It happens

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" Judge not, that ye be not judged."
- Matthew 7:1

As I was jogging near Grant's Tomb this morning, through the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a thought crossed my mind. It is a thought that weighs upon every New Yorker throughout the summer.

Namely-- "What the hell is that SMELL?!"

As it turns out-- it was poop.

The odor was fierce-- New Yorkers are tough and in your face... and so is their waste matter.

Next to Grant's Tomb on 122nd and Riverside Drive-- I spied a porta-potty, and a few feet away there was a parked sanitation truck labeled "Johnny on the Spot." Coming out of the truck was a long, thick hose and a gentleman was holding it firmly as it sucked the horror that lies on the bottom of your friendly, neighborhood, portable toilet.
My heart went out to the hose gentleman.

After all, this was before 7 am on a Monday morning!
Imagine how much worse this guy's week can get!

To each his own.

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle."
- Aristotle

In other words-- be nice and decent to everyone.
As Leviticus 19:18 teaches-
"Love thy neighbour as thyself," because you never know if your neighbor started his day by using a gigantic hose to suck up shit from a porta potty.
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