!! BS!!!! BS!!!! It's harrassment any way you look at it.

Snoopy

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:34:16 -0500

Wake up NYPD! This is a no brainer. Arrest them and send them to the boonies where some people carry guns in their cars. Let's see them squeegee there.

eyekantspel

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:13:11 -0500

Nothing funny about it. They don't offer a service, just an implied threat --give me some money or else I'll spit on your car or worse.

Tgirl

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:30:50 -0500

a squeegee guy reached in the window and swiped my sister's purse off the seat of her car when she was stopped at the off ramp to the FDR

ducatista

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:25:58 -0500

ha! that's funny - a few weeks ago I noticed them and speculated to a friend that maybe this was a sign that recession was taking deeper roots. desperate measures for desperate times I guess...