I really wish I had a picture… walking home through Dupont Circle yesterday after a delicious Kramerbooks brunch, I passed a homeless woman huddled in front of the PNC Bank building. She had her legs stretched out in front of her, and was cradling something in her lap. As I approached her, I eventually made out that it was a tub of Edy’s Peanut Butter ice cream.
“Oh my god,” I said to my companion. “That is, undoubtedly, the best day of her life.”
I was very excited for the woman- what a success. Who knows how long it been since she’d tasted the frosty treat, and now she had a whole gallon of it to herself! I smiled at her as I walked past… that is, until I noticed that the ice cream had about two inches melted on top… because she was trying to eat it with a plastic knife.
I ask you, WHO buys a homeless woman a GALLON of ice cream and NO SPOON?
Sadists. Even I’m not that cruel.
