The Man and His Dog on the Train

There really is something special in the relationship between a dog and its master. I got on the train as usual to go to work and to my right opposite of me was this older man sitting with a small dog on his lap. I observed how the man seemed worried about something and spoke to his dog. His companion sat there looking up at its master listening to every word intently. Imagine trying to get one of your kids to do that without fidgeting. LOL. 

The man pulled out a bag of Doritos Spicy and Sweet chips and both him and the dog ate from the same bag. Occasionally the dog would hear something that would catch his attention and momentarily lose focus in his master and the bag of chips only to return to the delicious treat. 

On and on the man spoke to the dog and the dog just returned to looking and listening. After a few minutes the dog got off of his lap and sat down next to him, deciding to get a better look at its surroundings before laying down. It made me realize that I really miss my dog. His attentiveness, especially when I had something to eat that Buddy would have love to have me share with him. :) 

It's amazing how we as humans can treat each other like shit but an "animal" like a dog treats up with the utmost and unconditional of love and affection. We can all stand to take notes and learn from these devoted creatures and in turn give them all we can as they do with us. 

FH

From The Mouth of Babes

I'm waiting for my son to come out from his side of the school and I notice there's a woman with a baby in a stroller and a small dog. The dog takes a shit on the sidewalk without the woman noticing. The small girl that I guess is with her points it out. The lady takes a piece of paper, picks it up and dumps it on the street next to the curb. The little girl takes the woman to task by asking her why she dropped the poop in the street. The woman tells her its in the street, no one will step on it. The girl asks but what if someone slips on it and falls down and gets hurt. All the woman can do is give a nervous laugh as the little girl (and the other parents for that matter) just stood there with her hands hips waiting for the woman to pick it up which by the way, the woman doesn't pick up the shit. Hey lady, nice way to reinforce the kid's positive behavior.

FH

The Guy and The Bulldog on the Subway

Here's an oldie but goodie that I found in my archives:

This guy gets on the downtown 4 train with a medium sized bulldog. As he stands against train doors, he turns on a portable DVD player and connects portable speakers to go along with it. Now the whole train has to hear his movie which is full of profanity. Here's where the Bizarro moment lies: he's also wearing headphones listening to music.

Someone taps him to get his attention. The man asks him to lower the volume since no one else really wants to hear his movie and movie guy has the nerve to get upset. As if. As with the lack of phone etiquette that some people are missing, there is no consideration for people who insist on playing either their music, or in this case their movie, at a loud volume. Put headphones on your DVD player. Oh right, you already had them on your music player. My bad.

Movie man acts in a way that the man who tapped him on the shoulder had invaded his personal space instead of the other way around. Union Square approached and I got off the train to make a connection to the downtown 6 train local. As I looked back, movie man was ranting and raving about God knows what as his dog just yawned and put his head down to take a nap. At least we see which of the two has the most common sense...Poor dog.