Why Old People Suck, Reason #413
I was standing on 75th St. waiting for a broker to show me an apartment, when across the street I see a guy walking a black lab. He is talking on his cell phone with one hand, and the other hand is covered with a plastic bag to dispose of the dog shit. The dog does its business, but the guy is still talking on his phone and doesn't it up immediately (although he is standing right next to it). An old woman comes out of her apartment building, sees the shit, and yells at the guy "You need to pick that up."
The guy responds, "I will, I just need to finish this call."
"Pick up the dog's business!" the woman says right back.
"As soon as I'm off the phone," the guy replies, more tersely.
"You have to pick that up!" she says again.
The guy tells the person on the line that he'll call back, then starts explaining to the woman that he was planning to, but he was on the phone and didn't want to risk dropping the phone into the shit.
"But you have to pick up after your dog," the woman says. "It's the law!"
"Why couldn't it wait until I was off the phone?" the guy asks.
"Because you have to pick up after your dog!" she answers.
"You know what? Screw you, lady!" the guy says. "Why don't you pick up the shit yourself!" He then storms away, leaving the shit on the sidewalk. The woman stands staring at the shit for several moments, then storms back inside.