Return of the Stoop Pooper
A reader sent in this woeful tale of the downside of having a coveted stoop: “The Boerum Hill stoop pooper has struck. After getting stoop pooped twice last year, I have been struck again by the ‘Mad stoop pooper that poops at midnight!!! (or sometimes in the wee hours of the night).’ Last year I…
A reader sent in this woeful tale of the downside of having a coveted stoop: “The Boerum Hill stoop pooper has struck. After getting stoop pooped twice last year, I have been struck again by the ‘Mad stoop pooper that poops at midnight!!! (or sometimes in the wee hours of the night).’ Last year I caught her in process twice, once on my stoop and once between some parked cars in the middle of the day. The latter time I called the police who arrested her. She is a mentally disabled black woman, a little heavy set, with dirty hair. I have a feeling that she was probably receiving the help she needed but was discharged and is back in the hood!!!! Granted I am just assuming it is her again but given that she uses her own toilet paper and some was left on my stoop. I would have to eliminate a random person that just HAD to go. Keep an eye out for her.” The reader is on Dean between Hoyt and Bond. Any other sightings?
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jingle mail we don’t need you and your other logins here. None of your ramblings make any sense except as they jingle around inside your head.
yes, bxgirl. congratulations on your “recovery”. i now have a sneaking suspicion that you have multiple logins. seems very convenient that you were “congratulated” on multiple posts today. i also like how this stfu person just “showed up” and then insinuated that he and jingle mail are the same person. are you pissed that the what got the article and not you? if you spent as much energy on improving your career as you do trying to get “famous” on brownstoner, you wouldn’t have to portray yourself as a “rent stabber”. you would probably be much less of an a-hole too. this site has really taken a turn for the worse. i guess it’s true what they say: mediocrity really IS its own reward.
11233…”She has some mental health issues but so do a lot of “normal” people.”
I hope your not referring to anyone posting all day on an inane blog about about poop that’s soon to reach 100 posts!!!
dave- have a great vacation and don’t forget to check in. I will definitely miss you!
Forcing people who can’t care for themselves to do menial work is like demanding child labor or indentured servitude. We waste billions in this country but we’re going to require a mentally fragile, homeless woman to “give back” for whatever pittance she gets? This woman has so little, why would we do that?
A mentally disabled person needs treatment, not a job. Our society’s inability to provide her with the proper care is another issue entirely. Not only does “putting her to work” not help this person, who with treatment MIGHT one day be able to care for herself, it sounds like a particularly insensitive and self-serving “option.”
DOWhat makes Friday afternoons so much better. It’s so cathartic abusing him and winding down after a busy week of work (not that he would know what that’s like).
DOWhat, I’ll ask again. Why has your countdown stopped? It’s ok, we’re keeping track for you. 55 days.
Polemicist- you don’t see the obvious contradiction in that? If she can’t take care of herself how can she perform basic menial tasks? Put her to work? And who’s is going to stand guard to see that she gets up every morning to go to her menial job? Or stand over her as she does it? Of course you’ll see how much more expensive that will be once you apply benson’s time/cost formula (works out to $467.4236859 per every 15 minutes).Yes. Kidding.
fyi- enjoyed the coop thread. Nice to see you in a little more depth. Don’t always agree with you but interesting nonetheless.
Polemicist: Why do you assume she would be dead? Perhaps she picks through garbage to eat and dress herself. She may sleep in public. She obviously uses the great outdoors as a bathroom. What more does she need, really? A job? Why? She has everything she needs and she doesn’t pay taxes, rent, a mortgage, utilities. She has some mental health issues but so do a lot of “normal” people.
Perhaps you are just angry that you have to work and pay for things you don’t want to pay for. You could always become a homeless person. Footloose and fancy free. Then some neocon – someone like yourself – can make fun of you and you can just crap on their stoop in revenge.
Cobblehiller:
I’m so thrilled you still think bad fondly to my words.
I’m actually really surprised this particular story is getting so much attention. I don’t really have much to say myself.
This is yet another example how our limited conception of “freedom” has resulted in a citizen falling through the cracks. Further proof freedom is a social construct, not a natural state. Without charity, this woman would be dead, plain and simple. She obviously can’t care for herself, but I’m sure she could perform basic menial tasks of which there is not shortage in this city. Put her to work!