Hello!
Today is going to be a two-day summary, simply because yesterday wasn't that exciting. I'm kidding, it was, but not in summary format.
Day Nine
We went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and wondered around for almost three hours lost in the sea of art. My favorite painting was Blind Man's Meal by Picasso. We went to a nearby burger joint afterwards and had burgers and a lot of fries. By a lot, I mean two orders. After that, we split up. I went with my dad to his office and drank tea brewed from an amazingly awesome machine. My sister and mother went to buy tickets. We ended up running to the theater to see Dracula, the play. I kind of wished it was a musical, but it was still wonderfully acted out. Then, we went home and rested.
Day Ten
The morning started out with a short trip to a bagel shop, the same one that we went to on Day Five, and bought two muffins and chocolate roll. We walked to the subway station and ate our breakfast on the train. We rode to the World Trade Center where we boarded the PATH. The PATH, for those who don't know, is a train system that runs between New York and New Jersey. We rode to New Jersey and, after finally figuring out the complicated NJ transit system and the difference between Orange Street and Orange Station and being lost and throwing snowballs at a woman's face that was on a poster, we hopped onto a car driven by my mom's friend.
After an hour long ride, we arrived at Woodbury Outlet Mall, home to a ridiculously large outlet mall and fabulous discounts. The first store we went to had a 50% sale on the entire store! It was here that we stayed for three hours.
My mom's friend drove us all back to the light rail station** and we all rode back to the PATH station that took us back to the World Trade Center. Then we rode the subway towards our home in NY and walked the rest of the way there. In summary, we spent a lot of time travelling.
~LG607
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**Funny story time! As we were heading back to the station, there was a lot of traffic. By a lot, I mean enough to set us back one hour. At one point, we needed to switch from our current, empty lane to the crazy backed up lane. People wouldn't let us cut, so we had to slowly ease our way into the lane until the car behind us had to let us in. After finally getting in the lane, the car in front of us stopped. A lady opened the door, stood up, and started cursing at us. It went a little like this:
Lady: "You a**es!" (stops, returns to car, drives forward a little)
Us: (confused and a bit shocked)............(follows traffic)
Lady: (opens door again, stands from car) "Wait like the rest of us you a**es! You could have caused an accident you f***ing a**holes!" (closes door and sits in car, continues to follow traffic)
Us: (a bit confused and shocked) ...LOL (follows traffic)
There are some flaws to her complaint, so here is my personal letter to her.
"Dear Lady who honked and cursed at us,
'You a**es! Wait like the rest of us you a**es! You could have caused an accident you f***ing a**holes!'
Above is the exact quote of the words you cursed at my family and our friends. I understand that traffic is annoying, but there is no excuse to speak these words at us. Also, there are some flaws with your complaint.
1. Like you, we also have lives and things to do, so waiting all night to get in the back of the line is not ideal. Also, we would have blocked traffic in the middle lane if we chose to obey your advice and cause more traffic and road rage and possibly an accident.
2. Obviously, we would have not caused an accident. This is due to the fact that 1. the person behind us is smart enough to locate the brakes in case an accident were to almost take place and the car was going less than 1MPH and 2. we are very careful people. Besides, even if we had caused an accident, you will most likely survive and get to see the pretty flames and testify as a witness.
3. Us trying to cut into a lane is not a criminal offense. However, cursing in front of your child is, or at least should be. Even if your situation was horrible, like you were just getting over a divorce with an alcoholic and abusive husband who is still asking you for money and 'forgiveness' and violating the restraining order and the police are not paying any attention and there is a gigantic pile of bills in your house almost as tall as you and you have no way of getting a better job or a job at all and your child has some horrible disease and you were trying to get to the hospital or your dying mother was in the hospital and you were trying to see her before she dies and your child was being an annoying brat and you were just fed up with him and then there was traffic that has been setting you back for hours and then we tried to cut in front of you and your last nerve broke, you do not have an excuse to use such a dirty vocabulary in front of your child! You are a horrible mother. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I understand that traffic is annoying and life sucks, especially if your situation was exactly as I had explained above. However, it is rude and inconsiderate to yell and curse and honk at a fellow driver who may or may not be going through the exact same situation. If you had let us cut in front of you and lost that extra second, no potential accident would have taken place. If you had not yelled at us with such vulgar language, I wouldn't be writing this letter. Please reconsider your attitude into a more friendly one.
Thank you and have a wonderful New Year,
The people you honked and cursed at."
Anyway, after that incident, two more cars tried to cut in front of the Lady. She cursed at them too. We let them cut in front of us. Beat that Lady. Good always prevails.
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