Cleaning Up Finally Pays Off
Last night after work I cleaned the kitchen and took the trash out. When I got outside, I decided to sweep the front of the house: trash area, sidewalk, gutter, tree pit — I even swept part of the sidewalk in front of the neighbors’. I think I was kind of hepped up on all the caffeine I had had throughout the day and needed to burn it off. I picked up every last cigarette butt, quarter water container, and Doritos bag and put it in the bag I was putting on the curb. Shit was sparkling. As I swept up the last heap of trash in the gutter, squatting between two cars, I realized that there was a dollar among the refuse. Kinda nasty, but far be it from me to leave money on the ground.
I guess my class privilege (aka, desire not to live in filth) handed me that extra buck. Hm?
September 28th, 2007 at 3:26 pm
You should go to the 99 cent store and buy yourself something pretty.
September 28th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
but how would he choose which one to go to?
September 28th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
when i lived over by atlantic and 5th ave, on a couple of occasions i found cash money. once it was a couple of $20 bills, then later my roommate found 2 fifties in nearly the same spot. i can only hope it was drug money.
i highly recommend Calypso Discount, on broadway at Halsey, mostly cuz of the name.
September 28th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
XTRA>Calypso
September 28th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
aw, xxtra’s got you dazzled with its glitter and flashy displays! tho i admit i too have fallen for its siren song more than once.
September 28th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Up here in fancier North Bushwick we have Family Dollar — the department store of dollar stores! There’s Bueno Bonito Barato on Knickerbocker but it smells like Mistolín and Fabuloso mixed together.
September 28th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
fancier? Jimmy let the war begin. Defend SoBu will you?
October 1st, 2007 at 10:46 am
Family Dollar isn’t a dollar store, though
October 1st, 2007 at 11:14 am
Bueno Bonito Barato = Greatest Store Name Ever
i know when i’m beat!