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The Incongruous CityMrs L sees and hears it on the streets of ManhattanSaturday, September 13 A car alarm directly across the street from my living room window went off for forty-five minutes before I called 311, the city services hotline. First, however, I taped a note to the window of the car saying, ‘YOUR CAR ALARM IS STUCK! PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD!’. Within 10 minutes of calling 311, a squad car was there, and one of New York’s finest was writing a ticket. I walked across the street. "Hi, I’m the one who called." The officer looked up. "Are you also the one who wrote the nice note taped to the window?" "Yes, I am!" I said. "But I did restrain myself from throwing eggs." The officer told me to call 311 again and have the car towed, since they couldn’t turn it off. I went inside and told my daughter what he said. "But mommy," she said, ‘If you have their car towed, you’ll ruin their day." True. I didn’t call 311 back. The alarm stopped about ten minutes later. previous | next | back to main page |
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The boundless empathy of the young is always something impressive. Some days I’ll listen and agree to be a bit more patient. Other days, I can just as easily reach for the egg carton. Human moments, I guess.
[Posted by Lee on 09/13 at 03:14 PM]
It seems, with the world being what it is, it doesn’t take a lot to jangle my nerves. It would have been my impulse to have the vehicle towed as well. Your daughter, however, considered the owner’s wellbeing and that made me think about the fact that maybe the youth of today aren’t as self-absorbed as they’re often made out to be. Yay.
[Posted by andy on 09/16 at 04:57 AM]
This is totally off topic…with your level of intelligence have you considered joining American Mensa? Just curious.
[Posted by Jan on 09/22 at 01:42 AM]
WE all at ASAP are wondering how you are now doing after your Chiari surgery . thanks
[Posted by Roz from www.asap.org on 10/02 at 12:44 PM]
You raised a sensitive caring child. I wouldn’t have expected anything less of you Rosanne.
[Posted by Ali on 11/16 at 09:27 PM]
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