Another New York Minute

So the show was great. It actually ended earlier than expected because it was the last day. We got time to walk around for a while then we headed back to the station, thinking that we shouldn't miss the train. (Duh!) Funny thing about walking around New York, you notice things you normally wouldn't think much of. Like all the black circles on the sidewalks that once were someone's gum. The sidewalk is covered with them. It's like a Dalmatians butt looking at the sidewalk. You know there had to be a lot of pissed off people walking around stepping in some pigs gum that they just spit onto the sidewalk.

Also, no parents walked with their kids without holding their hands. If they were with more than 1, they were holding onto both. I saw one woman walking with 4 kids, all holding hands. There's a good practice. I was glad to see it.

I also noticed that when a younger person was walking with an older person (presumably a Grandkid or kid of the older person) they would be holding their hand too. I wouldn't think much of it normally, but I saw about 10 different people doing this.

Inside the train station there was this irate woman getting on the Customer Service guy because she wanted to use her ticket for an earlier train. He nicely told her that she would have to stand in line and exchange it for another one. She started getting on him about how absurd that was and how it made coming to New York less attractive. She was insinuating that if he didn't do something maybe she wouldn't come back again. Like the guy could give a crap if she never returned. A few million other people would visit. Plus, he couldn't do anything about it anyway. She really thought she was going to get some special kind of treatment somehow. Maybe she was special?

Then there was Inspector Gadget in line. A mini version though. The guy couldn’t have been more than 4’ 10” tall, but he was dressed like Inspector Gadget. The hat and trench coat, everything. It was cool.

On the train home there was this guy sitting in the ‘Reserved for groups of 3 or more’ section. That’s the section where two seats are turned facing another two. He was sitting with his feet stretched across to the seat in front of him and the ticket guy came by and told him he had to take off his shoes if he was going to prop his feet on the other chair. So the guy takes his shoes off and puts them on the seat beside him. So now, not only is the seat in front of him dirty from his shoes and his stinky feet but the seat beside him is dirty from his shoes sitting there. Makes sense, no?

There are lots of other people things to discuss but I’m really busy today. I’m sure they’ll come out over the next couple of days. I actually started writing this post over 2 hours ago. I’ve been adding bits and pieces in between taking care of work stuff. It’s kinda hard doing that. I need time alone just to catch up, darn it!