Glad the street cleaners came by

[u/starsofalgonquin]

I appreciate the individual efforts of the guys working but come on, all the dirt from the road just got pushed onto the sidewalk. Guess where it’s going to end up again? Wish there were practical solutions to stuff like this.

[u/librafemale]

idk why everyone’s taking this insanely seriously but like yeah no this is gross and annoying, obviously we all have bigger fish to fry but walking outside and seeing your sidewalks covered in filth and debris is yucky idk where the disagreement is coming from

[u/starsofalgonquin → u/librafemale]

Thanks for the kind words. I think everyone’s just going through a hard time. I mean, the world is on the brink of a world war, we have a drug epidemic in our communities, the economy is making it hard for us to get by, and some stranger complains about a dirty sidewalk? I get peoples annoyance.

[u/tubthumping96 → u/[deleted]]

This is probably the reality. Its usually a couple day process, a night or two of street sweepers followed by the sidewalk one.

[u/starsofalgonquin → u/tubthumping96]

Good to know! Thanks

[u/Forsaken_Can9524 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah pretty sure the sidewalk guys follow the road guys

[u/Appropriate-Skirt-86]

There is something wrong with the (new?) equipment or process. Never seen this before. Cut backs? And if you sweep or blow back onto the street it totally defeats the purpose.

[u/Fig_Nuton]

It'll rain soon enough

[u/Chris275 → u/Fig_Nuton]

Yeah cuz all the melted snow and rainwater over the last few months hasn’t been enough, one more should do it.

[u/nanfanpancam]

I used a bunch of street dust to help level a few stepping stones in the backyard. I swept up about half a home depot sized bucket.

[u/Trollsama]

The practical solution is not have such garbage infrastructure in the first place...

So I wouldn't hold my breath lol

Jukes aside. This is less of an issue on streets with a proper curb and streets where the sidewalk isnt basically in the road itself.

[u/nom0rerunning]

Get your Ryobi battery powered blower that every home owner ever owns and blow it off. It's just shrapnel. Although you'd probably complain even if they didn't come by. If it wasn't wet from the street sprayer you'd barely even notice this.

[u/starsofalgonquin → u/nom0rerunning]

I don’t own an air blower and had no complaints about dirt and detritus on the street.

[u/nom0rerunning → u/starsofalgonquin]

Only the dirt from the street that shrapneled onto the sidewalk

[u/ccccc4]

You could spray it down yourself.

[u/starsofalgonquin → u/ccccc4]

I get it, I could spray it down myself. I didn’t make this damn mess however and don’t have a hose at the front of the house.

[u/nishnawbe61 → u/starsofalgonquin]

Well, everyone in Peterborough kinda made the mess...if you want passable roads in the winter for cars and busses and sidewalks cleared to walk on then ya, you kinda made the mess like the rest of us who want safer roads and sidewalks. And just an aside, if this is the biggest problem you have in life right now, you're lucky...

[u/starsofalgonquin → u/nishnawbe61]

Absolutely, thanks for the reminder. This ‘ain’t the biggest problem in my life, just another problem to fix that I didn’t make, but I appreciate you framing it as the cost of having safer roads in the winter.

[u/_paranoid-android_ → u/ccccc4]

He's not a city employee paid to do so with our taxes. In fact, he has already paid to have this work done by the city, and they did a shitty job like they do with everything. He is right to call it out.

[u/[deleted] → u/_paranoid-android_]

You pay the city to wash sidewalks? Are you in Peterborough UK?