When you put on headphones, the world turns into a music video. NYC’s the perfect place to do this, because people here are so unpredictable. Yesterday, I was minding my own headphoned business and exiting the subway station when I saw one woman angrily chuck a ball of paper at another.
The paper ball thrower was angry that the other woman bumped into her kid at the subway station. The kid, meanwhile, was fine and not splayed on the tracks or anything.
People bump each other all the time. Kids don’t look where they’re going, and parents often don’t watch their kids. So the world turns.
And the woman who had the paper ball thrown at her? Much smaller and younger than the other woman. Of course.
I hate to stereotype but I’ve found the people who are most defensive of their offspring on the subway platform are also the most likely to scream and slap them once they get on the train.
