Mar 08

How long does an alarm have to go off before the people rise up out of their beds, grab their shotguns & go outside shooting at anything that moves? So far that damn school alarm has been going off for an hour. I haven’t heard any gunshots yet. Of course that may be because no one on the block owns a gun. Well except for the young cop a few doors down but he’s probably not even home.

Every once in a while it will stop. You’ll think, “At last! Peace has come to our little street!” But no, the silence only lasts about 30 seconds before the siren starts blaring again. I don’t know if they have computers in that school but if they do, someone could have cleaned out the place and be out to Jersey by now before anyone comes checking on things.

Wait! I know! I’ll call the mayor’s wonderful 311 hotline. Then I can get tossed around from one department to the next, be put on hold and then finally get fed up and just hang up. Ah, ya just gotta love NYC.

posted at 12:17 am
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