October 09, 2003
One of those moments...
"Hey!..It's not a performance place it's a subway!"
I almost stopped this ass and asked him why he yelled this to the woman who was singing at the bottom of the Back Bay stairway in the station this evening, but I didn't.
He was an average looking white guy, mid-fifties, grey hair, stern look, and a chip on his shoulder.
He said this in passing to the woman. Bent down as he was coming down the stairs (as if he was gonna compliment on her singing, or perhaps throw some money in her guitar case. But no, he yelled this to her. I watched as her face went from smiling to confused and irritated.
Why did you do that you ass? Why are you such an ass?
Why didn't I say something. I stopped at the bench that he sat down at, I thought about that scene in Magnolia, when Tom Cruise's character says in response to the interviewer "...I am quietly judging you...". I was also, so I left. I'd like to think that is why I didn't say anything, perhaps ultimately, it's because I'm jaded, I've seen this type of behavior from asses like this, time and again. I surely have done this to someone myself somewhere along the way.
Why is it that we feel the need to bash on people's good will, and willingness to take the chance, and risk in living a different life than we?
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