Rats

If a company hires non-union workers in NYC, oftentimes the union workers will put one of these blow up rats outside the building in protest. The rats run on loud generators and they make me laugh. Labor dispute: not funny (I just read Meet You in Hell, afterall). Blow up rats: funny. This little guy was sitting right outside of Dunkin' Donuts; the building right next door is under construction.

NYC, 34th Street @ Park Avenue ~ 3/27/08

Dunkin' Donuts in Massachusetts: Just Different

I just returned from a nice little walk along the Beverly shore to Dunkies (what Massholes call it) for a spot of coffee. The lines go slower here compared to NYC, as you'd imagine, but that's okay by me because I get to soak up the local color. The dude in front of me had a bunch of terrible homeade tattoos and a wicked lot of thick silver hoop piercings in his ears. He was with some broad in a wheelchair and was orderin' her a croissant.

"Plain? With nothin' on it? Ok."

(To the cashier): "I'd like one croissant, and a lahge iced vanilla coffee with 5 shoogiz and 5 creams."