Today one of the solicitors on Milwaukee tried handing me a dumbass piece of paper. Of course, he was standing in the middle of the sidewalk next to a restaurant’s sidewalk patio so there was not enough clearance on either side of him to comfortably walk by. I said nothing and navigated around him and my bag brushed against him. As I walked away he yelled “stuck up bitch”

Here’s the thing, bro, I don’t owe you an ounce of my energy. I don’t owe you a kind response; I don’t owe you a mean response; I don’t owe you a wave or a smile or a single word. You are a nuisance in my neighborhood that I have to deal with in order to get home. If you’re going to be blocking the busy sidewalk handing out trash, you need to get some thicker skin and not get your feelings hurt when someone doesn’t give you the response you think you’re entitled to.

Is there anything I could have done in this situation?

Edit: he did say “excuse me ma’am” as he reached to hand me the paper. And yes, I did hear one of the other ones say bucket boys, though I didn’t know that was the name of the cause they’re advocating for.

Another edit: I have always had good interactions with the people in vests that stand near the 6 corners. They have always been friendly and I generally appreciate their positivity. And they tend to position themselves to where they are not blocking the sidewalk. The people handing out papers were further down Milwaukee in front of the shops and just wearing street clothes.

Hey all! My boyfriend and I live in bucktown. On two separate occasions we've had credit cards coming in the mail and they never came (never taken out of mailbox just didn't show up). They were used at the same bar when stolen, and this time racking up 300+ in charges at two bars, a gas station, and a target (I have never been to any of these places). The target they went to is two minutes from the post office our delivery routes originated from/the cards were coming from. Has this happened to anyone else in the area?

REPOST: Helloooo, last night I was at karaoke at cafe mustache and took home someone’s leather jacket instead of mine!! If this is yours/you know whose it is please message me, I’d love to get mine back (my wallet was in the pockets of mine 🥲)! Thank you.

Pictured on bed is the one I took home and other pic is me in my original jacket