Would you lick the floor of your subway??

Yesterday I think I saw the most disgusting thing I've seen in quite some time. And I live in NYC where people openly having sex or urinating in public is what I call "Wednesday morning commute."

Here's what gave me the heebee jeebies: on the subway a woman got on with a stroller and her kid. She sat down, and pulled out a little toy for the kid to play with. The kid of course instantly put the toy in his mouth. Cute kid too...I did the prerequisite funny face to make the baby smile. I always do that. Why? Not just kids either, adults too. That's weird isn't it?

Anyway, after two seconds of gnawing on the toy, the kid dropped it on the floor. Now, most people I know who drop things in the subway will just leave it down there. Those floors are covered with dirt, grime, spit, old newspapers, spilled cofffee, urine, anthrax...you name it, it's down there. And once you drop something, it stays down there because no sane person wants it back after it's covered in city sludge.

So after the kid drops the thing, I thought the mother would take the toy away from the child and either dispose of it, or spray it with antibacterial whatever, and then dispose of it. I thought that, but I thought wrong. Nope...without missing a beat, she picks the toy back up off the floor and hands it back to the kid. Who proceeds to instantly put it back in his mouth.

Pause for universal sound of puking.

Don't get me wrong. I am a big fan of the 5 second rule. You drop something...you have 5 seconds to pick it back up, dust it off and put it in your mouth. Oh like you're going to waste a perfectly good Oreo.

But a child's toy...falling onto the subway floor...

Pause for puking sound.

And there's more! The kid dropped it again, the mother picked it up AGAIN and then the kid put the toy back in his mouth AGAIN.

Pause for puking sound.

Who knows, maybe eating subway grime is actually good for your health. You get all those germs and bacteria partying around in your body and they all cancel each other out. But to me, that was akin to geting on all fours and licking the floor directly. Mmmmm, subway.....

I'd like to give a shout out to Craig in Albuquerque. Who I believe to be my first non-eastern seaboard fan!!! Apparently he was looking through other people's blogs and mine was the first one he came to which was in English. I thought that was hilarious, and a much better excuse than "I was trying to find a porn site". Which is how I know the rest of you people found me. Glad to talk to you last night Craig!! Please check out his blog!