ם Highway Robbery

Posted on June 22, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Sunday morning. Needed to buy groceries for the week. Strapped on bag, grabbed bike. Tried to leave apartment. Door won’t open. Lock jammed.

Call super. No answer. Call building manager. No answer. Call landlord. No answer. Call landlord’s emergency number. No answer. Leave voicemail. Call locksmith. Finally, an answer.

Locksmith comes. $55 just to show up.

Locksmith drills out my lock. $285.

Locksmith replaces my lock. $400.

Locksmith does… something else? Something locksmithy? $95.

Ah, plus tax. $69.

$904 later, I still don’t have any groceries. Hmph.

ם Things I Saw Today…

Posted on June 5, 2008 at 8:56 pm

I thought about trying to express this in words, and realized a picture would be far more effective.

At 23rd St. and 6th Ave.

That is all.