<![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - incivility]]> 10 <![CDATA[The price of leaving an abandoned bathtub in Palma: Fine of up to 1,500 euros]]>

The Local Police of Pama has identified a man who abandoned a bathtub in a public place and now, he faces a fine that could reach up to 1,500 euros. "Incivility has consequences," the force assured on social media, at the same time thanking citizen collaboration, as it was thanks to a neighbor's report that the incident became known.

]]> <![CDATA[Christmas lights]]> The Christmas lights have been coming on for days, and with them comes that curious effect where traffic in cities seems to intensify and become even more difficult, more aggressive, more—precisely—impassable. Traffic jams without tone or sound, cars blocking the way wherever they belong, congestion on main roads, horns, horns, horns. A dissonant symphony of horns, loudly proclaiming one of the characteristics of this time of year: the surge in all forms of incivility. People calling out, people pushing, people fighting in the street, in entertainment venues, in shopping centers. "It's the Christmas spirit," they proclaim, while then hurling insults at someone who has just passed by or walked in front of them. Meanwhile, the Christmas lights adorn the streets and avenues, the facades, the shop windows, and even the trees on the street, with those absurd condom-shaped lights that are screwed onto the trunks. Globalization makes the landscape more or less the same in all large cities of the Western world, and Palma, which thanks to tourism has all the disadvantages of a large city but none of the advantages, is an exception.

]]> <![CDATA[Discontent grows over the filth in Palma's overflowing containers.]]>

Watermelon remains, furniture, clothing, cardboard boxes, and all kinds of waste frequently pile up outside overflowing containers in several Palma neighborhoods. The situation creates an image of urban neglect and has become one of the main complaints from residents, along with noise. "You go for a walk and find a whole heap of trash devouring the containers," laments a resident of the Paseo Marítim.

]]> <![CDATA[The man who emptied houses and dumped their remains in the Foravila in Porreres has been identified.]]>

The head of the company that advertised itself on social media as one of the most affordable on the island for clearing houses or removing any kind of debris has been identified and brought to the attention of the competent authorities. modus operandi The man's way to cut costs was simple: he cleared the houses and dumped the remains in different places around Foravila, in this case the municipality of Porreres. Clean and tidy.

]]> <![CDATA[An Olympic windsurfer reports that he was almost run over by several jet skis in Portopetro.]]>

A new episode of incivility is rocking the Balearic Sea. Olympic windsurfer Nacho Baltasar has denounced, in a video posted on social media, the presence of boats and ships just meters from the coast, sailing at high speed and recklessly. In the video, the Mallorcan is diving in the Portopetro area, just a short distance from the surface, when a boat speeds over him. Several jet skis pass by up to three times.

]]> <![CDATA['Jostissi' from the alley]]> I know that violence should always be the last option. Or rather, I make a daily effort to convince myself that it should be that way, although there's a part of me that would like to give in to open and unscrupulous violence, to let myself go down the slide of vengeful fury and start dealing out until I'm completely exhausted. It would be good therapy. I'll ask my psychologist about it.

]]> <![CDATA[Llucmajor as a warning]]> The patron saint festivities of Santa Cándida in Llucmajor made the news not because of the quality of the performances or because they were particularly bad, but because there were three people injured in fights, alcohol poisoning, and fireworks burns. These people who were injured were only the most visible part of a weekend that had little to do with a summer festival. It was much more like an out-of-control party at a bad nightclub, with alcohol comas and substance poisoning, nervous breakdowns, low-intensity physical violence, extremely high-intensity verbal and gestural violence, reckless driving of cars and motorcycles, shouting, vomiting, urine, and manure. As if everything we usually associate with mass tourism, and with the run-down areas of Palma and Playa de Palma, had been transferred to the center of Llucmajor. In a way, this is what happened, and not suddenly.

]]> <![CDATA[Two tourists steal wheelchairs from Son Sant Joan to race at the airport.]]>

Another incident involving tourists at Palma Airport. Two young men have stolen wheelchairs that Son Sant Joan has set up for people with mobility issues, allowing them to perform runs and tricks in the baggage claim area.

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