Richard Martin won’t be winning a super of the year award anytime soon. Martin, a Bay Ridge super known as the “Crazy Sign Guy,” leaves sweet little notes for his mostly Middle Eastern tenants like:
“To all tenants: If you don’t know how to read, there are 3 airports, pick 1 and keep going and don’t come back.”
And when someone tore down his Christmas decorations he turned into a real Scrooge:
“Dear Scumbag, If I catch you, I will kill you where you are. You don’t want to f*** with the Irish.”
And thanks to Right in Bay Ridge, here’s a picture of one of his “suggestions.”
He says he writes the notes because the building often receives summonses for trash collection. Of his tenants:
“They’re Arabs, they don’t give a f***. They don’t listen. They write back, ‘F*** you, get a life,’ but they spell my name s-u-p-p-e-r, not super. They’re so dumb.”
Source: NY POST
The NY Daily News also featured an article about the charming man today. This time Martin was the one busted for being a slob: after letting his dog poo on the sidewalk, Martin promptly picked it up in a napkin and threw it into the street. His pissed off neighbors say he does it all the time.
Nasty notes aren’t Martin’s only forte. Once, he moved all the trash cans up to the roof so tenants had to climb five flights of stairs to throw out their garbage. He also refused to install new light-bulbs in the hall after they were stolen.
This isn’t the first time Martin has made the news. He’s popular among local bloggers such as Beehivehairdresser.com and Right in Bay Ridge. Check out an exclusive interview with Martin at The Bay Ridge Rover.
Finally, here’s a picture of Martin with his sweet Pekingese dog, Pretty Girl. This has got to be the biggest picture of irony I’ve ever seen.
