THe FReCKLeD FINGeR

     Well, just got back from the daily 6am dog walking ritual.  Not only is it like 30 degrees here in New York City, but I have to follow around a 25lb animal with a paper bag waiting for it to poop.  I just wonder how ridiculous I look while in the process of this chore... Then I look up every 10-15 seconds and see an even more humiliating site:  A PERSON JOGGING IN PLACE.  Why do people feel the need to jog in place while waiting for the light to change?  There are one or two things I hate more than that.  It is just so irritating to look at.  Are you really going to cramp up or lose the pace if you just stop moving for the less than 12 seconds it takes for the light to go from red to green?  And it is 6am, there aren't really that many cabs out even though it is Manhattan, so just run through it.  Then these former high school athletes test me even more with the 'pulse check'.  Who checks their pulse when they run?  Either buy a gym membership or stop pretending to train for the Olympic trials.  I hate you.