Luca KisieliusApr 23
Rolf Oldejans

A bus stop in Trzebież, Poland kept getting destroyed by vandals.

Local mayor installed a punching bag next to it.

Vandalism stopped completely.

Apr 15 at 7:54amWeb
Show threadElricApr 15
@rolf Can we get an exercise station at every bus stop?
Show threadPhil Dennis-JordanApr 15
@elricofmelnibone @rolf This is a double-edged sword. There are quite a few bus stops next to playgrounds and exercise stations in Seoul, South Korea, and I lost count of the number of buses we missed because we failed to corral the kids and ourselves back to the stop in time when the bus did come.
Show threadclewApr 16

“You can always catch the next bus”, a sign in the window of a used bookstore at a bus stop

Also they posted the schedule, pre-smartphones, very helpful

@pmdj @elricofmelnibone @rolf

Show threadFabian ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Apr 17

@clew @pmdj @elricofmelnibone @rolf "Also they posted the schedule, pre-smartphones, very helpful"

Is this not standard? Here in Austria *every* public transport stop has physical timetables which show the schedule + how long it takes to all the stations on the line.

Show threadElricApr 17
@BafDyce No longer the case here in Belgium, sadly. Some stops have no schedule. Other stops have incorrect schedules. Which is kind of fine, because they're all pure fiction anyway.
Show threadclewApr 17

Our system tries — a small picture-frame affixed to each bus stop pole, with the relevant timetable in it. Trying to remember why storefronts also posted them!

The poles do get vandalized, and the timetables are in small type and not always easy to read by streetlight. ??

Embarrassing: the realtime-updates phone app is so good that I can’t remember if my nearest bus poles have paper schedules.

@BafDyce @pmdj @elricofmelnibone @rolf

Show threadghostdancerApr 15
@rolf That's some creative solution.
Show threadJavierApr 15
@rolf nooo! now the vandals will get stronger!
Show threadOzzelot Apr 15
@javierarce
But so can those who want to stop them! The only solution to a bad guy with a punching bag, etc etc.
@rolf
Show threadDon ThompsonApr 15
@rolf Structure from which a punch bag was suspended, as reported in 2017, but recent StreetView image shows punch bag has been removed. Let’s hope only removed for maintenance!
https://epoznan.pl/news-news-79903-wandale_dewastowali_przystanek_autobusowy_soltys_zainstalowala_obok_worek_bokserski
Show threadswApr 15

@guardeddon @rolf

This is not the exakt same location as in the picture above ...
But maybe you did not want to the same place.

https://mas.to/@guardeddon/116408057829751031

Don Thompson (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @rolf Structure from which a punch bag was suspended, as reported in 2017, but recent StreetView image shows punch bag has been removed. Let’s hope only removed for maintenance! https://epoznan.pl/news-news-79903-wandale_dewastowali_przystanek_autobusowy_soltys_zainstalowala_obok_worek_bokserski

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Show threadDon ThompsonApr 15
@SaschaWenger @rolf
Pretty confident that it’s the same location. Looking through Streetview history the street ‘furniture’ has evolved. A notable match involves the ‘tag’ on the bus stop sign from Streetview to the OP’s image. OP’s image certainly predates Streetview of May 2023 and, likely, 2019 also (which correlates with the original report of 2017). Not my first image/geolocate/match effort.
Show threadMae ☾Apr 15
@rolf that's genius
Show threadVirgil Tibbs 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Apr 15

@rolf

depressing... men (i doubt any women involved) are soooo.... dump

Show threadLog 🪵Apr 15
@rolf Pave the desire path.
Show threadMike TorrApr 15

@rolf Call me a cynic but I'm actually quite surprised. I'd always assumed that vandalism was a result of nihilism brought on by frustration. I would have expected vandals to need to BREAK something, not just punch it.

Perhaps I underestimated people.

Show threadBärbel SchmidtApr 15

@rolf

In case someone needs a translation - the post is described as Dutch 🙂🙃🙂

Show threadDrGeckoApr 15
@tarbonam @rolf That's crazy. Dutch has too many vowels and Polish hardly has any.
Show threadGuBApr 15
@rolf
The radioactive radium elements inside of the bag helps a lot.
Show threadWilhelmsburger_InselRundblickApr 15
@rolf 😳
Show threadMUGISHA PHOCITApr 16
@rolf Hahaha,the mayor was creative and a problem solver.
We such people eveywhere we go to simplify our daily lives.
Or else ,we have to be the ones leading to positive changes.
Show threadDas Böse BüroApr 16
@rolf very unlikely. if people keeps kicking this sack with shoes, it will go in pieces,  in weeks.
Show threadRui Carneiro 🇵🇸🇱🇧Apr 16
@rolf they should spread similar ones but with Netanyahu, Trump, Ventura... faces printed. In Portugal it would be great, other countries can personalize.
Show threadDeixis9Apr 16

@rolf A good short term measure.

But what is attracting young men to punch bags and/or vandalism in Poland.

The punch bag is a means of building the strength to effectively vandalise someone's face.

It's not good for society either.

#toxic

Show threadRolf OldejansApr 16
@Deixis9 I agree totally! I consider it more a kind of signal of society.
Show threadDeixis9Apr 16
@rolf I lived in Poland for a few years so I think that qualifies me to suggest alcohol might be part of the problem.
Show threadWe don't need AI. AI needs us.Apr 16
@rolf
Genius!