They really just don't make them like they used to.

A wish that I had gotten a picture of this today. But take a ride with me on a little adventure. So I have been extremely unwilling to buy food lately, mostly I blame this on the fact that the left turn signal at the traffic light that lets me turn into the supermarket is always red when I get to it... and I simply refuse to take the time out of my day to sit at the light and wait. Stupid light... can a brotha get a light to change every once in a while. Its all HELL. But anyway, since I had essentially no lunch prepared for today I decided to take a stroll down the block (maybe 3/4 of a mile) to the Burger King that was so conveniently built with me in mind no doubt. Upon leaving my building a down pour ensues, which I happened to really enjoy thoroughly (the rain is my favorite). Let me give you a rundown of the route I took.

KEY
Thunderbolt - My place of employment
Star - The "Event"
Heart - Burger King (if only it was Wendy's... literally be there every day)

Okay so now that you know my route things will make much more sense (actually me telling you the route in fact serves little to no purpose other than for me to get in some fun drawing time on my computer). As I'm walking down the Star road that takes me straight to Burger King there seems to me to be construction ahead in the distance, in fact they have the road on lockdown. So naturally my curiosity is tickled and I increase my pace. As I approach the construction site I see many things that honestly wouldn't surprise anyone...
1. About 10-15 guys just standing about talking as if they're planning something but we all know that's not the case.
2. Two dudes standing in a hole in the road (probably speaking of Hot Register Girl at Wendy's in Deposit NY or playing rock paper scissor or some other such thing).
3. People honking because of traffic at the side streets and they realize they're ****ed cause they can't get to where they want to go.
4. Cops at either end staring at the ground/at their cell phones and doing nothing about the honking, not even giving helpful directions.
5. A guy delivering pizza to some other construction workers huddled in a different corner (apparently trying to hide the fact that they ordered pizza from their bosses or other coworkers?)

and the most amazing thing of all that I saw, which I literally had to do a double take for, was the 70 to 80 year old guy in construction working garb shoveling dirt off of the sidewalk. This guy was seriously old... and he was literally the only person doing ANYTHING there.... there must have been 3 or 4 guys not much older than myself, young strapping lads, not as strapping as me naturally, who were just watching him work and eating pizza like 10 feet away. Not to mention when I walked by the old guy gave me the saddest look in the world... like he was abused his entire life and I was the only one who could save him.... like he would share with me his entire life story and it would have been so majestic that I would take him into my home and take care of him forever.... like the only good left in the world depended on me simply saying hello to him and assisting him in shoveling the sidewalk. It took me all my strength not to punch the dudes watching him/grab him by the hand and take him to BK for a real meal.

And possibly the worst part about everything is that on the way back the old guy was yet again the only person doing something (this time trying to pry up a sewer cap, & having one hell of a time doing it... nobody even noticed he was having issues the entire time... the guy must hate his coworkers for real).

They seriously do not make people like they used to.