It's official, I have arrived.

So, the other day I received the best compliment since living in New York...I was reading in Bryant Park waiting for Gabe to meet me after work to go to Chipotles. This woman was carrying around "her story", she supposedly lost her job, her home was recently burned down, she has 4 children to feed, blah, blah, blah. Beggars flock to tourist areas where they can prey on the innocent. The beggars that are targeting tourists usually just stand uncomfortably close to them holding up their "story" or telling some sort of pathetic excuse for why they need money, until they get some kind of reaction. This sort of method doesn't work anywhere else in the city. New Yorkers will straight up cuss you out and maybe try to physically hurt you. We have both seen it happen, lots. Anyways, this woman was preying on a group of young girls who looked like they were from the west. The girls were really uncomfortable and the beggar would not back down. This sort of thing really fires me up because I see myself in these timid individuals. I told the woman to leave everyone alone or I'm going to get the cops. She turned my way, and shuddered, "cold hearted new yorkers!" It was the proudest day of my life.