T O P

  • By -

greenheron628

if there were lobster claws in the barf, I'm guessing someone homeless does not deserve blame I live downtown too, and on Saturday nights, often wake up when the bars let out to people screaming at one another, cars honking, a few motorcycles, and next morning, tossed plastic cups and barf to step over. It's what we deal with living in the heart of Salem. I spent a year living in NYC, and barf isn't the half of it there. Post clean-up, a reminder of the benefits of living downtown would be to walk to coffee and a delicious artisan baked good šŸ˜› P.S. I'd use a combo of boiling water and the snow shovel!


Lemmon_Scented

Unfortunately, if you donā€™t have a hose I think dumping pitcher after pitcher of water on it is your best option. Good luck


whentimerunsout

On the 5th bucket of hot water after scrubbing with soap. Thank you!


tm16scud

Iā€™ve seen most Simpsons episodes but must have missed the one where Homer throws up on the front stoop. Guess Iā€™m missing that reference.


whentimerunsout

Youā€™re joking huh!


Nearby_Tumbleweed548

Sounds like you need to dump a pitcher of water on it


SalemSound

Dump a pitcher of water on it. It's not illegal to vomit, and is usually an involuntary reflex, so I'm not sure a police officer could have prevented this.


whentimerunsout

I already thought about that, the water is just gonna drain into the path where people walk. Iā€™ll have to scrape it off the landing. Then proceed to wash. Thanks for the suggestion.


twelvethousandBC

?? it sounds like you want to suffer for no reason. Dump a bunch of water on it and be done with it.


whentimerunsout

Nope, it was all dried and caked. Lobster claws and all. Been in food service for 20+ years. That would only hit the surface and not fix the problem.


Reasonable_Shrimp

Lobster claws? Clearly itā€™s gotta be Marbleheadā€™s fault.


whentimerunsout

With that username idk what to believe šŸ˜‚


Voltairus

Im from Cleveland and visited Boston/salem in May. It was odd seeing homeless in a suburb that appears to be very wealthy. Im guessing itā€™s because how well connected public transportation is. Cleveland transportation sucks so the homeless donā€™t hang out in the wealthy suburbs and the local cops would probably drive them back to Cleveland bc the wealthy Karens would throw a fit on facebook. They hang out in public square outside the casino or by the off ramps into the city. Anyway thats my unsolicited observation. Maybe one day ill buy a 750k 600 sq ft condo in Salem šŸ˜‚


mg8828

Salem isnā€™t wealthy though, itā€™s seen a fair bit of gentrification in recent years. But Salem has historically been a blue collar town, we also have one of the only homeless shelters


GarbageFile13

The homeless issue in Salem isn't as bad as I've seen it in other cities. Including when I lived in Ohio City a while back. This it's for sure a drunk local or tourist who puked.


Voltairus

I guess im too old to get that turnt in a hallmark town.


GarbageFile13

I'm with you on that.


Halloween2022

You know, it should never have been done on someone's doorstep, but somebody could have sudden allergic reaction to shellfish. I did in my 30s after an entire lifetime of being able to eat it. Now I have to have an Epi pen


whentimerunsout

I see, there is a garden right next to where it happened. Anyways it is probably a drunk. Last month I saw a 21 yr old do the same thing next to the mall entrance.


Halloween2022

Oh, I have no doubt it was a drunk. People are getting out of hand everywhere


whentimerunsout

Downvoted for cleaning up vomit. Sounds like a nice city to live in.


Lemmon_Scented

This sub lol. Anyone who has the nerve to suggest the hoards of homeless roving the city are problematic get downvoted. ETA I guess they love drunks, too šŸ™„


60-40-Bar

Yeah, itā€™s definitely not the dehumanizing language youā€™re using here, or the fact that youā€™re blaming unhoused people for something that happened a block from a bunch of bars on a Saturday night and was much more likely done by a 22 year old whoā€™s probably sleeping off a hangover in a comfortable bed in their parentsā€™ house. Drunk people behaving badly is an annoying, unfortunate, and pretty universal problem when you choose to live in a neighborhood with a bunch of bars. Itā€™s not a uniquely Salem problem, and even Salem has lots of suburban neighborhoods where residents donā€™t have to deal with issues like that.


TheSlopfather

*takes sip of milk that has passed its prime* the homeless must be stopped


60-40-Bar

I heard they caused sea level rise and also Salemā€™s traffic jams


whentimerunsout

Yep šŸ‘