New York Minute 178 - Errand Obsevations

I haven’t been writing about my city experiences lately. Due to the ongoing pandemic, I spend most of my time indoors. I did go out to run errands last Saturday, and I observed some interesting behavior along the way.

First, I encountered a man who was smoking a water pipe while sitting in his car. The pipe wasn’t in the car with him; it was on the sidewalk. A young lady was crouching down to hold the pipe in place,a presumably to keep it from tipping over. This seemed like a high level of dedication for something that she was not able to enjoy herself.

The guy sat in the driver’s seat with his door open. He had run the hose from the pipe up over the top of the car door. As I walked past, I wondered why the they hadn’t just opened the window so the hose wouldn’t have to stretch up so far. That seemed sensible. As I reflected on it later, I realized that nothing in this situation has made any sense. 

When I stopped by the post office, two women in the lobby were screaming obscenities at each other like characters in one of the viral “Karen” videos that are all the rage these days. The husband of one of the ladies taunted her nemesis by claiming, “I’ve got the whole thing on tape!” Wonderful! I can’t wait to relive that nightmare!

On the way home, I passed two young ladies who were putting money into a parking meter. They were wearing matching ‘Black Lives Matter’ T-shirts and matching black masks, but the masks were pulled down under their chins. My first thought was, “Ladies, if your lives really do matter, you’d better wear those masks properly.”