So far there have been 0 days this winter that I couldn't bike. A few days ago was close, but I also wouldn't have driven if it were any worse.

And notice most of the commenters don’t even live here.

If only winter didn’t exist.

I moved away from Cambridge in the summer, but still visit this subreddit to see what’s shaking and baking in Cambridge. Good to see the bike wars persist!

Wait, disliking cars means I have no responsibilities or obligations anymore? Awesome! I thought I would have had to walk, bike, or take the bus to my full time job today but nope, I’m in the clear! /s

LOL. There's always an excuse for each bad review.

Also saw this (edited from a 5 star to 1 star review): "...to the point of personally insulting customers and spam emailing their Violette subscriber list with matters completely unrelated to the Violette business (such as giving away their personal items and furniture)."

And from another response, apparently if you're from Western mass you can't possibly be a customer there?

Oh no the bicycle wars are back. Please no. I thought they all moved to a different sub or something.

Some other gems:

• buying 1 cookie does not make you a customer
• accuses a negative reviewer of being an ex-employee or friend of an ex-employee
• apparently her staff can't handle phone calls, so you should email/text their business. oh they don't answer phone calls either apparently LOL
• someone drove an hour to pickup a cake a half hour early and the owner's response wasn't "so sorry, we should have made that right" - it was to defend their "10am saturday pickup NO EXCEPTIONS" policy. Wacky considering they love to talk about how much people drive to their store.

The arrogance they show in their responses is just... insane.

Where is this comment from?

Ignorance, or insanity. If you browse their Google Map review responses, they strike me as someone not mentally well. A reasonable business owner responds to 1 star reviews with "I'm so sorry you had a bad experience, let me make it right - email me at <first.last>@<business.name>.com. Next glutten free muffin is on me too". An insane business owner responds with the following (directly copied and pasted from a 1 star review response):

> Not a customer. Slander and violation of Google terms. Clearly one of the bike cabal threatening small businesses if they speak out about public parking removal.

Personally I love this gem about how buying a cookie doesn't make you a customer at her shop either:

> NOT A CUSTOMER. FAKE BIKER REVIEW.FAKE BIKER REVIEW. The city is trying to take out public parking from the commercial centers in Cambridge. Merchants are of course, fighting this, as without parking, no customers. No customers, you fold. Cyclist who LIVE in Cambridge agree that parking MUST remain. . Bike orgs, with members outside Cambridge are pushing this. IN A VERY FASCIST, Anti-democratic fashion, bikers are trying to CHILL DISSENT by the business community by writing these kinds of fake one start reviews, for anyone who speaks out, when they aren't customers. Since i've been saying this they buy 1 cookie to say they are customers. One cookie does not make you a customer. You all have zero understanding of how businesses operate or the economy for that matter. One day you will be ashamed if you are able to prevail in decimating commercial areas.

In the context of this post, we're talking about the relative benefits of walking vs driving. Camberville is walkable with enough time. And bike able every time, right on time, almost always in less time than driving.

Lol also the fact that she digs up customers'records and posts that in her responses...sounds like she has too much time on her hands (guess that's why she's walking so much?). Also loves to mention that they are short staffed it seems.

If only one of those responsibilities or obligations she had was to leash her obnoxious fucking dogs in Danehy Park. Instead, she walks around yelling into a phone and ignoring them while they make aggressive runs at leashed pups. I feel like I've really missed out on all those "smiles and comments with strangers" as she ignores everyone asking her to pay attention and leash her (ehhh, perfectly average lookin') dogs.

They could move their shop to the Burlington Mall. They'd get:

• ample free parking
• 0 bike lanes
• all the walking they could want around an indoor shopping mall

They'd probably lose half their customers who don't own a car and another chunk who do but won't drive to Burlington to listen to bike cabal rants, but hey, they could live out their dream of walking a bunch.

It's a good thing there's a whole system for getting around the metro without needing a car. A system which could be more reliable if business owners embraced bus and bike lanes rather than fight against them.

And bus lanes. The bitching and moaning about parking in North Cambridge got those bus lanes turned into rush hour lanes and off hours they're parking and loading zones. The 77 bus could allow this business owner to live north of Cambridge, easily commute to her shop and walk around and catch the bus when they need to get somewhere faster than walking.

Counting parking, it's faster for any trips under 30min in greater Boston. Usually 2x as fast as the T.

Read her Google Map review responses. She's insane. No reasonable business owner publicly responds to reviews with "you're not a customer in my database, you must be a member of the bike cabal!!".

It’s okay that Lee doesn’t like other modes of transportation besides driving - but why be so negative about it in arguably one of the most bicycle/pedestrian friendly and progressive cites in the United States? Just shooting her own foot here yet again, have an open mind!

That’s one of the most entitled things I’ve read here. My god. “I’m late all the time cause I can’t stop walking." Leave sooner? Her store is in Porter. It’s got a T stop and two bus routes. Take one of those? Also, it takes me longer to drive to work than walk if I also have to park.

In Cambridge. If you only need to ever do things in Camberville.

I love to park my ebike right in front of her shop when I make my appointments at the masseuse next door. I am always on time for those appointments along with my many other responsibilities.

She could have stopped after the third point and would have sounded much more pleasant.

What an inspired individual...

If only she weren't the leader of the business group fighting against bike lanes...