scenes from the subway
scene: early afternoon on the Uptown F/V platform at 23rd Street
proximate bystanders: ~25
subject: oldish man with a cane wearing t-shirt and gympants combo
what happened: from a distance of about 75 feet, i watch as the man sets his cane against the tiled wall. a plastic bag (likely containing a paper bag) is between him and the wall. assuming a half-bending, half-leaning posture, the man drops his pants to his knees and procceds to shit into the bag (i'm assuming that his aim was true). then, to top it off, he wipes his ass with a roll of toilet paper that had apparently been squired in the waistband of his pants. now clean - another assumption - he pulls his pants up, reclaims his cane and replaces the TP in the waistband. he conducts a brief overhead inspection of the bag and then uses the cane to push it towards a nearby trashcan, where it stays as my train mercifully pulls into the station. i depart, questioning whether i still feel like eating the hummus sandwich i just bought for lunch.
Comments
Apes, it's really rude to stare.
Posted by: David | July 13, 2004 07:29 PM
yeah, i know. i kept turning away hoping that if i turned back it would have been some sort of mirage, but alas. for the record, i didn't see any actual excrement in freefall, but the act was pretty unmistakable.
Posted by: jamie | July 14, 2004 10:37 AM