Crazy People

I just wanted to share some of the weird/sick things I've seen people do thus far in NYC. First of all, there was the guy that was jerking off in his car in broad daylight on Riverside Drive right next to a walking trail. When I looked in his car window and he realized I had caught him, he immediately covered himself as if embarrased. I mean, if you didn't want anyone to see you should pick a more secluded area. Second, the homeless man that sits in the 137th subway station shaving off his fingerprints with a Bic razor. I'm not sure why he does this but it is by far the worst thing I've seen in my life. The other day I saw him doing it with a pair of scissors. Third, the couple of homeless men who have disturbing, yet creative, signs/ways of bringing in money. Homeless man #1: Sits on the cement up against the Gap everyday on my way to the subway from work. His sign reads "Why lie, I need a beer". Homeless man #2: This man has a whole set-up. He has a bed complete with pillows and a blanket along with a nightstand next to the bed which he sets up on the sidewalk. His sign reads "Pay me one dollar to tell me off". Homeless man #3: Parks his home (which is a shopping cart full of his belongings with various shopping bags hanging from it) in front of the building I work in and reads his bible. His sign reads "Please keep your money and your food. God bless you". Now, you have to give props to these men who creatively try to earn some sort of income. It's better than the man who stands in the middle of the subway car and says "Good morning everyone. I just got back from the hospital where they gave me my weekly chemo treatment for my brain tumor. I also have a bum leg, bad back, and broken arm. I have hepatits C as well as AIDS. I don't have any family and my dog just died. I am also a veteran. If you could please spare your change I would greatly appreciate it". Or the time a homeless woman stood on the subway telling us all how hungry she was and when my friend offered her some leftover stirfry she said, "No thank you, it bothers me to eat other people's food. Ya know what I mean?" There ya have it folks. I'll make sure to update you periodically on the strange things I see in this fabulous city.