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Posted: 6/19/13 at 6:55am
What is the most popular dining establishment in NYC?
Without a doubt, it's that heavenly dining locale, the NYC public transportation system!
Now one would think that the NYC subway would be the least appetizing environment imaginable in which to eat food. One would be wrong. Nothing, but nothing, deters the stalwarts who can't take five minutes out of their busy day so as not to shovel down food in front of their fellow riders.
Like you, sir. That's right, you. The young fellow eating your bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich right across from me this morning. Hey, .... careful now, watch that piece of egg being squished out of the roll as you chomp down on it mechanically without the slightest sign of pleasure. It may fall out.... Oh yes, there it goes, but no matter, it's just taking its rightful place between the soda bottle spilling its contents on the ground and the crumpled Dunkin Donuts bag. But watch that cup of coffee positioned precariously between your knees. You're not concerned it might spill? A foolish question, I know, for what would it matter if it did? And I must say, it's very considerate of you to put the wrapping paper and empty cup in that plastic bag when you're done. True, you just placed it under the seat and left it there, but who noticed and what does it matter anyway?
I'm so excited... The bus ride up Madison Avenue promises so many nice sightseeing opportunities... Except that the man sitting in the row in front of me has placed all his personal effects on the seat beside him so that no one else can sit there, and he's mechanically digging his fingers into an opened package of apple pastry strips and shoving them into his mouth one by one, sans napkin, crumbs falling about, all the while reading a document from his job, wholly oblivious to everything and all around him. Well, I'd thought I'd be sightseeing, but what a sight to see!
Time now to face the crosstown bus. Wait, what's that smell hitting me as I enter? Oh, nice hot soup on an 80 degree day in a packed bus! Gee, that man in the very first row is sure ingesting it vigorously! And that heady aroma wafting throughout the entire bus -- it just won't quit! Keep downing those spoonfuls at a steady pace, sir, -- really, do you ever stop for air? -- but did you ever think about the woman beside you? That it could spill on her, or that she, the driver, the rest of us may not want to smell what you're eating for our entire ride?
Just a typical fine dining day in NYC.
Without a doubt, it's that heavenly dining locale, the NYC public transportation system!
Now one would think that the NYC subway would be the least appetizing environment imaginable in which to eat food. One would be wrong. Nothing, but nothing, deters the stalwarts who can't take five minutes out of their busy day so as not to shovel down food in front of their fellow riders.
Like you, sir. That's right, you. The young fellow eating your bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich right across from me this morning. Hey, .... careful now, watch that piece of egg being squished out of the roll as you chomp down on it mechanically without the slightest sign of pleasure. It may fall out.... Oh yes, there it goes, but no matter, it's just taking its rightful place between the soda bottle spilling its contents on the ground and the crumpled Dunkin Donuts bag. But watch that cup of coffee positioned precariously between your knees. You're not concerned it might spill? A foolish question, I know, for what would it matter if it did? And I must say, it's very considerate of you to put the wrapping paper and empty cup in that plastic bag when you're done. True, you just placed it under the seat and left it there, but who noticed and what does it matter anyway?
I'm so excited... The bus ride up Madison Avenue promises so many nice sightseeing opportunities... Except that the man sitting in the row in front of me has placed all his personal effects on the seat beside him so that no one else can sit there, and he's mechanically digging his fingers into an opened package of apple pastry strips and shoving them into his mouth one by one, sans napkin, crumbs falling about, all the while reading a document from his job, wholly oblivious to everything and all around him. Well, I'd thought I'd be sightseeing, but what a sight to see!
Time now to face the crosstown bus. Wait, what's that smell hitting me as I enter? Oh, nice hot soup on an 80 degree day in a packed bus! Gee, that man in the very first row is sure ingesting it vigorously! And that heady aroma wafting throughout the entire bus -- it just won't quit! Keep downing those spoonfuls at a steady pace, sir, -- really, do you ever stop for air? -- but did you ever think about the woman beside you? That it could spill on her, or that she, the driver, the rest of us may not want to smell what you're eating for our entire ride?
Just a typical fine dining day in NYC.
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