Help the homeless?

The world is a big big place. And, I am still learning about it in funny, weird ways. Take this weekend for example. Being carless did not stop me from going out and staying in Boston, and I needed to hop on the 8:00 train to the Brica so Bear could pick me up.

I was expecting North Station to be quiet, but it was surprisingly busy. There are, on any given day, many homeless people asking for spare change and they are not afraid to approach you when you have head phones on and shake a cup in your face and make you shake in your boots crocs. Anywho, I never know what to do in situations like these. As much as I would like to give every person I see begging for change $1, I cannot do that. I sometimes think about carrying my loan statements with me to show them I cannot afford to do so, but that makes me look cheap. (I am cheap, actually.)

So back on track... pun intended... After one homeless man was chased out of North Station by MBTA officals for haggling people for money, I noticed a man a few benches across from me "eating" breakfast, or so I thought. I look over and this man is eating a bag of cookies and a can of whipped cream. At the time I thought it was normal that he was dispensing whipped cream directly into his mouth and then eating a cookie a minute later. I watch the man do this for a few minutes, until my train was called.

I get picked up in the North Brica by Bear and we head to her house. Once Bear, BrotherBear, and myself were all sitting having our morning coffee together with the puppy, just like our life together should be, I told them about the man eating whipped cream. BrotherBear just started laughing and I think he rolled his eyes and thought to himself, "wow my SIL is so naive and stupid." BB informed me that people get high by "whipping" which is sucking the air out of empty whipped cream cans.

Kipu loves her auntie no matter what.

Light dawns on marble head.
1. I never actually saw any whipped cream in the man's mouth.
2. If he wanted whipped cream on cookies, he could have just topped the cookie off.
3. Oy, KaceFace.

Now I wonder how many people are doing ridiculous things like whipping when I think they are doing cute things. I mean, I wouldn't put it past myself to sit in a train station and eat whipped cream. Who doesn't love whipped cream?!