This shop is in the cool part of One Great City! which has one of my favourite intersections ever, consisting of a Mediterranean restaurant on one corner, a cafe on another, the token drug-dealer-at-the-bus-stop vicinity opposite that, and a proper public seating area offering great people-watching opportunities next to the liquor store on the fourth corner. I love sitting there, even though it's just a bunch of concrete. I didn't sit there today, though. It was a bit too grey and blustery for that. Luckily, though, I stood at the intersection long enough to witness the common ritual where someone oblivious to the "No Left Turn M-F 15:30-18:00" sign decides to try to turn left, pissing off everyone behind. Horns are honking, people are shouting, but traffic in that lane is going no place. Then, right before the light turns red, Oblivious Driver realises what's going on and bolts straight ahead. Unfortunately, it's too late for the others, who have to wait another round. I remember from first year Psych class, the "weeder" class (and weeded out I was), that people feel much more disappointed at an opportunity that was just barely missed compared with one that was missed by a long-shot. I'm sure those drivers in the back felt that way today.
What the hell does this have to do with a new bag? I digress. No I don't - I just have to go out and look for things and write about them and make up those connections as I go along. Okay, I have made my connection and here it is: the drivers who missed that light were not so unlucky after all as they were the ones who got the opportunity to see my spiffy new bag as it walked past them. That should make up for the sinking feeling of having just missed a green light that was so close they could have kissed it.
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