Random Shots Around Town
Periodically as I drive around town I see some random sights which make me stop and ponder. Either they’re silly, or they’re sad, or they’re just odd. Here are a few that have made me ponder, lately.
This broken-down receptacle is a blight on the street, while advertising “Operation Brightside” - one of those urban-renewal “make our streets pretty” kind of failed programs.
Next up we have a house that makes me laugh. Because if you’ve seen regular row houses like we have here in the city, especially around this area, you will notice that this one looks like a ham-fisted giant came by and slammed it into the ground, obliterating its lower story.
And last, and my personal favorite. I have seen these clothes-donation boxes springing up in various places around the city, and I admire them immensely. Here’s an organization whose whole business model is predicated on the fact that the people it is targeting either can’t or don’t read.
Who in their right mind wouldn’t rather give their old clothes and shoes to a charity organization, if they were paying attention?
And, you have to be fair, they say it on the side just as bold as brass “We gonna resell yo shit for dollas.” and you know that people do not read that. They do not pay attention. And I guess they deserve for some entrepreneurial soul to come and exploit that.
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