Thugs vandalising a town centre? No, these drunks spent 15 mins FIXING a bike rack

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These photos may look like they show typical drunken hooliganism by a group of drunks who have decided to wreck a bike rack whilst they walk home.

But, in fact, they show a group of drunks FIXING a bike rack.

The lads were queueing for kebabs - the staple food in Britain for those who have just had a boozy night out - in Boston, Lincolnshire when the broken bike rack caught their eye.

CCTV footage shows the group putting down their takeaways and planning a repair strategy, before using their muscles to unbend the thick metal hoop which had been damaged when a car reversed into it.

Video footage shows the group discussing their tactics before spending almost 13 minutes straightening the metal hoop at 3am.


All together! The group of lads abandon their takeaways to try and pull back the severely bent bike rack in Boston


Heave-ho! The group can be seen gritting their teeth as they embark on their good deed




The group discuss their strategy and recruit two other helpers to fix the dented rack, which a car had reversed into


The group can be seen shouting encouragement at each other as they end their night with a charitable act



The group spent the best part of 15 minutes pushing and pulling the dented rack - and have been praised as 'public spirited'


That deserves another kebab! Pleased with their hard work, the group are congratulated by an admiring crowd

When that fails, they rope in two others, who then sit on the other side and push to help the trio who pull with all their might.

After repairing it, they can be seen high-fiving each other and been giving the thumbs-up by a crowd who has watched their efforts.

The damage had been reported to the council but the young men stepped in before it was repaired.

Boston Borough Council said it was surprised by their actions and called it 'public spirited'.

Councillor Stephen Woodliffe, from Boston Borough Council, said he had found it 'remarkable' as he watched the men on the CCTV footage.

'Young people often get a bad press and this shows there are some who want to contribute to their society and do the right thing,' he said.





 

EagleSmack

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When we were kids... one day we had the crazy idea of cleaning all the trash out of the creek in our neighborhood. You know, tires, shopping carts, etc.

Once we got going a lady came out and asked what we were doing and we told her. She went back in her house... moments later she told us she's calling the cops.

The cops show up and we told them we were cleaning the trash out of the creek. He shrugged and his face twisted a little as he paused taking that in. Then he said...

"Do me a favor kids... go play baseball or something."


lmao

(we actually did go play baseball and then swimming... not in the creek though. It was full of trash.)
 

IdRatherBeSkiing

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When we were kids... one day we had the crazy idea of cleaning all the trash out of the creek in our neighborhood. You know, tires, shopping carts, etc.

Once we got going a lady came out and asked what we were doing and we told her. She went back in her house... moments later she told us she's calling the cops.

The cops show up and we told them we were cleaning the trash out of the creek. He shrugged and his face twisted a little as he paused taking that in. Then he said...

"Do me a favor kids... go play baseball or something."


lmao

(we actually did go play baseball and then swimming... not in the creek though. It was full of trash.)

There was probably the issue of legal liability if one of you had drowned. If you had killed all the lawyers first, then maybe you could have cleaned the creak unfrettered.
 

EagleSmack

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There was probably the issue of legal liability if one of you had drowned. If you had killed all the lawyers first, then maybe you could have cleaned the creak unfrettered.

Considering the creek at it's deepest was below our knees... we would have been alright.