Accismus

In an attempt to combat my habitual blindness to my everyday surroundings (and to give me something more positive to focus on than how irritating everyone around me is), I am going to try to take note of at least one interesting thing per day and describe it on this blog.

G-train conductor: “We are approaching the final stop on this G-train. When you exit the train, please be sure to take all your belongings with you, as well as any refuse, plastic drink receptacles, food containers and etc. On behalf of the train crew, we would like to thank you for riding with MTA, New York’s premier choice in public transportation.”

Lots of people all around Midtown East today wearing marathon completion medals.

Outside my office building, I saw an elderly man with a long, snowy beard, wearing a hunter green windbreaker and bike chain as if he were a bike messenger. He was too old to be a bike messenger, however, and was standing sadly astride his bike, which was painted black and had odd, red streamers coming out of the handle bars, and which had fallen over in the street. He stood there for a bit, looking around him mournfully, then remounted and wobbled up Madison Ave.