Distracting Devices, Double Parked Trucks And Too Much Perfume
There are hundreds of things that are daily annoyances in New York. But to live in New York you have to be impervious to many of them. Bad behavior is avoidable, but many New Yorker’s think they are above everyone else and the rules of civility or the law do not apply to them.
Obviously the sort of behaviors described below are not confined to New York City, but seem to flourish here. Here are my top 10 stupid/rude/self-centered actions that get my blood pressure rising.
Tell me you haven’t seen this on the streets of New York?
1 – People Who Walk Around With Those Giant Golf Umbrellas (a.k.a the inconsiderate bastard umbrella)
Okay its raining, you don’t have to cover an area the size of Missouri with your ginormous umbrella which is more appropriate for the beach rather than city streets.
They are called golf umbrellas and unless you are playing a round at Augusta, they are too big for the city. EVERY time you pass a person with one of these monstrosities they always bump into your umbrella or nearly take out an eye. The people carrying them are unapologetic dunderheads.
2 – Women Who Douse Themselves In Perfume
Perfume is worse than farting
Let’s get one thing straight: 99 out of 100 people do not need perfume.
This is not 1789 Louis XVI France where people never bathe or modern France where they bathe twice per year.
Of course some women aspire to smell like strippers, but unless you are going for the pole-dancer scent you don’t need perfume or cologne to make you smell decent. Regular showering and soap use is quite enough.
If you are putting on more than the tiniest amount of perfume we can smell you and let me tell you – you STINK! No one else is going to tell you, so I will. You could kill an army with the amount of perfume you’re wearing and you don’t even realize it.
In a subway, bus, elevator, restaurant or other enclosed place you, Ms. Valentine Valentina Assoluto wearer, are more offensive than the stinkiest gas emission from your arse.
So let me reiterate- perfume is not sexy and no one likes your god-awful perfume except you. So stop wearing so much of it. By the way, this goes for men too.
3 – Those Who Text While Crossing the Street
New York City recently started a campaign where they have painted the word “L O O K” in big bold white letters on the ground at major intersections. Continue reading →
