No complaints.

I was an hour early to catch a LIRR Train out East so I figured I would have one last chance to have a chicken and rice before I left civilization.  As you can see to the right there are not many park benches in that part of Midtown, so I walked over the the front of Madison Square Garden an sat on the totally unused steps.


When I was sittin' there with my styrofoam container of food, I realized I was in a famous spot.  I was sitting in the doorway of "The world's most famous arena."  Tourists were taking pictures.  Whatever.

But when I was halfway done with my lunch a security guard hassled me.  He did not tell me I had to leave or that I could not eat there.  He just wanted me to stand up.  I was sitting next to this sign.>>>

He expected me to stand and eat my chicken and rice.  I did not think he hat to authority to make me stand and eat.  So I looked up and him and asked him if there was a sign that said "smiling is prohibited" would he ask me to pout.  He looked at me like I just strangled his bosses kitten.  I told him that I will be done with my lunch in 5 minutes.  He mumbled something incompressible and did not return with Homeland Security to enforce the prohibition of sitting.

The reason for my Saturday afternoon train ride was because I had a job that started at 4am on Sunday.  If you have to start work 50 miles from home at 4am  it comes with a hotel room.  When you boss pays for your hotel you don't complain about the view.  But here it is.  That is not a beach.  That is a pit next to the L.I.E.  Click here for a Google Map.

The people I worked with figured out that if you need a crew to start working at 4am you gotta feed them.  Otherwise, they will all show up a half hour late with a cup of 7-11 coffee in their hands.  They had a guy making eggs for us. On a grill.  On the beach. Nice.

There was nowhere to sit when I ate breakfast but I had this view of the sunrise.  No complaints.

Watta way to start the day.


Hey, then I worked very hard (and had a lotta fun) from 4:30 am to about Noon.

Gotta ride back to civilization and caught the subway home from Astoria.