I HATE NY

Had my first I HATE NY blog last week, and apparently I was not alone in my distaste for this city because people have sent in a shitload of candidates for blogs in the future.  Including this pic a buddy got from the LIRR last week…

There are probably 1,000 other pictures out there like this, but they all represent the same thing: People have absolutely no self-respect or respect for others when using public transportation.

I don’t think anyone WANTS to be on the LIRR.  Nobody does it for fun.  People ride the Long Island Railroad because they NEED to be in the city.  Usually to talk about lax while doing a job they hate.  So what goes through a guy’s mind when he’s on a crowded car filled with disappointed commuters and decides it’s cool to stretch out and self-massage his naked feet?

Then there are these 2 gems…

By coincidence, both of these fine ladies are Asian, but I don’t think there is a part of their culture that we are all missing where it is the ultimate sign of respect for a woman to cut her toenails in front of a crowd of strangers.  Maybe there is a language barrier, but there shouldn’t be a common sense barrier where you can’t see that your urgency to trim those 10 little poker chips at the end of your toes does not trump my urgency not to get hit in the fucking eye with nail shrapnel flying off the blades of your clipper.

So put your fucking feet back in those red New Balance knock-offs… Canal Street next stop.

I HATE NY.

-Large

Quick add on: The nail clipper thing reminded me of a recent video of a woman (who looks like she could be my sister) shaving her legs while in a public pool in Florida a couple weeks back.

But at least in a public pool, you sort of concede you’re treading in human soup already.

TAR

-L