So, I’m sitting in my car in the foreground there with coffee, camera and binoculars birdwatching the grounds out of frame to the left.
That black car pulls up. Woman rolls down the window, says “You’re blocking an active roadway, you know.”
Me: No, I’m not.
Her: You are.
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That black car pulls up. Woman rolls down the window, says “You’re blocking an active roadway, you know.”
Me: No, I’m not.
Her: You are.
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Me: No. I am not.
Her: That (pointing to the grassy lane to the left of me) is an active roadway.
Now, mind you, in ten years of going there, I’ve seen one vehicle pull down that path. They waved to me.
Her again: You should move.
2/
Her: That (pointing to the grassy lane to the left of me) is an active roadway.
Now, mind you, in ten years of going there, I’ve seen one vehicle pull down that path. They waved to me.
Her again: You should move.
2/
Me: (Tone shifting to “I’m not the one for this, lady.”) I have been coming here for ten years…
Her eyes go wide that someone might actually respond to her bullshit with a “No.” and she legit spits gravel hitting the gas to drive off.
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Her eyes go wide that someone might actually respond to her bullshit with a “No.” and she legit spits gravel hitting the gas to drive off.
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And then she parks in the lot.
The irony is that I had a lot of these experiences when I had a plot at that community garden.
Someone complained my blueberry cage was 3 inches too high - on one side - because it was built on a slope.
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The irony is that I had a lot of these experiences when I had a plot at that community garden.
Someone complained my blueberry cage was 3 inches too high - on one side - because it was built on a slope.
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This isn’t a statement about anything other than my experience but every single time someone took it upon themselves to police something that wasn’t their business, it was a white woman.
Every time. That small subset of the pop believes they are authorized to police others.
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Every time. That small subset of the pop believes they are authorized to police others.
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They are not.
Observing someone doing something that causes no harm but you don’t like doesn’t commission you with any social authority whatsoever.
Mind your own fucking business.
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Observing someone doing something that causes no harm but you don’t like doesn’t commission you with any social authority whatsoever.
Mind your own fucking business.
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There was nothing remotely illegal about me sitting there.
Sheriff McGee, on the other hand, was there to pick up the spouse who was illegally walking their dog off leash in the nature preserve.
I’m printing out the ordinance for next time.
I’d hate to have see her ticketed.
Sheriff McGee, on the other hand, was there to pick up the spouse who was illegally walking their dog off leash in the nature preserve.
I’m printing out the ordinance for next time.
I’d hate to have see her ticketed.
This was the scene Sheriff McGee complained about. 
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