(he may be faster, but i make it look good)
Ok, so this was what happened to me the other day and i don't really know what to say about it other than "HA". Now get this. I was on the A Train on my way to the gym with my roommate. There i was minding my own business listening to my mp3 player and solving my Rubik's cube as i normally do. Directly across from me is this guy leaning over his bike in a way only drunks and emo-ducks would. When like a few stops later i notice that the guy is making hand gestures at me. I had my head phones so i don't know how long he really was flailing at me, but what ever thats not whats important. I take my head phones off and ask him what he wants. "Dude could you stop shaking your toy around like that?" he says to me in a demanding tone. I was kind of confused cause well i wasn't standing there shaking it around in front of him i was on the opposite side of the train minding my own business. So here is the rest of the dialog where we shall refer to the the guy with the bike as THE RUBIK NAZI.
ME: ummm... you mean stop solving it? Why?
RUBIK NAZI: LISTEN DUDE! I dont have explain my self to you! Just stop shaking that thing
ME: Is the sound bugging you?
RUBIK NAZI: DO YOU NOT GET ENOUGH ATTENTION? Listen MAN I dont NEED TO JUSTIFY IT TO YOU JUST STOP!
ME: ok what ever dude.
So i go back to where i was this time i sit next down next to my roommate and go right back to solving my cube. I mean the guy didn't say please so yeah i don't reward rude people for being crass and assuming they are more important than everyone else. It is kind of funny how he was up set that i was solving the cube yet he was taking up 4 seats with his bike.
People are strange. I get a lot of strange reactions from people on the train most of the time it makes people happy to see. Thats why i do it. Its nice to bring some joy into some ones day.
I have never made some one angry just from solving the Cube. Thats a first on me. Though now that i think about it he was a cyclist and man some of those guys are just dicks.
Speaking of random Conversations involving The Cube:
Or a Very Kinky Odyssey of the Mind Event
Guy #1: Whose job is it to mix up the Rubik's Cube for those competitions?
Guy #2: You mean, like a Rubik's Cube fluffer?
Guy #1: That's a good name for a band.
--MoMA
i read this on http://www.overheardinnewyork.com
