New York Minute 138 - Liquor Stop

I was out walking with my camera last evening when a brightly lit liquor store caught my eye. There were no cars parked in front of the store and no garbage bags piled on the sidewalk, so it seemed like a good subject for a photo.

As I was setting up the shot, a taxi cab pulled up in front of the store. At first I thought that he might be picking someone up - taxis use apps now to compete with the ride sharing companies - but he sat there for a while. My next guess was that the guy was taking a break to catch up on personal communications, because taxi drivers never look at their phones while driving (sarcasm).

Given the delay, I recomposes to include the taxi in the photo and made some exposures. I figured that he would move along eventually, but I didn’t want to stand there doing nothing. I thought that it might be funny to juxtapose the cab with the liquor store. It turns out that it wasn’t funny at all.

Eventually, the driver got out of his cab and went into the liquor store, where he made a purchase. When he came back out to his car, he took a drink from a bottle. I cannot confirm that he was drinkin from the bottle that he purchased at the liquor store - perhaps he had a water bottle in the car - but it looked pretty bad. 

Now, I’m in a quandary. Should I report the guy? It’s certainly not in the public’s best interest to have an alcoholic cab driver roaming the streets of New York. I’m not sure whom I should contact, but I have photos that show all of this unfolding.

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