So I had to run into work real quick to grab something and I saw the two oddest things. Right next to work there was this old man shoveling a pile of snow. Now just so everyone is clear, it snowed last week and this pile of snow was, by now probably frozen solid and gathered around a street sign at the base of the pole. It was quite evident it was not interfering with travel or daily life, except to this poor old man. I was just walking in the building when this all started to take place. Now...fast forward to me exiting the building. This old man had taken about half the snow from the pile and thrown it all over the sidewalk only to throw salt on it. Now I'm no genius but first of all what was the point of taking it out of the pile of snow if it wasn't bothering anyone to begin with and secondly its freezing or below outside, so even with the salt there, that sidewalk will turn into a nice little skating rink once the salt takes effect and turns it into liquid. That was number one, call me crazy but I found it interesting.
The second event took place at the bank, I had just pulled up to deposit a few checks and bam...this woman standing in the cold sneezed. Now I know this doesn't at all sound exciting but I mean this was a huge sneeze drawn out to like a 6 second count. Achoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. You get the picture. No real reason for it, so I figure she's just passing by and may have a cold, that could be a fair assumption. I do my business in the bank to come out and find her in the same position standing there with a cigarette in one hand, a scarf being hold over her face and 3 bags on the ground, by this time it was pretty clear that she was homeless and had taken this small piece of earth as her own little squatting ground. She almost reminded me of a pigeon, refusing to move for anyone. So that's pretty much it....maybe you just had to be there but I found them both odd and funny at the same time. This of course all happened within 10 mins of each other. Gotta love it.
The second event took place at the bank, I had just pulled up to deposit a few checks and bam...this woman standing in the cold sneezed. Now I know this doesn't at all sound exciting but I mean this was a huge sneeze drawn out to like a 6 second count. Achoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. You get the picture. No real reason for it, so I figure she's just passing by and may have a cold, that could be a fair assumption. I do my business in the bank to come out and find her in the same position standing there with a cigarette in one hand, a scarf being hold over her face and 3 bags on the ground, by this time it was pretty clear that she was homeless and had taken this small piece of earth as her own little squatting ground. She almost reminded me of a pigeon, refusing to move for anyone. So that's pretty much it....maybe you just had to be there but I found them both odd and funny at the same time. This of course all happened within 10 mins of each other. Gotta love it.
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