Showing posts with label Weird RI. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weird RI. Show all posts

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Roosevelt Island Named New York City's Most Peaceful Tourist Spot And Place To Find Some Zen - Uh Oh, Locals Not Feeling The Zen, Heckle A Tourist Or Forget About Riding The Tram Ever Again, Who Squealed They Say

According to Time Out NYC:

Casago, a vacation rental property management company servicing homeowners and guests in Mexico and the U.S., actually did a study to find the most peaceful tourist spots across the U.S., and found that Roosevelt Island is New York City’s top spot to find some zen....

Local Instagram satirist Weird RI humorously reflects the views of many Roosevelt Island residents not happy with publicity encouraging tourists to visit Roosevelt Island by suggesting:

... Heckle a tourist today or forget about riding the tram ever again.

Other residents commented:

  • Find the person who squealed. Make them ride the tram line (from Manhattan) at 12:30 pm on a beautiful Saturday afternoon - no elevator,
  • I have zero zen squeezing onto the tram getting home on weekends, 
  • it’s a terrible place to visit please don’t come here…,
  • Are you kidding, going there is horrible! There’s no subway working, the tram is crowded. Just to arrive and see nothing but residential buildings! What a waste of time and money,
  • We all have leprosy, don’t come here,
  • It's awful here. Stay away.
Not to mention the not very Zen like Swinging Tram ride.

By ROOSEVELT ISLANDER at 8:30:00 PM 0 comments

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Weird Roosevelt Island Illustrates Absurdities Of RIOC Communications Spin With Story On Not Yet Open Sportspark Pickleball Courts And Storage Of Removed Basketball Hoops From Site

Reported last December: 

Roosevelt Island is joining the Pickleball Craze with 2 new outdoor courts installed by the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) in the area behind Sportspark that used to be a basketball court....

But since then, there has been no word from RIOC when Roosevelt Island residents will be able to play Pickleball at the outdoor Sportspark courts, nor any word from RIOC when the Sportspark indoor recreational facility will re-open. 

The Weird Roosevelt Island Instagram Page has their own unique, humorous perspective illustrating the absurdities of RIOC communications spin with a story on the not yet open Sportspark Pickleball Courts and the storage of the removed basketball court hoops:

RIOC President and CEO Shelton J. Haynes is proud to announce the completion of Phase 6a of Mission: Pickleball, RIOC’s celebrated plan to bring pickleball to the people of Roosevelt Island. “We Found a Place To Ditch The old Basketball Hoops,” Haynes said in a RIOC press release. “This Historic Day Marks Another Leap Forward in Our Continued Efforts to Provide This Great Community the Popular Leisure Sports it Demands.”

Forgoing the typical multi-year waiting period for spots in Motorgate, the hoops will be stored near the outdoor space heaters in the Northtown Stuff Repository until they can be stripped of their paint and smelted down to raw ore at the RIOC Large Metalworks Forge.

Humor reveals much that is true.

More on Weird Roosevelt Island, our version of the Onion, at prior post.

By ROOSEVELT ISLANDER at 5:48:00 PM 0 comments

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Weird Roosevelt Island Instagram Page, Our Version Of The Onion With Local Satire, Humor And Truth Exposes Absurdities Of RIOC And Life Here On Roosevelt Island - Take A Look And Subscribe

If you're looking for a good laugh about life here on Roosevelt Island, I strongly recommend subscribing to the Weird Roosevelt Island Instagram Page: 

All photos are from Roosevelt Island, all captions are totally made up.

I told Weird Roosevelt Island how much I enjoyed the site and asked if he/she had any message to the community. The reply was:

The only thing I would like people to know is I genuinely love living here, so I’m trying to laugh with, not laugh at.

Here's a sample of Weird Roosevelt Island, humor and truth.

Click here to subscribe to the Weird Roosevelt Island Instagram Page, our version of The Onion.

By ROOSEVELT ISLANDER at 2:48:00 PM 0 comments

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