SO, I'm sitting at home thinking of a neighborhood that I've never been to, and it just occurred to me that there isn't a neighborhood that I haven't visited; growing up in New York City makes that much of a difference in ones life.
I won't write a creative narrative about a voyage I had to an un-known neighborhood, but I will write a creative narrative about an ackward experience I once had in a very well-known neighborhood--let's just call it a narrative because it really isn't all that creative.
It was a cold winter day in the Lower East Side and I was walking to my internship, The New York Theatre Workshop. It was a day like no other; I was late to my internship and I had to make a quick stop to grab my bacon egg and cheese on a toasted bun, ketchup on the side and cafe-con-leche from a local bodega. East 4th street was busy as usual with all the Tisch kids dancing to class in their leotards, the hipster with their trendy fall jackets that they love to wear in 10 degree weather and the local junkies begging on the corner for their next fix.
As I turned the corner of the block on this very normal day, I noticed this man in between two parked cars in front of my internship building; again, I didnt make anything of it because the City has it's fair share of wierdos. I walked by and said 'Wassup' in a very cheery New York 'Good Morning' tone. But as I walked by him I noticed something very odd, you see he was reading a newspaper, slouched, with his pants down. It just hit me that this man was taking a dump on a busy street in front of my internship building.
It then occurred to me that this man taking a poop in between two parked cars wasn't the wierd part of this story; the wierd part of this story is that there were people walking by him not surprised that this man was doing the doo-doo in public! In fact, there were people who just smiled!
So as I walked up the stairs and entered my internship building, I couldn't help but stand there and watch this man finish pooping--oh don't worry, the janitor watched along with me.
one word: LFMAO!!!!! Very descriptive. The images of the NYU students completely match what you really see when you walk in LES. And that is soooooo New York for no one to stop and notice someone taking a dump in the middle of the city.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh that was hilarious!!! The ending with the janitor was priceless. I can't believe you actually witnessed that. But weird things happen all the time here and I'm so taken a back by what people just shrug off and ignore. Plus I love the fact that you had a side of ketchup to go with your sandwich. Ketchup is, by far, the best condiment.
ReplyDeleteHaha I love it! I am constantly surprised by how large a capacity for shock the people in New York have. Nothing phases anyone! I love that you pointed out that people were smiling as they walked by. A lot of people just think things like this are funny and I mean, they are, but how strange!
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